... well, then there are sects where EVERYTHING is about “deliverance” from possession. Those are the real scary ones, because they are playing with things they know not of.
There was once a girl I liked who I was trying to bring back to the Catholic church. I went with her to her new “church” to see its appeal to her. I found out they had performed a deliverance on her, and they pretty much messed her up badly.
The irony was everything was “this is demonic; that’s demonic.” But the worship leader had everyone pray to the god of Obednego. Now, those of us whose bibles weren’t edited by Luther know who the god of Obednego is. It ain’t the Father-God Creator. See, Mischach, Shadrack and Obednego were really named Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. They were assigned the names of demon-gods by the Babylonians.
To make matters worse, he thought he would have fun with his mostly black congregations, and was joking, “Now, that’s the kind of god I could worship: Old, Bad N*gger!” (Get it: O-Bed-Nego?) “My god is one old, bad N*gger!”
These, of course, were King James-only types, and this joke stressed he was saying *O*bednigo. KJV uses *A*bednego. But then, that wasn’t explicitly demonic enough.
I quite agree with you. After I became a Christian, I began a tour of Sovereign Grace and KJV only churches, quite by accident. I was looking for churches that agreed with my prophetic viewpoint.
Spiritual warfare is a practice for the most highly discerned at a time of ultimate discernment. The connection to the Holy Ghost must be of special attenuation. It is not a common situation. We are not to see demons behind every door.