Chapter 3.12
Bewitched, Bothered
And Bewildered
Possessed vs: Oppressed, Free vs: Bound Spirits
How to shake, rattle and roll
First
Word
Some folks believe that Fallen
Angels are the demons that roam free on the earth today. Others believe they are entities from the first earth age, a time before this age begin;
which is what I believe. I will not
debate that here, but only deal with the effects of their reality, however, I
must point out that scripture does say that fallen angels are being held in
chains of darkness; they are not free.[1]
First
Question
The first question right out of
the box is; “Can a BELIEVER; a Christian be
possessed by a demon” and the answer is a resounding NO; end of word
study. Well, sort of; while a Christian cannot be
possessed, he can surely be bothered, messed with, and tempted and that’s what
we are going to look at in this study. I need to point out that there is a big
difference between a BELIEVER, A FOLLOWER
OF CHRIST and a MAKE-BELIEVER who is just an IMPOSTER; one who deceives
and is being deceived.[2] Some say they are a Christian in the same
spirit as being an American, loving apple pie, puppies and motherhood; but they
don’t actually follow Christ.
Invisible
War
Let’s set the Record Straight and get it down
deep in our spirit just who Satan really is.
We acknowledge that there is an Invisible War going
on between, good and evil; between Satan and God[3]. When
we speak of demonic activity and power, we always speak of their Prince Satan
and his power. We think of Two Equal and
Opposite forces.
Satan is NOT the opposite of God; he is the
opposite of Michael the High Archangel. Satan
is no match for God in any situation, he is not even in the same league. While
he has been given power, he is NOT equal. He is just a dog on a leash that can go only
as far as the length of the leash and raise all the HELL he wants to
within that circle.[4]
Demons
Demon is from the Greek word daimon;
in the KJV it is translated Devil. The Jewish traditional roots passes down to
us that demons are the forces of darkness and wickedness and their leader is Satan; demons
are in a matter of speaking; HELL’S ANGELS. The
evil spirits or demons that live today are the same spirits from the first
earth age; moving from person to person, killing, stealing and destroying as
they go.
They
do not consist of matter or material body or substance, they are without
physical existence in themselves, but they belong as property or a thing to
Satan. They are invisible and operate
above the laws of nature and have supernatural intelligence and knowledge along
with terrible physical strength which they impart to those possessed. A demon spirit needs a moist place to find
rest and attempts to take over humans as well as animals.[5] They need to possess a person’s mind and body
to enable them to get around Jesus validated the existence of
Demons, He referred to them as Unclean Evil Spirits and went on to say some
people could be possessed by many of them.[6]
Free and
Bound
There
seems to be two classes of demons; those that are free in “The Air”
and those bound in “The Abyss”.
The Abyss is a temporary holding
place for evil spirits until they are thrown into the lake of fire. Their leader is “The Prince of the power of THE AIR”;[7] Satan.
A demon is the gateway to your body. Once one enters he can allow others to take up
residence. Mary Magdalene had seven demons cast out of her by Jesus.[8] Seven is the number for completeness; she was completely possessed. You can see by her actions in scripture, how
grateful she was for her deliverance as she joined and faithfully served Jesus
in His ministry and even after His death.
There can be many more that can possess you, perhaps even hundreds.[9]
Characteristics
Unclean
spirits are NOT abstract
thoughts, diseases, or just aliments, they are rational beings who know who
Jesus is and believe in God, but just do not accept Him and cannot, because
they have already been judged and doomed.
They know that their time is short and will beg not to be punished
before their time of judgment.[10]
They have the same attributes of a person, exhibiting personality,
intellect, emotion and will. They are fierce,
relentless and just plain out mean; they give seizers, convulsions, throw you
down, batter you and make you foam at the mouth; they cause you to scream, grind
your teeth and try to kill you. They can cripple and make you deaf and mute as
well as speak through you and transform you into a totally different person
with incredible strength and fierceness.[11]
NOTE: This does not mean that someone that has
these characteristics are demon possessed.
