FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN MARRIAGE: DEMONIC IN-LAWS 4
In the May edition of the Singles’ World, I discussed demonic fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law who will be great hindrances to the success of your marriage, and I gave a life experience to illustrate this. Don’t forget that a foundational issue such as having demonic in-laws is complicated to manage. The antidote to it is to avoid them if you want to enjoy your life and live long. In this edition, I will also share another life experience. I pray that the Lord will use this edition to bless your life in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
- There are demonic in-laws. By my calling as a pastor, I am privileged to know families that have been wrecked by demonic in-laws. There is a Christian brother who got married a few years ago. His parents always wanted to treat him as their son; they barely recognised the position of his wife. The father, at the time, even offered to rent a house for his son and pay for the rent when he and his wife were earning good salaries. He wanted him and his wife to pack into the house he had rented for them after their wedding. The wife objected to it, but the son had no reason to oppose his father’s supposed generosity.
The father would sometimes visit them and inspect the house to see if there was any need for repairs. For the son, it was normal, but for the wife, his father-in-law must leave them and allow them to live as husband and wife without undue interference. Any opposition to the domination of her father-in-law was seen as an insult from an ordinary wife or small girl whose forwardness and brazenness must be resisted firmly. Despite the son’s comfortable salary, he could account for how he spent his monthly salary. It was the wife who shouldered the family responsibility mostly.
The husband knew something was wrong with him, but he could not act against the wishes of his parents. One day the husband’s parents accused their son’s wife of being responsible for their son’s predicament. The parents went to find out from the diviners who said their daughter-in-law had an evil spirit which she was using to manipulate her husband whereas they were the manipulative ones because they were demonically possessed. The husband usually had dreams where his father was either preparing a sacrifice or asking him to carry the sacrifice. His younger brothers had earlier warned him to run away from their parents because they were demonically possessed, but he was too weak to act against the wishes of his parents even though he claimed to be a Christian.
Despite his pastor’s intervention, the man could not argue with his parents. His wife who was more vocal and desperate in liberating her husband was placed under demonic surveillance by her in-laws. They vowed to deal with her for not allowing them to have full access to their son. When the attacks were coming to her torrentially, and her spiritual stamina could not withstand them, she had to leave the house and run for dear life. The wife has been warned by her parents according to revelations that they heard that she must not have any contact with her husband or else she would die. The marriage has crashed. A demonic gulf has been created between the couple who must not see each other. Pitiably, the man is a caricature of himself now, and the wife is living a solitary life. Unfortunately, the man’s parents are happy that their son is living alone; they can now have full access to his miserable life anytime.
There is another fairly old mother-in-law who breastfed the baby of her daughter-in-law when she was busy in the kitchen. She secretly sneaked into the room of her daughter-in-law where the baby was and breastfed him. It was a messy and shameful confrontation when the wife of her son caught her. It was a demonic breastfeeding as it was later discovered. Of course, the husband took side with her mother and saw nothing strange or unusual in the breastfeeding of her baby by her mother. The mother-in-law was polluting and initiating the baby into occultism. The wife discerned that correctly, but the husband was spiritually blind.
Expectedly, the marriage crashed. This was a man who married after 40 years, and yet the household wickedness, symbolised by this mother-in-law, finally returned her son to his bachelorhood status. These demonic in-laws are common in society today, and many young men and women enter into their hands ignorantly through marriage. It is usually difficult to detach or extricate one’s marriage from the hands of such evil and atrocious in-laws. They are difficult foundational problems that stifle and choke many marriages. The Lord will help you to obey.
By the grace of God, we will continue from here next month. Please do not forget to send me your comments and testimonies. If you are not born again, please surrender your life to Jesus Christ today. Tomorrow may be too late. Until then, God bless you. Amen.
