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Of course, Yes.They need to stay somewhere.Some of Christians so kind for evil spirits on this way.They just give them space to stay.Just take attention to read next verses KJV.Ephesians4;25-32, 25.Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour; for we are members one of another. 26.Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath;27.Neither give place to the devil.28.Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.29.Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying,that it may minister grace unto the hearers.30.And grieve not the Holly Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.31.Let all bitterness, and wrath and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice;32.And be ye kind one to another,tenderheated, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. In this verses, we have a some reasons why some Christians give place for evil spirits in their spiritual property.
As a Christian, if you go buy a Ouija board made by Parker Bros., or Tarot cards, books on witchcraft and you play with those things, you are INVITING the evil spirits into your life. That's a choice you will have made to open up a path for them when before you had Christ's protection over you.
A chosen sent one in Christ cannot, and will not ever do that.
But one who is called only, and falls away from Christ, can wind up doing that.
A chosen sent one in Christ cannot, and will not ever do that.
But one who is called only, and falls away from Christ, can wind up doing that.
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Christians can absolutely be possessed. There have been cases of demon possession where the victims were devout Christians. For a good primer on the basics of true spiritual warfare, pick up the "Manual for Spiritual Warfare" by Paul Thigpen. In addition to providing information on the various types of spiritual manifestations, Thigpen also includes a great number of prayers, scripture passages and practical advice for fighting our spiritual battles through his own experience and from the writings of many of the saints. Also, if you can stomach the twisted and filthy accounts of actual demonic activity, read "Hostage to the Devil" by Malachai Martin. It's a very entertaining read because it reads like a novel, but Martin presents the facts from several real cases. There are many more good books on the topic, but these should get you started. Be careful though! Don't become too fascinated with evil - it could become another open door for satan to work.
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Any time you sin you are opening a door for satan and his demons to work in your life. The sins of your father can also present open doors (have you ever noticed that families can have a tendency toward a particular type of sin?) And every Christian sins. Satan can also gain access to you through trauma, or evils done against you.
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I believe there is a great difference between the words christian and Christlike.The latter strives everyday to live more in Christ, to obey as Christ did the Father and to denounce himself of pride and live to serve others apart from himself.Where ,when one lives accordingly does the evil one fit in. Yes, I agree, the more we seek Christ in our lives, the more viable we are to temptation. After we are tempted, a choice always follows. Having a team lineup with Jesus as head, supported and comforted by the Holy Spirit and the total protection of our Living God it is most unlikely any evil,be it spirit or any other matter, will dwell in us. We live Christlike by choice and God honours that. I will never leave you nor forsake you. When I am in doubt I turn to God in prayer and remind Him of His promises towards us. My God is a living God. AMEN.
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Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
One problem of your view is that sins of my father or my sins can open the door. When you become a Christian, you don't hate the Lord. Exodus 20:5 is about those who hate the Lord. Therefore you should consider refining your view since there are other verses:
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.-Luke 6:35
One problem of your view is that sins of my father or my sins can open the door. When you become a Christian, you don't hate the Lord. Exodus 20:5 is about those who hate the Lord. Therefore you should consider refining your view since there are other verses:
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.-Luke 6:35
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Devout Christians? Devout in that they never sin?
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.-1 John 5:18
My Bible says the wicked one toucheth him not.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.-1 John 4:4
My Bible says greater is He (God) that is in me than he (satan) that is in the world.
So what you're saying is that the devil can beat up God in me and the devil can indwell me.
What you're saying is that the devil can take over my will when the Bible says that I have my own will.
1 Corinthians 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
I love Jesus and want to be free of the devil so Paul says that I have power over my own will but your book says that the devil has power over my will. Who is right? Your book or my scripture?
I actually helped a blog writer win an award for his blog and it led some cultists to believe the Bible wasn't true because they believed in demon possession and their belief was more important than the Bible so when I showed that the Bible said it was false, they decided that demon possession is true so therefore the Bible must be false.
I have my whole article saved on several USB thumb drives and I actually have more arguments than this but this goes to show that the books are novel in their interpretation but they are totally off the wall and inaccurate because the author for whatever reason doesn't know his theology like everyone else can know theology.
I have more verses.