I
grew up with a neighborhood kid named Larry who was just plain
mean. His grandmother had the Spirit of God,
but Larry had a Demonic
Spirit. He would do things to
animals just to torment them. He would
twist your arm, hit you in the back, knock you down, scatter your books and
take your lunch. I don’t ever remember
hating anybody in my life, but Larry. If
ever the world would be better off, it would be when Larry was dead. After High school Larry was killed while
engaged in a robbery. Today we see
people bringing guns into the schools and work place and killing just to
kill. We say that they were just not in their
right mind.
I say this is plain and simple demonic
activity.
Possession or
Oppression
Demon Possession is a demon
residing in a person and exerting direct control and influence over that person
causing certain derangement of mind and body.
Demon Oppression or Influence
must always be distinguished from Demon possession in relationship to a
person. Demon influence is just demons messing with you because they can.
Can a Christian be Demon Possessed?
The Spirit of God inhabits us
permanently; our body is the temple of Holy Spirit; God, who is in us is
greater and stronger than he who is in the world.[12] (Satan and his demons)
Demons cannot enter into a person who is occupied by someone stronger
than they are. The Holy Spirit and an
unclean spirit cannot co-exist in the same person, just as light cannot
co-exist with darkness.[13] There is NOT one scripture
in the New Testament about a Believer; a Christian being possessed by a demon. We may be troubled, bothered, harassed and
tempted by demons, but never possessed. We can be Obsessed and Oppressed, but NOT Possessed.
When we submit to God we are delivered
from the domain of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of light.[14] We are NOT taught to cast
Satan out, we are taught to resist Satan and he
will flee from us.[15] The Ruler of this world, Satan and his demons
have already been judged. Jesus has
already disarmed their power and authority, and has made a public spectacle of
them, triumphing over them by way of the cross.[16]
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered
Demonic Activity can have you Bewitched,
Bothered and Bewildered whether
you are a Christian or not. Demons are
Oppressive, they just HANG ON and oppress
those they can’t possesses.[17] READ ON
In fact count yourself special when you
are attacked. Count it all joy when you
fall into various trials for you must be doing something great in God’s
plan. This is a TEST of your Faith
and Patience;
not for God’s benefit, but for yours.[18] Satan and his minion spirits get a foothold
in your life through; willful sin, pride, strife, un-forgiveness, doubt, fear &
negative speech just to name just a few.
There are invisible chains of infirmity that are not physical; you can’t see them, but
the bondage is still ever present. It
can move around your body exhibiting headaches, backaches, chest pains, upset
stomach, nausea, dizziness, sadness, depression, stress, fear, paranoia, rage
and even cause you to exhibit different personalities.
This suffering is not really a physical
sickness; so medical treatment gives minor relief if any. For sure, it is not God trying to teach you
something because it is God’s will that you are healed.[19] “Prayer”, “The Word” and “Faith” is the only remedy. This oppression can even be found in the
Church, attaching itself outwardly hoping
to gain entrance though discouragement and stress. Christians cannot be inwardly possessed; only messed with. Demonic “attacks” will not succeed in the life
of the believer, they will eventually fail.[20]
Shake,
Rattle and Roll
How
to shake off unclean spirits; demonic minions that try to hang on you.
