Demonology
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2. Can a believer be possessed by demons? |
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A believer
cannot be possessed by demons if he submits himself to God and he resists the
devil. For James says: “Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). No matter how strong the
attacks of the devil against a believer are, if the believer lives humbly
keeping the commandments of God and resisting the devil, the devil will not
be able to enter his body: “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit
of the Lord will put him to flight,” says the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 59:19 –
NIV) |
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However,
if a believer begins, for instance, to practice occult arts or to attend
spiritualist séances, then for sure he will give place to the devil, who will
make evil spirits enter his body. Obviously a believer can give place to evil
spirits not only through magic arts, but also through other works of the
devil. |
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Jesus
confirmed that such a thing can happen when He said: “When the unclean spirit
is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and
findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came
out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then
goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is
worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation” (Matthew
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