If you want to do right, you have to help me clean up Christianity because I can't do it alone because people would rather beat me up. So please help me.
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.-1 John 5:18
My Bible says the wicked one toucheth him not.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.-1 John 4:4
My Bible says greater is He (God) that is in me than he (satan) that is in the world.
So what you're saying is that the devil can beat up God in me and the devil can indwell me.
What you're saying is that the devil can take over my will when the Bible says that I have my own will.
1 Corinthians 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
I love Jesus and want to be free of the devil so Paul says that I have power over my own will but your book says that the devil has power over my will. Who is right? Your book or my scripture?
I actually helped a blog writer win an award for his blog and it led some cultists to believe the Bible wasn't true because they believed in demon possession and their belief was more important than the Bible so when I showed that the Bible said it was false, they decided that demon possession is true so therefore the Bible must be false.
I have my whole article saved on several USB thumb drives and I actually have more arguments than this but this goes to show that the books are novel in their interpretation but they are totally off the wall and inaccurate because the author for whatever reason doesn't know his theology like everyone else can know theology.
I have more verses.
If you want to do right, you have to help me clean up Christianity because I can't do it alone because people would rather beat me up. So please help me.
The Hebrew 6:4-8 Scripture is definitely... speaking of a believer falling away. It's not saying it's impossible to fall away, it's saying it's impossible to 'renew' them again unto repentance. The phrases in between the red bold are only describing the relationship they had enjoyed prior to falling away, and that is to show that one indeed was a believer and enjoyed the heavenly gifts of The Holy Spirit.
Heb 6:4-8
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Heb 6:4-8
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
KJV
Influenced yes, possessed no... The indwelling of the Holy Spirit does not cohabitate with the opposition. "A house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand" (Mark 3:25). The Spirit of Christ (Comforter) is not compatible with the spirit of the anti-Christ. "But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men" (Matthew 16:23). Peter was not possessed, just influenced. Christians can be swayed, they can sin, or be misguided, but our faith in Him keeps us whole. "Touch not mine anointed" (Psalm 105:15). Anointed with the oil of grace, with the Holy Spirit, as all true believers are. Christians are in union with God, not demons... jmo
Everyone is possessed, as long as they has sin in them, they are doing the will of their father. that is why God is trying to remove or wash away from us. As long as a person has evil in them, they are possessed.
John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 9:4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 9:4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
I'm not saying one way or the other, but we're all using our logic to answer this. What does Scripture say? Can a believer get caught up in the lusts of the flesh as stated in Galatians 5 which includes witchcraft? Remember, a believer has been cut away from the flesh. We live in the spirit now, not in the flesh. We're talking about occupying flesh, not our spirit.
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Who, when renovating his house will keep; the old furniture next to the new which we wish to display. On buying a new bedroom suite, the old must make way for the new. In other words the old bedroom suite must be removed so we can display the new suite. If we renovate our kitchen cupboards can the new be placed next to the old. Of course not, the old must be uprooted in order to install the new cupboards. So to when Christ renovates our hearts, the old, be it evil,demons,possession or what ever you wish to call it must be uprooted so that Jesus may move in. The more we furnish our hearts with Jesus the more the old ways must make way for the new.
As far as I know, there is only one devil. Usually people would say a person is possessed by demons.
My own personal experience is that people aren’t so much possessed by demons as they are slaves of sin. They are in the habit of sinning, and don’t even realize what they are doing is wrong. When we sin, we become victims of the consequences of our in, which can be extremely severe if the sin is serious enough.
I am no expert on this demon stuff. I did once have a drinking problem, and one night I said I was going to stop drinking after six beers. I didn’t. I woke up in the middle of the night, and there seemed to be demons in my head. I haven’t had a drop of alcohol (except for Communion) since.
My own personal experience is that people aren’t so much possessed by demons as they are slaves of sin. They are in the habit of sinning, and don’t even realize what they are doing is wrong. When we sin, we become victims of the consequences of our in, which can be extremely severe if the sin is serious enough.
I am no expert on this demon stuff. I did once have a drinking problem, and one night I said I was going to stop drinking after six beers. I didn’t. I woke up in the middle of the night, and there seemed to be demons in my head. I haven’t had a drop of alcohol (except for Communion) since.