If the Christian patiently endures temporary discomforts and courageously exercises his volition to recapture
surrendered territory, he shall find himself progressively being freed. Little by little as the ground is refused to the enemy and restored to the believer the degree of penetration will correspondingly decrease.The obedience of the Christian to God ought to be unconditional. Wherefore in the practice of obedience the believer goes through the following steps: (a) willingness to do God's will (John 7:17); (b) revelation of that will to his intuition by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:17); (c) strengthening by God to will His will (Phil. 2:13); and (d) strengthening by God to do His will (Phil. 2:13). Hence God first works in us to will and then works in us to work for His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13). During this struggle it is positively essential that the believer stand on Romans 6:11, acknowledging himself as one with the Lord: the Lord's death is his death. Such faith releases him from the authority of the evil spirits since they can have no power over the dead.
