chapter 1 kingdoms in conflict

Battle for the Body by Patricia Hulsey, © Harvestime International Institute Chapter 1

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Therapon University: Validating People – One Degree at a Time

CHAPTER 1 Kingdoms in Conflict

1. Write the Healing Promise to claim for this chapter. _________________________

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2. What are the two divisions made in I Corinthians 15:44-49?

a) _____________________________

b) _____________________________

3. What are the two invisible kingdoms in the world today?

a) _____________________________

b) _____________________________

4. List the spiritual forces of evil.

a) _____________________________

b) _____________________________

c) _____________________________

d) _____________________________

5. List the spiritual forces of good.

a) _____________________________

b) _____________________________

c) _____________________________

d) _____________________________

6. Define the word “king.” _______________________________________________

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7. Define the word “kingdom.” ____________________________________________

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8. What is meant by the term "spiritual warfare"? _____________________________

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9. What is the reason behind this great spiritual conflict? _______________________

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10. What is the basic principle for understanding spiritual warfare? ________________

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CHAPTER 2 A Call to Arms

1. Write the Healing Promise for this chapter. ________________________________

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2. Define the following terms used for healing:

a) Psychic healing: _______________________________________________

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b) Supernatural healing: ___________________________________________

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c) Medical healing: _______________________________________________

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d) Natural healing: _______________________________________________

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e) Faith healing: _________________________________________________

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3. Define divine healing. ________________________________________________

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4. What is the difference between healing and deliverance? ____________________

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5. How are healing and deliverance related to the commission to reach the world with

the Gospel? ________________________________________________________

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CHAPTER 3 Before the Battle


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2. List four common responses towards healing and deliverance.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

3. Why is proper teaching regarding healing and deliverance needed? ____________

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4. Summarize the warnings given to leaders who do not minister healing. _________

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5. Before you begin the ministry of healing and deliverance you should know that if you truly follow the example of the healing ministry of Jesus you will: a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________


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CHAPTER 4 The Source of Sickness


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2. How did death and disease enter the world? ______________________________

3. Although every disease is not a direct attack of demonic spirits, the elements of

sickness exist in the world because of ___________________________________

4. How does God view sickness?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

5. How can you be freed from the curses of disease and death? _________________

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6. Ask the following to determine the source of whatever a person is going through.

a) Does it kill, steal or destroy? If so, its source is ______________. (John 10:10)

b) Does it enable you to live life more abundantly? If so, its source is ___________. (John 10:10)


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CHAPTER 5 The Reasons for Sickness


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2. What are the five reasons for sickness discussed in this lesson?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

3. How can sickness result from a violation of spiritual laws? ____________________

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4. Give an example of a person suffering from an illness due to Satanic activity. ____

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5. If your illness or that of someone to whom you are ministering is the result of

breaking a natural law of God, what can be done to correct this?

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6. How can improperly discerning the Body of Christ result in sickness? ___________

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7. Explain the Biblical directive to call for destruction of the flesh so that the spirit might be saved. a) How is it to be done?

i. __________________________________________________________

ii. __________________________________________________________

iii. __________________________________________________________

b) Why is it to be done?_____________________________________________

i. __________________________________________________________

ii. __________________________________________________________

iii. __________________________________________________________

iv. __________________________________________________________

v. __________________________________________________________

c) What are its purposes?____________________________________________

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CHAPTER 6 Types of Sicknesses


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2. What are the five basic types of sickness?

a) _____________________________ d) ______________________________

b) _____________________________ e) ______________________________

c) _____________________________

3. What is spiritual sickness? ____________________________________________

4. What will happen if spiritual sickness is not dealt with? ______________________

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5. Physical sickness may result from

a) _____________________________ b) ____________________________

6. What causes emotional sickness? ______________________________________

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7. What is mental sickness? _____________________________________________

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8. Demonically caused conditions include …

a) _____________________________

b) _____________________________

c) _____________________________

d) ____________________________________________________________________


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CHAPTER 7 The End Results of Sicknesses


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2. What are two end results of sickness?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

3. What are the three types of healing for which God should always be given the

glory?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

4. When you or someone to whom you are ministering are healed, how can you use

this healing to glorify God?

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5. True or False: The goal of healing is immortality.

6. What are two types of death identified in Scripture?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

7. True or False: When a believer dies, he/she has experienced the ultimate healing.


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CHAPTER 8 The Biblical Basis of Healing


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2. Genesis recorded two accounts of divine healing. What were they?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

3. Whose healing and deliverance ministry should we mirror in our own ministry?

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4. From the Scriptures, prove that healing is a benefit of the atonement of Jesus

Christ.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

5. Check the statement that is true about those healed by Jesus.

a) _____ Sometimes healings occurred because of the faith of the sick person.

b) _____ Sometimes healing occurred because of faith of others.

c) _____ Sometimes healings occurred without the sick person’s faith.

d) _____ All of the above

6. What are the three "keys to the Kingdom" related to healing which were discussed in this lesson? a) ______________________________________________________________


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b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________


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CHAPTER 9 The Purposes of Healing

1. Write the Healing Promise for this chapter. _______________________________

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2. In addition to physical wholeness, what are nine other purposes of healing discussed in this lesson? a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

i) ______________________________________________________________

3. Why must the Word always be taught along with healing?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

4. True or False: You can be redeemed from the power of sickness in the present, but not from its presence until eternity.

