Can I Cast a Demon out of a “Haunted” Location?
Yes.
We have authority over ALL demons (Luke 10:19), whether they be in a person or hanging out in a “haunted” house or some other place.
This brings up the issue of whether demons can “hang out” somewhere if they are not IN an individual. The Bible indicates that the answer is YES:
Revelation 18:2:
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Let’s be clear about something – there are no departed people hanging around the earth as ghosts. All deceased people are now in heaven or hell (Hebrews 9:27). ALL “ghosts” (except the Holy Ghost!) are EVIL SPIRITS, which in some cases try to impersonate a dead person.
These evil spirits may speak to people in creepy voices, cause unnatural creaking, appear in “human” form, make people think that they are being choked, and even move objects. This is not something new; the disciples on the boat one night thought that Jesus was a ghost! Sometimes they appear in pictures as images of a dead person when there is no actual person there. Who ya gonna call? A CHRISTIAN!
While I’ve seen “dead person images” in someone else’s pictures, the devil’s showing off doesn’t scare me. I have the greater One within me (1 John 4:4) and I have ALREADY overcome ALL evil spirits! I know it and evil spirits know it. Those defeated show-offs duck and run when my wife and I show up. They don’t dare do anything to point themselves out. They are petrified of Christians who know their rights, because they know that they HAVE to submit to the name of Jesus.
We were asked to be real-life “ghostbusters” in a certain apartment inhabited by Native Americans. A spirit in there threw objects, spoke in a menacing voice at night, and did other things that ensured that the apartment had constant turnover as that demon scared people off. We weren’t scared at all; we just showed up and used our authority in the name of Jesus. The demon left, which it had to do when we commanded it to go, and that very afternoon, the lady who rented the apartment gave her life to Jesus.
There is really nothing special about casting out a demon that is haunting a house. You command it to leave in the name of Jesus. That’s all. It has to go.
Having said that, you are wasting your time casting out a demon if the people in the house are just going to invite it back by playing with Ouija boards, Tarot cards, and so on. It’s DEMONS moving that Ouija board pointer. Ouija boards are sold in toy departments, but they are NOT toys. When you consult such a thing, you are literally inviting a demon into your house. I used to play with Ouija boards and tarot cards before I got saved. Did you know that it is written right in the instructions for Ouija boards that you must never ask it who is making it work? I know someone who did, and Satan showed off by spelling his name on the Ouija board. The person ran away from it and never used a Ouija board again. No one else would either if he knew who was answering the questions he was asking the Ouija board! They had watched gruesome horror movies all the time in the apartment I talked about earlier. Watching that devil-inspired junk is asking for trouble. It is not the way to experience a joy-filled, Spirit-filled life! After the woman got saved, we spoke her about the horror movies!
Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). Evil “paranormal activity” is the work of the devil, so it is included in the things that Jesus came to destroy. You can destroy what the devil is doing wherever he is doing it in the all-powerful name of Jesus!