Can Christians be possessed by devils?

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In my experience it was others telling me I had devils after I was born again and started saying that Jesus Christ is real and started confessing that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and the Lord. I knew that I was saved and the holy spirit was in me and that Jesus Christ was in me and I in him.

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 12:45. Then goeth he, and taketh to him 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. ~ Luke 11:26

The verse that was used against me was Luke 11:26
and Matthew 12:45. How do you explain this verse in light of the saved not containing a devil?

The verse that comes to mind is Matthew 16:23 - 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.

Would you say that Peter was not yet saved so Jesus could say Get thee behind me Satan? For Jesus to call Peter Satan he would have to be in him?

Also in Luke 11:26 and Matthew 12:45 is this an example of those that are possessed and are set free of those devils through the name of Jesus but don't get saved therefore more devils return?


2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Is 2 Corinthians 11:15 a example of those that say they are saved but are really ministers of Satan and therefore can have a devil?


Are those Christians that are truly saved that are said to have a devil or devils fulfillment of what Jesus Christ said making them of Christ's household?: It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? ~ Matthew 10:25


Thank you so much for your time.
 
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A christian can't be posessed. Your spirit is holy and made new and the posession of Christ, but if you first lived in the world and then got saved you lived under the influence of the devil, maybe people lived im sexual sin or engaged in occult stuff. Then when you come to Christ you need to repent, get baptized and be set free from that demonic influence.
 

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The ONLY way a Christian can be subject to an evil spirit or demon is by falling away from Christ and inviting them into one's life. This can only happen to one who is called to believe on Christ using their own free will. It cannot happen to a chosen sent one by Christ, which those chosen cannot be turned, and will never turn away from Christ.
 
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Thanks for your reply. So would you say that if a person was really possessed then they would not be a saved Christian?
 
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Thanks for your reply. So would you say that if a person was really possessed then they would not be a saved Christian?
No, a person who is born again cannot be possessed. Dark and light cannot abide together. Don't let anyone tell you different.
 
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Thanks for your reply.

I agree that truly saved Christians can not be possessed devils just like Jesus Christ could not be possessed with devils.

It also leads to the point that if someone was truly possessed and they proclaimed to be a saved Christian they would be a minister of Satan (2 Corinthians 11:15).
 
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So a person professing that they are saved Christian are not really a saved Christian if they are possessed with a devil or devils.
 

John146

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Can an unclean spirit posses a Christian's body? The soul and spirit have been cut away from the body through spiritual circumcision. The body is yet been redeemed. The body can be possessed by alcohol, drugs, and other things. The body is dead.
 
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So would you say that if a person was really possessed then they would not be a saved Christian?
Not in the present tense no, but devils and evil spirits can be cast out, as Jesus also showed in His ministry. But those who are born again, and are sealed by the Spirit are protected as long as they abide, and the wicked one is unable to touch them. Unless of course they fall away from the faith, and then their last state would be even worse than their first.

1 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.
 

crossnote

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Greater is HE who is in you tha he who is in the world.
A Christian has the Holy Spirit living in him and his body is the Temple of the living God.
God will not share rent with the devil.
 

John146

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Can He share rent with alcohol or drugs? I'm not saying either way, but it is something I have questioned.

Greater is HE who is in you tha he who is in the world.
A Christian has the Holy Spirit living in him and his body is the Temple of the living God.
God will not share rent with the devil.
 

crossnote

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Can He share rent with alcohol or drugs? I'm not saying either way, but it is something I have questioned.
Alcohol and drugs is not the devil. It may grieve the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit will take chastising measures to rectify the problem though.
 

John146

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Obviously alcohol and drugs are not the devil, but like the devil. If alcohol can control your body, why can't the devil? Your body is not saved, it has not been redeemed yet. An unclean spirit cannot occupy your saved soul and spirit but why not your body?

Alcohol and drugs is not the devil. It may grieve the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit will take chastising measures to rectify the problem though.
 

hornetguy

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Obviously alcohol and drugs are not the devil, but like the devil. If alcohol can control your body, why can't the devil? Your body is not saved, it has not been redeemed yet. An unclean spirit cannot occupy your saved soul and spirit but why not your body?
Alcohol and drugs are a choice that a person makes. Being "possessed" is not a choice, at least not the way that Hollywood portrays it. The "debbil" doesn't simply drop down on an unsuspecting innocent person (Christian) and take over their body.
See the scriptures referenced above....
 
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Short answer: NO

Long biblical answer when I have time :)
 
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It's like this

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Lol Is...pretty much...swat it with the Bible ;)
 

BenFTW

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Have you seen some of the responses on this forum? :cool: I'm only kidding. :p