Can a Christian have a demon dwelling inside of them?
Yes or no?
Whatever your position is, please support it with scripture which can then be scrutinized by everybody here in order to determine whether or not those scriptures truly say what anybody here might claim they say in context.
I trust that we all believe that Christians can be oppressed or harassed outwardly by demons, but that is not my question.
Again, can a Christian have a demon dwelling inside of them?
Yes or no?
Btw, I am not starting this thread in order to set off another all-too-common ruckus here in the BDF. Instead, as we all should already know, if we are honest with ourselves, there are a lot of Christians in this world who are struggling tremendously with things like depression, all sorts of illnesses or diseases, and lust (especially in a sexual sense), and I am seeking to address and determine whether or not things like this could sometimes be directly related to demons dwelling inside of them. In other words, my goal is to potentially help people to be delivered from various torments, and not to set off some sort of free-for-all here, so please present your cases civilly, respectfully, and with scriptural backing.
Thank you.
Yes.
We are comprised of body soul and spirit. Our body/soul/spirit is a temple designed for God to dwell in. The spirit is like the holy holies that nothing defiling could enter and live. The soul is like the priest's domain and the body is like the court of the outer court. Using a castle anaology, we could say that the spirit is the keep, the soul is the bailey, and the body is the rest of the castle.
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
1Co 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body
is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
1Co 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
1Co 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make
them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
The spirit of the new believer is purified and sealed from anything that pollutes. But the soul/mind and the body of the believer ar able to be breached by demons, and they can establish a presence in them.
I had been involved with occult and new age theory and practices before surrendering to Jesus Christ. I had demons in my soul/body that would often make my mind think obscene thoughts about Jesus when I tried to read my Bible. These thoughts stopped after I went to my pastor for deliverance.
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