23/05/2026
Word of the Day
Study Topic: Dealing with Demonic Gates
Psalm 25:7-10: “7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah” (KJV). There is a mention of gates in the scriptures in several places. However, there are some places where they are mentioned that make a lot of meaning to us. For example, in Genesis 22:17: the Bible states “…thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies”. Likewise, in Psalm 107:16: "...for He hath broken the gates of brass” and Matthew 16:18: The Bible says “…….the gate of hell shall not prevail.” Gates are very significant in the spirit realm. A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls. Spiritually, it is the meeting place of spirits and men. It is an assembly ground where decisions and deliberations are made, where information is passed, and action is taken. It is a place of satanic assembly, a house of satanic parliament where wickedness and destruction are planned and the devil assembles his demons and territorial powers for wicked purposes. It also regulates entrance and exit into and out of a city. A gate in a city determines what time people can go in and out. A gate is the totality of the government and socio-economic life of a city.
There exist demonic gates or doors upon the face of the earth. These are the roads through which the demonic enters into the lives of people. The following are some of the demonic gates that allow us to be plundered by these spirits.
a. The eye gates lead to sin of failure to change, idols in the home, occult and idolatry, watching po*******hy.
b. The Mouth gates make for foolish talk, smoking and ingestion of illicit drugs, lack of confession of sin, failure to pray, failure to keep to our vows, not bridling our tongues; talking foul language etc.
c. The soul gates lead to emotional issues like bitterness, resentment, forgiveness, rejection, soul ties, failure to repent, living a careless Christian life, having a defiled conscience and feeding the flesh etc. Beloved, as children of God, we must be very careful of the things we allow in our lives. otherwise, we shall be opening ourselves to demonic pollution via the gates that are in our natural lives. We have eyes, ears, mouth, and emotions as human beings. We must, as a matter of urgency, saturate our lives with godly thoughts, watch godly movies, listen to godly music and messages, or else we shall give demons footholds over our lives. We need to close demonic gates by taking deliberate actions to guide ourselves from pollution. Demons are everywhere looking for souls to possess. Live godly, and you shall be filled with the Spirit God. May the Lord grant us more understanding of His word in the name of Jesus.
©Apostle Abiodun Adebanjo, Coordinating Pastor House of the Word Ministry, May 2026