Question 1: Do you believe that children can be possessed? And how far down in age would you go?
Psalm 58:[SUP]3 [/SUP]
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
I do not believe there has been any case of an infant possessed.
There is a report from ABC news but seeing how technically, it is not confirmed by the news reporter, it can only be treated with a fair amount of skepticism, especially in how they use those exorcisms as evidence towards their belief about that portal to hell.
Priest performs exorcism on child caught up in portal to Hell in Gary, Indiana, home | abc13.com
The Bible calls us to be humble like a child and it also says that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to 'such as these'
According to my pastor, toddlers and infants are too innocent. I guess I am wondering at what age exactly would you start to question their behaviors/mannerisms.
Question 2: What if your 8-12 year old child told you they were attracted to someone of the same sex...?
Bible Verses:
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
- Matthew 19:14
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- 1Corinthians 14:20
and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 18:3
Those references is about how religious people have to surrender in receiving the kingdom of God as a child would, by taking Jesus at His word and believe in Him.
Matthew 11:[SUP]25 [/SUP]At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.[SUP] 26 [/SUP]Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.[SUP] 27 [/SUP]All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.[SUP] 28 [/SUP]Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.[SUP] 29 [/SUP]Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.[SUP]30 [/SUP]For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Since it is the Father that reveals His Son to even babes, and hidden from the intellectual scholars of the world, there really is no reason to wait for the infants to get older to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Good News to man & babies too!!!
S/N I hope no one gets offended by my questions... I do not have kids but have nieces and a nephew. Let's be honest, kids can be so evil sometimes... I always pray for my little beauties and for others around me.
They can be evil without being demonically possessed to be that way. It is our sinful nature.
People joke about it, but managing kids can begin with cutting back on their sugar intake, their caffeine, and chocolate.
Sometime an allergy to a certain food may trigger that too, but rarely any one would notice that to report it enough to determine a common factor in what makes kids hyper and unmanageable.
Sometime a trauma may be responsible. It could be because of an act of betrayal or extreme insecurities or an evil act.
Then there is that medical reason for why some kids are the way they are... attention deficit disorder... and other stuff.
So it would be best to lean on Jesus Christ for guidance in discerning the root cause of the behavior, because not every evil brat is demonically possessed.
I recollect a true story about our former pastor where he got a phone call about a kid being demonically possessed. He heard something over the phone and so he had asked who said that? Whoever he was talking to referred to some other person in the room. The pastor told them to send that person out of the house. As it turned out, the kid was not possessed, traumatized as he was in having a fit and all, but the one sent out of the house was possessed, because the kid got calm after that. I never got the rest of the story regarding that person that really was possessed that went out of the house but by the way it was told to me, the pastor performed the exorcism on that one for the reason why everybody believed it was that person. So an actual possessed person can cause afflictions on another.. even a child.
Also. there is a local ministry that had collected all things of occult in some kind of call for believers to repent of those things and they put it all in a pile and burned it. Out of the flames came a face and a scream was heard coming out of the fire.
Kind of makes me wonder if objects of the occult can influence or afflict christians that way too, without possessing them.
At any rate, if a friend or relative is citing some child as demonic, you might want to ask Him if the person citing it is in need of help, because of what had happened below at this link.
https://conservativetribune.com/mother-exorcism-infant-next/
Scary to think of someone helpless like that at the mercy of a mother not in self control nor sane, but it has happened for other reasons too.