800 Sorcerers Delivered from Witchcraft! How Jesus’ Blood Defeated the Forces of Darkness with a Single Decree

Mahesh Chavda

Excerpted from The Hidden Power of The Blood of Jesus.

Some years ago I traveled to central Africa, to Kinshasa, the capital city of Zaire.

Upon arrival, I found myself in the middle of a mighty visitation of God. It was none of my doing. I had left home in the midst of a tremendous family crisis. Bonnie, my wife, had just delivered a son prematurely after a difficult and troubled pregnancy. At birth, Aaron weighed only one and a half pounds, and soon after, dropped to one pound, three ounces. The doctors offered little hope for his survival.

I had a long-standing commitment to proclaim the gospel in Zaire, but with Aaron’s life hanging in the balance, I was torn. Bonnie said to me, “Honey, your place is out there. God will take care of us.” After anointing Aaron with oil, I committed him and Bonnie to the Lord’s care, and departed for Africa. It looked as though I would never see my precious son again. (God miraculously healed Aaron while I was in Zaire, and today he is a robust and healthy young man. Isn’t God great!)

Because I was so preoccupied with matters at home, I never expected the major revival that visited Zaire as a result of my evangelistic meetings. Hundreds of miracles occurred every night. Never in my wildest imagination had I dreamed that I would ever see with my own eyes some of the marvelous things I witnessed that week.

People bound in chains just like the Gadarene demoniac (see Mark 5:1-17) were running around crying, struggling, and trying to attack those around them. Then, as the power of God hit them, they fell to the ground and got up completely delivered of their demons. I saw eyesight given to people who were born blind. Night after night I saw miracle after miracle as thousands of Africans came forward and placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The crowds grew in size every night until, by Friday, attendance exceeded 130,000. That night, the local pastors who had been working with me said, “Brother Mahesh, this is a week night; the main crowds will come on the weekend.”

I said, “What do you mean the ‘main crowds’? I’m happy with this one!”

Confronting the Sorcerers

When I got up the next day, I heard the Lord say to me, “Tonight you will do a mass deliverance service.”

“But Lord,” I protested, “tonight is when the biggest crowd will be coming!” I still remembered the time when Brother Derek Prince and I had held a mass deliverance service for 10,000 people. In that part of Africa, strongholds of witchcraft were so powerful that when we took authority in the name of Jesus, a couple hundred people fell down and started writhing like snakes and coming toward us. God miraculously delivered them. Now, years later, here I was with a crowd more than ten times larger.

The Lord told me again, “Tonight you will do a mass deliverance service.”

“Lord,” I replied, “if I do that, thousands of demons will manifest and we will be out of control!” I was all alone, with no trained staff to help me. A few local pastors were assisting me, but they were not trained in deliverance ministry.

I asked, “How can You do this, Lord? I’m all alone.”

He answered, “Tonight, hundreds of sorcerers will come and confront you.”

This wasn’t getting any better. I felt like saying, “Thanks a lot! I wish You had never told me!”

You have to understand that these African sorcerers are not the type who just play with Ouija boards or give astrological signs to people. They are the kind of sorcerers who place curses on people, and those people actually die. According to some, these sorcerers can supposedly change forms at night, and they are known to eat human flesh regularly. Far beyond your “garden-variety” sorcerer, these necromancers are completely devoted to the forces of evil and darkness. Because they have given themselves over to satan, they possess demonic powers.

And now hundreds of them were going to confront me? Again I tried to reason with God. “Lord, I’m all alone here, and You really want me to hold a deliverance service to cast demons out of thousands of people?”

The Lord said, “This night I am sending you to break the yoke of witchcraft over this nation.”

“But Lord,” I pleaded, “I’m all alone!”

What I heard next sealed it for me. God really spoke to my heart. His presence was so close that I heard Him almost as an audible voice. “You are not alone, for I am your helper. Tonight I will give you a revelation of My blood.”

That evening, approximately 800 sorcerers from all over that region of Africa were among the tens of thousands gathered in that place. One sorcerer alone was enough to strike fear into an entire village. Over the past several days, these shamans had seen thousands of people come to Christ. Now, angry because I had taken business away from them, they had come together to oppose my ministry. Although scattered throughout the crowd, they were easy enough to identify. Their bone necklaces and strange manner of dress set them apart from everybody else.

The local African pastors came to me in fear and said, “These sorcerers are putting their curses upon us and upon the service! What should we do?”

“Let them do it,” I replied.

It is very difficult to describe, but as I began that night, I realized that I had walked into a highly-charged spiritual atmosphere. It was almost as though I could see the blood of Jesus Christ all around me. As I stood up to speak, something exploded inside me, and I said, “I know you are out there, all you sorcerers, and I want you to know that I am not afraid of you. Not one person here tonight needs to be afraid of the powers of darkness. Listen to me, sorcerers. I am not afraid of you, and I am not afraid of your demons. Tonight, God has shown me that one drop of the blood of Jesus Christ can destroy the kingdom of satan!”

Mass Deliverance

As the Lord had promised, it was a true revelation for me. That night we bound the powers of darkness, and God brought a mighty deliverance. I said, “In the name of Jesus, I bind you demon spirits who have oppressed this people for centuries. I break that yoke of witchcraft; I release this people.”

Even as I prayed, thousands of demons began manifesting.