people who were tormented by unclean spirits. Tormented means to experience severe mental or physical suffering. You're plagued, you're haunted, there's distress, there's agony. Have you ever been tormented? People know when they're coming off of certain drugs, they are tormented. People that don't know the Lord, demon-possessed, they're tormented. There's this tormenting that takes place. And the disciples were able to walk in the power of purity, fill with the Holy Spirit, and calm that tormenting spirit. See, here's the interesting thing. Tormenting works both ways. Jesus got out of the boat, walked to the area of the Gadarenes. This man came out filled with a legion of devils. And he said, Jesus, don't torment me. See, we can either be tormented by the devil or we can torment the devil. Shane, you really think you can torment the devil? Well, if it means plague him, haunt him, distress him, and put him in agony, I hope so. Because when a believer is filled with the Spirit and you can pray in Jesus' name, and I've prayed for people in Jesus' name, and loose that person, let them go. You have no power in this place and you have no authority in Jesus' name. You're tormenting that evil spirit. Whatever happens to people when that evil spirit is released, they are tormented. That fight is going on inside of that person. Shane, do you believe that people can be filled with demonics still? Yeah, of course. That was the biggest part of his ministry was to set people free. from demonically tormented aspects of spiritual warfare. It's not necessarily possessed with a demon, but it says, have a demon. Demonized is what the New Testament rendering is. A person is demonized, they're harassed by the spirit, and they cannot let go. And I want to just, as a living witness, tell you that the power of Jesus Christ can torment that devil the way he's tormenting you. But you have to walk in that purity. You have to. And I even wrote this down. The vast majority of those I know who are tormented, and I know people who are tormented. I've prayed with them. I've talked with them. The vast majority are not walking in purity. They're not walking with the Lord. There's something in their life that, yeah, Shane, I know, but I tried that. But you tried that. Like Jesus is a new type of soda? What do you mean you tried that? Now, I don't want to discard deep emotional pain that can happen when somebody is tormented. If you struggle with depression, or anxiety, you know exactly what I'm talking about. You just can't think positive thoughts and all goes away. But for the vast majority of people that I know who are tormented, by unclean spirits or whatever it is, they're not, they haven't given Christ all of their life. There's something there, an anchor of besetting sin, something that they're not giving to the Lord. And that's the stronghold the enemy has. He just looks for a stronghold in your life. That's why I believe unforgiveness is so powerful. Because unforgiveness is a stronghold the enemy will use. And you're carrying that toxic and you put shame, you don't know what that man did to me. I don't know. But I know what Christ did for you. And if God and Jesus forgave us, how much more do we forgive those who have wronged us? Forgiveness is hard. But it'll set you free. I remember I've shared this when I spoke on marriage a few years ago, but I think maybe even more recently because it sounds familiar. But I had to forgive the guy who actually cheated on when I was married in the 1990s. You know, my testimony wasn't walking with the Lord and I had to physically forgive that person. And it was very difficult, challenging. But once that release, I just began to weep and cry, and God, thank you. And I actually had to, a while back just reading a book, I realized I had to just let some unforgiveness go for my dad, for my father, for not treating me better, for not loving me, and not telling me he loved me, and being this hard, domineering father, and holding that. You know, dad, I was just a little boy growing up and holding that unforgiveness. And you've got to let those things go because the enemy is looking for that stronghold. Because if we're not careful, that unforgiveness that I was dealing with, that's what he uses to get most people into drugs and alcohol. Most people turn to those things because they're missing in other areas. They turn to that thing that will numb their pain because somebody else wasn't there for them. They'll turn to those things. And that's the stronghold the enemy uses to keep you there, keep you leveraged. So when it says let unforgiveness go, let bitterness and anger, all these things go from you, it's because they are very toxic emotions that allow the enemy to keep a stronghold in your life and torment you. He will torment you in those very things that you're holding on to. And that's why I think we saw a lot of tormenting happening in Jesus' time and a lot of tormenting happening in our time. But I don't want to just leave on that sour note. I want to encourage you that God can release all that. I've seen freedom. I've seen, like Paula said, this lady this morning who was set free last night. I mean, when I walked in, you could talk about somebody who was tormented. I mean, she's scared to die. She's got a couple months, I think, and it just tormented her. I know, God, oh, I should have, I should have, and regret, and all these things, all these things, but you bring peace and calm in there with Christ, and that tormenting spirit has to leave.