"I must have opened a door to demons through past sins or occult exposure."
How it sounds in your head: Decades ago I read my horoscope, went to a fortune teller, played with a Ouija board as a kid. Now these preachers say that 'opened doors' to demons. Maybe that's why I'm struggling now—demons got legal access through my past and won't leave until I renounce every single thing.
"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."
-- Colossians 2:13-14Source: Deliverance teaching that gives demons 'legal rights' through past sins, making her believe she must forensically remember and renounce every possible occult contact to be free.
She did experiment with those things before she was saved, and the teaching makes it sound like demons are legalistic lawyers exploiting loopholes. The detailed 'renunciation prayers' seem thorough and biblical, making her think she missed something.
Manasseh practiced sorcery, witchcraft, consulted mediums and spiritists, sacrificed his own sons in fire, and 'did much evil in the sight of the LORD.' When he repented, God INSTANTLY forgave him and restored him—no multi-year deliverance process, no legal battles with demons. One prayer, complete restoration.
I REFUSE the lie that past sins gave demons legal access to my life. IT IS WRITTEN that God wiped out EVERY requirement against me and nailed it to the cross. No demon has legal rights where the blood has been applied. I don't need to remember every sin—He forgave ALL trespasses, even forgotten ones. IT IS WRITTEN that if anyone is in Christ, they are a NEW creation; old things have PASSED AWAY. My past occult dabbling has NO POWER. I am the BARAK-blessed seed, protected by covenant blood that speaks better things than Abel. Every door is CLOSED by the cross.
The Father isn't keeping a legal ledger of doors you forgot to close—He's saying the cross slammed every door SHUT forever. While you're frantically trying to remember every sin, He's already forgotten them all and thrown away the file.