NOT EVERYTHING IS CAUSED BY DEMONS. However, the point is that when it IS an evil influence that is operating we will recognize and deal with it according to God's Word. We do NOT believe that Christians can be demon possessed. But they certainly can be attacked in their mind, will, emotions and body.
They can be troubled, pressed, buffeted, harassed, depressed, obsessed, oppressed, in bondage and bruised. Those people who are in the final state of possession or are indwelt have long since severed their relationship with God. They may still hang on to a form of godliness but it is only an empty shell camouflaging their true spiritual condition.
Although much of the problem in this area is a matter of semantics it is still necessary to state some clear principles of what God's Word actually says about the matter. The following are some of those scriptures which lead us to believe that blood-washed believers, living according to the Word of God and who love the Lord with all of their heart cannot be demon possessed.
1. Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. " It is true that "mammon" refers to riches in this verse but the principle still remains true that it is either God or the devil that rules in our lives, not both at the same time. (Mammon was the demonic Aramaic god of wealth and profit.)
2. James 3:11.12 "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. "
3. Corinthians I 10:21 "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. " This has reference to the Lord's supper but once again we see the principle that God will not share us with the devil under any circumstances.
4. Corinthians I 3:16.17 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. " Can you imagine demons running around in God's holy temple? I can't!
5. I Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" Some believe that under certain circumstances demons can possess the soul and body of a Christian without violating the spirit. But this verse states that our "BODY is the temple of the Holy Ghost," not of the devil. In any event, we are not some kind of condominium with the demons living in one or two rooms and God in the other. It is either one or the other.
6. I John 4:4 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he (God) that is in you, than he (devil) that is in the world. " John gives us the location of the devil if God is in us; "in the world. " What we are really discussing when we wonder whether demons can possess a Christian is simply whether God is stronger than the devil. If we believe a demon can possess the very temple of God then we have no faith in the fact that God's protection is complete when we serve Him with all our heart.
7. I Corinthians 2:12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world (demonic), but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given us of God. " I John 5:18 "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. " The Greek verb, "to touch," means: to fasten, cling to or attach oneself to. Here we are told that if we are not practicing sin , the devil doesn't have a right to touch us. Some Christians mistakenly attribute works of the flesh to demon possession. Our flesh has some strong ideas of how it wants to live. If we don't use the Power of the Holy Spirit to keep it subdued it can raise havoc. Then there are others who would rather have demons cast out of them than to personally have to deal with their flesh and keep it on the altar of sacrifice as Romans 12:1 commands. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. " It is not God's Will for His children to live in constant bondage. the "If Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" John 8:36.
That is the reason we have taken the time to do this message. We want you to know that God has provided complete liberty for you over the enemy. We have power over the forces of hell when they attack us or members of our family.
My name is César and I’m a Voice in The Desert
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