really?
Derek Prince does not teach that Christians can be possessed
this statement is not at all true
several people have volunteered up the information that he is worthwhile to listen to
You might want to check out the below book of his :They shall expel demons.
Please read chapters 5 and 16 where he discuss why Christians need demons delivered from them.
https://nuggets4u.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/they-shall-expel-demons-derek-prince.pdf
Intro to chapter 16:
There are two different sets of circumstances that
may confront a Christian with the need to deal with
demons:
1. Demons were already in him before he became a
Christian.
2. Demons entered him after he became a Christian.
His own words Chapter 16, page 214-216
Please read and heed the last paragraph I put in bold and underlined.
A MAN WHO LOVED JESUS
God's mercy in providing the ministry of deliverance
is wonderfully illustrated in the following testimony
from a worker in a psychiatric hospital in the U.S.:
One of the most controversial questions within the
charismatic move today appears to be whether a
Christian can be possessed of a demon. I had only
recently received teaching concerning demons and
deliverance when I began working in a large state
psychiatric hospital. One of my first patients was an
intelligent, thirty-year-old man who had spent over
ten years of his life in some of the best treatment
facilities in the country.
The outward manifestation of his illness was the
uncontrollable behavior of dashing his head against
walls and sharp objects, often seriously hurting
himself. This behavior occurred irrespective of
treatment or of the man's frame of mind. The
problem became so serious that the patient was
fitted with a football helmet, strapped to a bed, and
the bed bolted to the floor in the center of his room.
This young man was a handsome, well-liked person,
well-known to the entire hospital staff. The tragedy
of his case and what disconcerted me was his love for
Jesus Christ. He was a Christian, openly professed
Christ, and would weep for joy when we spent time
singing, praying and sharing in the Word together.
However, for several weeks I was unaware that after
I departed from our fellowship, he would go into a
rage, calling me profane names and trying
desperately to harm himself.
After these reports I feared for his safety and
discontinued the visits, relying on God to answer my
prayer for his recovery. Yet the fellow became so
despondent without my visits that I felt compelled to
return. As I opened my Bible to share with him, the
Spirit suddenly moved on me to command the
demon to leave. Though the words I spoke were
almost inaudible, the reaction was immediate.
Never had I witnessed such a gnashing of teeth,
screams of profanity against Christ, and evil facial
expressions. Not only that, but in spite of being
strapped securely to the bed, his body became rigid
and rose more than a foot above the bed, suspended
in mid-air. The change in the patient was so sudden
and violent that I became afraid. I left the room
quickly, hoping this would ease his violent reaction.
Several moments passed before I realized the
connection between the words I had spoken
commanding the demon to leave and the violent
display. The Holy Spirit quickened me to return. This
time the demonic manifestation did not dismay me. I
commanded the demon to leave in the name of Jesus,
reminding it of Mark 16:17. Though it continued to
manifest, I returned to my office with Christ's
assurance.
From that day forward, this man was completely free
of that demon and its violent manifestation. Not only
that, but he took his Bible and went throughout the
hospital to staff and patients, praising God for his
"deliverance from the demon. " Subsequent hospital
investigations attested to the miraculous deliverance.
Indeed, it was not my prayers, our fellowship or my
sharing the Word that brought restoration in the
Christian man's life, but the casting out of a demon
according to Mark 16:17.
Please stop telling me & others he never taught a believer/Christian could be demonized. He also was a works salvation proponent.