5. Who was called to be an apostle of the Gospel at the time of his healing?

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CHAPTER 10 The Gifts of Healing


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2. Who is the Holy Spirit? _______________________________________________

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3. Summarize what you learned about the ministry of the Holy Spirit in this lesson.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

4. What is a spiritual gift? _______________________________________________

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5. There are various healing gifts, and in the Bible we find healing gifts manifested by:

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________


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e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

i) ______________________________________________________________

j) ______________________________________________________________

k) ______________________________________________________________

6. What are the spiritual gifts that complement the gift of healing?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

7. Who is to be involved in ministering healing? ______________________________


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CHAPTER 11 The Traditions of Men


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2. Write your response to the following traditions of men:

a) Healing and miracles are not for today: _______________________________

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b) Why aren't all the dead raised? _____________________________________

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c) If divine healing always works, why do Christians die? ___________________

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d) Modern medicine makes divine healing unnecessary: ___________________

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e) Divine healing is taught by false cults: _______________________________

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f) In divine healing, the body is emphasized more than the soul: _____________

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g) You are sick because of your sin: ___________________________________

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h) It is God's will for you to be sick: ____________________________________

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i) This is an affliction of the righteous: _________________________________

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j) Divine healing is rare: ____________________________________________

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k) Your sickness is your cross: _______________________________________

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CHAPTER 12 A Thorn in the Flesh


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2. Who was Paul's thorn in the flesh from? __________________________________

3. Why was this thorn in the flesh permitted?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

4. What did the thorn do to Paul? _________________________________________

5. How was Paul's thorn in the flesh manifested?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

i) ______________________________________________________________

j) ______________________________________________________________

k) ______________________________________________________________


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l) ______________________________________________________________

m) ______________________________________________________________

n) ______________________________________________________________

o) ______________________________________________________________

6. What were the results of Paul's thorn in the flesh? __________________________

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CHAPTER 13 Unanswered Questions


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2. Define "variables." ___________________________________________________

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3. Explain the following variables that affect healing:

a) Lack of teaching: ________________________________________________

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b) Unbelief: ______________________________________________________

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c) Lack of faith: ___________________________________________________

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d) Lack of power: __________________________________________________

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e) Personal unconfessed sin: ________________________________________

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f) Refusal to be made whole: ________________________________________

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g) Lack of decision and desire: _______________________________________

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h) Problems with the request: ________________________________________

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i) Lack of perseverance: ____________________________________________

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j) Disobedience in the healing process: ________________________________

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k) Improperly discerning Christ's Body: _________________________________

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l) The evil spirit is not cast out: _______________________________________

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m) Counteracting God's work: ________________________________________

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n) Violation of natural laws:___________________________________________

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4. What can you do to correct these problems? ______________________________

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CHAPTER 14 Ministering Healing


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2. Faith for healing comes by ____________________________________________ about healing.

3. List things you can do as preliminary preparations within yourself for the healing ministry. a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

4. What are some things you can do to prepare a person who is sick for healing?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

5. Summarize the guidelines of what our author suggests that you should do at the time you are ministering healing. a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________


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CHAPTER 15 Healing Follow-Up Ministry


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2. Teach those who were healed to …

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

3. Discuss follow-up care for those who did not yet receive their healing.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

i) ______________________________________________________________

j) ______________________________________________________________

k) ______________________________________________________________


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CHAPTER 16 The Ultimate Healing


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2. If God reveals it is their appointed time, how do you minister to the terminally ill? a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

3. If you have not received knowledge from God as to whether this is the appointed time of death, you should … a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

4. For a believer, death is the ultimate _____________________________________


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CHAPTER 17 Whom Satan Hath Bound


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2. What are the three major kinds of demons that attack the body, soul, and spirit of man? a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

3. What are some characteristics of a person who is demon oppressed?

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

4. What does it mean to be demon possessed? ______________________________

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5. What are some of the signs by which you can recognize when a person is demon possessed? a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________


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6. What is demon obsession? ____________________________________________

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7. True or False: When you belong to God and are filled with the Holy Spirit, you cannot belong to Satan and be filled with his spirits at the same time.

8. Explain how demons can gain control of a person.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

9. Who is equipped to deal with demonic powers? ____________________________

10. What is the value of the gift of discernment in dealing with demonic powers? _____

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CHAPTER 18 Ministering Deliverance


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2. True or False: There are very few people bound by Satan in demonically caused sicknesses in today’s society.

3. According to the Scriptures, who is to deal with demonic powers? _____________

4. Summarize the guidelines for preparing yourself to minister deliverance.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

5. What is the most important thing you can do to prepare others for the deliverance

ministry? __________________________________________________________

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6. What are the guidelines in our text for the best way to proceed when you are ready to minister? a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________


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h) ______________________________________________________________

7. How will you recognize if the deliverance actually occurred? __________________

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CHAPTER 19 Deliverance Follow-Up Ministry


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2. Why did Jesus emphasize the importance follow-up care for those delivered from

demonic influence? __________________________________________________

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3. List important steps for follow-up care of those who received deliverance.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

4. Summarize the guidelines in our text for protection from demonic powers.

a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

5. True or False: After a demon is cast out, he will seek another body through which to operate.

6. True or False: After you have been delivered, it would be all right to keep an Ouija board in the house, since it is really just a game for kids to play.


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CHAPTER 20 Well Warriors


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2. Summarize the Biblical guidelines discussed in this chapter for living in divine health. a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________________

f) ______________________________________________________________

g) ______________________________________________________________

h) ______________________________________________________________

i) ______________________________________________________________

j) ______________________________________________________________

k) ______________________________________________________________

l) ______________________________________________________________

m) ______________________________________________________________

n) ______________________________________________________________

o) ______________________________________________________________

p) ______________________________________________________________

q) ______________________________________________________________

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