SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION COMES IN GROUPS — CASTING OUT ONE DEMON DOES NOT REMOVE THE INFESTATION

Most people think demonic oppression comes from one or two spirits. In reality, demons almost always work in groups. For example, someone dealing with anxiety and depression will not just have a single demon of “fear.” They will face an entire group assigned to that area: fear of rejection, fear of crowds, fear of intimacy, fear of failure, fear of death, and more.
These groups will start small, but will continue to grow in a person’s “house” if extermination does not take place on a regular basis.
That’s why telling just one demon of fear to leave rarely works. You’re only squashing one roach when the walls are full. You can’t declare your “house” pest-free just because you killed one. You must exterminate the entire infestation.
The same is true in deliverance. These groups usually take on a singular name tied to their function: Fear, Trauma, Lust, Abuse, Destruction, etc. They will also many times take on a singular name such as Legion. This is exactly what we see in Scripture when Jesus confronted the demon-possessed man:
Mark 5:9 (NIV)
“Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘My name is Legion,’ he replied, ‘for we are many.’”
Notice that the demon spoke with one name, Legion, but represented a vast group. Grasping this truth in deliverance is a game changer. Derek Prince, Frank Hammond, and Don Dickerman have taught it, and those of us working in deliverance have seen it proven time and again.
So how do we deal with them? We strip their authority and bind the entire group together under their common function or name. For example: “In the name of Jesus, we command every demon of fear to combine as one. We strip you of your power and authority, and we command you to leave and go directly into the pit.”
Deliverance requires casting out the group, not just the visible one that shows up first. Until the entire infestation is dealt with, the oppression continues.