Carlos Annacondia - Listen to me, Satan! : exercising authority over the devil in Jesus name

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my Lord and Father, to Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit, the only author of these pages;

to my loving wife, Maria, my helpmate and mother of my nine childrentogether we bear the load (or burden) of the ministry;

to my mother for her faithful prayers;

to Pastor Manuel A. Ruiz of Panama, who reached me with the gospel message; Pastors Jorge Gomelsky and Pedro Ibarra, who in different stages of our Christian walk God used to strengthen our lives in Christ.

I especially dedicate this to all who have a passion for lost souls and have a desire for God to use them. I pray the Lord uses this book as an instrument of inspiration for those people.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the coworkers in the ministry Mensaje de Sabacion (Message of Salvation);

the pastors who day after day support our crusades;

the intercessors;

all those who support the ministry with their gifts so we can continue winning souls for Christ;

and I also want to thank those who filled the pages of this book with their testimonies.

Contents

Part One "Go...and Preach"

Part Two

"These Signs Will Accompany Those Who Believe..."

Part Three "They W ill Drive Out Demons..."

Part Four "They Will Speak in New Tongues..."

Part Five

"Deadly Poison Will Not Hurt Them..."

Part Six " Sick People Will Get Well..."

Foreword

T he amazing Argentine Revival, at this writing, is finishing its fifteenth year! This is quite notable, because even the most famous revivals-like the Azusa Street Revival, the "Welsh Revival, or the Great Awakening-lasted only a couple of years. It is true that the long-term effects, the afterglow, of some lasted much longer, but the revival fire itself was relatively short-lived.

Carlos Annacondia is the most visible and most widely recognized apostle of the Argentine Revival. He is joined by other outstanding servants of God such as Omar Cabrera, Claudio Freidzon , Pablo Deiros , Edgardo Silvoso , Pablo Bottari , Eduardo Lorenzo, and, more recently, Sergio Scataglini . The consensus is that the revival was sparked when Carlos Annacondia began his public evangelistic ministry in 1982.

The widespread outpouring of the Holy Spirit that we have been praying for seems right around the corner. Never before have so many Christians been talking about revival, preaching about revival, offering courses and seminars on revival, and writing books and articles on revival.

Make no mistake about it. Listen to Me, Satan! may well be regarded by future historians as one of the most important, if not the most important, book of the revival literature of the 1990s. I am thrilled that it is now available in English.

Carlos and I have been friends for years. I have participated in his campaigns, ministered to his staff, traveled with him, translated for him, prayed with him, talked and written about him, and eaten Argentine beefsteak with him. There is no Christian leader whom I respect more. If there is ever any such thing as an Evangelists' Hall of Fame, Annacondia will be right there along with Billy Graham, Morris Cerullo , T. L. Osborn, Reinhard Bonnke , and the like. The only reason why we have not heard more about him in America as yet is that he is not fluent in English.

My research has shown that the principal reasons why the Argentine Revival has lasted more than most revivals all relate to Annacondia . Annacondia has kept evangelism-winning lost souls as the central focus for fifteen years. He has insisted on evangelical unity wherever he has gone, and he has seen it happen. Many cities in Argentina divide their recent history as "before Annacondia " and "after Annacondia ." Furthermore, he has knit his heart together with the other leaders, or apostles, of the Argentine Revival, overcoming the jealousy, indifference, competitiveness, bitterness, and divisions that has characterized so many similar movements.

No factor about the Argentine Revival is more significant than taking seriously the demonic forces that attempt to throttle evangelism and to quench revival. The tide of this book is Carlos Annacondia's signature war cry, Listen to Me, Satan! As I have seen with my own eyes, when he shouts this out in his public meetings, literally "all hell breaks loose!" Demons manifest, and the demonized victims are immediately taken out and ministered to one-on-one, sometimes through most of the night, by trained deliverance counselors.

This clears the air for the harvest. When Carlos gives the invitation, men and women from all levels of society actually run up front to get saved. It is no "eyes closed and heads bowed and let's sing another verse of 'Just As I Am'" scenario as most of us are used to. It is a free for all, frequently with shoving and pushing to get here first. So far, more than two million have reached the front, been saved, and have moved from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God!

As you read this book, you will feel like you are there. My prayer is that God will move you to say, "Lord, I want to recommit myself to do my part for this kind of revival to come to my city and to my nation!"

C. Peter Wagner Fuller Theological Seminary

Preface

I T is a great privilege for me to introduce this new book by evangelist Carlos Annacondia . As a fellow countryman, I feel proud that Carlos, with his impeccable and crystal clear testimony, is an Argentinean ambassador that represents us so excellently all over the world.

Since 1983 until now, his ministry has continued to grow and be effective for the kingdom of God by winning souls for Christ and mobilizing the church in pursuit of the Great Commission.

In the eighties, God raised Brother Carlos to be the spokesman of the message of salvation to a downhearted people defeated in their pride. He was the instrument chosen by God for a revival that shook all of Argentina. His faithfulness, his devotion, and his faith in signs and miracles produced an awakening in the church toward evangelization. Believers came out of their buildings with renewed enthusiasm to announce the Good News, signaling a new time for our country. Today, his ministry extends over all the nations of the world.

I met Carlos Annacondia in 1983. At that time, I was a professor of theology in the hstHuto Bbloo Rio de la Plata (Bible Institute of the Rio de la Plata), the seminary of the Assemblies of God in Argentina. Through my students, I found out about the evangelistic crusade taking place in the city of La Plata, located fifty kilometers from Buenos Aires. The evangelist was Carlos Annacondia , who was at that point starting his evangelistic ministry and whom I still didn't know. The remarks of those of students who were helping in that crusade caught my attention. "What's happening is extraordinary; every night thousands of people accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, and the power of deliverance is so strong that we need to stay until very late at night praying for the demonized," they said. I then immediately decided: Ined to meet this man.

That evening I went to the location of the crusade in La Plata. My students' report was surpassed by the reality before my eyes. A crowd surrounded the platform, and I could sense an atmosphere of great expectation. When the service began, the evangelist went up on the platform with his Bible in hand. As soon as he started talking, I felt the strong anointing of the Holy Spirit. Then came the prayer. It wasn't just any prayerit had authority and seemed to electrify the atmosphere. "LISTEN TO ME, SATAN..." were the words that initiated the confrontation. From then on, in the name of Jesus, Brother Carlos directly rebuked all the powers and demons that could be affecting the audience.