a)
Flee from sexual immorality; all other sins a
person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins
against his own body.[21]
b)
Flee Youthful passions which could include drugs,
alcohol, gambling and multiple partners. We should pursue righteousness, faith, love,
and peace.[22]
c)
Flee from idolatry; in the end times some will
depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings
of demons, things of the Occult, Dungeons and Dragons, Ouija
boards, Tara Cards, Astrology, Horoscopes,
Hypnosis, Silva Mind Control, Symbol Therapy, Visualization
& guided imagery, color experimentations, Yoga, Tai Chi, Reflexology, Magnetic
Healing, Transcendental Meditation, Chanting,
Spirit Channeling, Automatic Writings, Séances, LSD, Cosmic
consciousness, Necromancy (raising the dead for communication), Speaking in Demonic languages, Biofeedback,
Psychics, and Music with occultist lyrics.[23]
d) Flee from
demonic images: Get rid of jewelry
and symbolism such as Zodiac signs, pentagrams, hexagrams, enneagram (9 triangle points in a circle), all seeing
eye, perverted cross, swastika, Egyptian ankh,
dragon, serpent, yin/yang, locus, unicorn, flying Pegasus horse, the lotus blossom,
point within a circle, sign of the cloven hoof or
footprint of the devil. Did you
know that holding up your two fingers; the index and the little finger is a
sign of the “Satanic
horns”?
e)
Reject the trend to be pre-occupied with media;
Movies, Books and Magazines that glorifies the occult, sin and idolatry. We are told to flee, run from every connection to the occult.
f)
Renew your mind daily; the serpent deceived Eve
in the Garden of Eden, her mind was led astray by demonic craftiness. What you think is what you are; bring every
thought into captivity. Think about
these things: whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is
just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there
is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, these are the things
to think on.[24]
g)
Speak and Confess good stuff: You are what you
confess. Satan cannot read your
mind, he only knows what you speak; SPEAK LIFE.
h)
Refuse to give Satan the advantage; we are not to
be ignorant of his schemes.[25]
i)
Prepare your minds for action; you have entered the
INVISABLE WAR ZONE where there are land mines on the ground
and missiles overhead.
j)
Put on the whole armor of God, that you will be
able to stand against Satan and his demons to stop his schemes and his ability
to manipulate your mind.[26]
Our Armor of protection: There are seven (complete) things
protecting us from demons.[27]
1) Submission to God.
2) The blood of Jesus Christ.
3) The Holy Spirit that is within us.
4) God’s Word from the Bible.
5) Our authority as Believers.
6) The gifts of the Holy Spirit.
7) Our Prayer life.
Striking Back at God
A
demon when possessing a human being is striking back at God for taking their bodies in the pre-Adamic flood and
placing a prophetic curse on them of damnation to the lake of fire They strike back by oppressing and destroying
His greatest creation; “MAN” made in His
own image; binding their victims with chains of physical and mental sickness
and disorders.
Jesus went about healing the sick and those
oppressed of the Devil; did you see it?
Sickness and oppression is from Satan.[28]
The Take Away Bewitched,
Bothered & Bewildered
Fallen angels are not demons
although many books written say they are; Scripture does not support this. Demons are disembodied spirits that died
during the great flood of the first earth age. They were created immortal, they
were not under the law of “sin and death”.
They are known as familiar spirits, unclean spirits, demons and devils. There is an invisible war going on to hinder
God’s promises and our prayers from reaching us. God says to pray continuously till we receive
our answer, and then continue praying in thanksgiving. He says to be thankful IN all things; not FOR all things.[29]
Demons and Satan cannot read our thoughts, but they act with haste on what
we confess with our mouth:[30] We are what we
confess; I confess that I AM BLESSED.
The Christian has dominion over demons and is protected by seven things;
1) Submission to God, 2) The
blood of Jesus Christ, 3) The Holy Spirit
within us, 4) God’s
Word; the Bible, 5) The
believers authority, 6) The gifts of the
Spirit and 7) and Our prayer life.[31] (Seven, we are
complete.)
An evil spirit cannot co-exist with the Holy Spirit; A Christian cannot
be possessed. You can be bewitched,
bothered and bewildered by
demons trying to discourage you, trying to get a foothold in your life; specially
trying to cause doubt in your prayer life.
Through the death of Christ on the cross, the works of Satan has been
destroyed.[32]
Christ did not shed his blood on the
cross for fallen angels or demons; in this second earth age, there is NO hope for a demon nor a fallen angel.
Satan has limited power for a short time given to him by God, but he has
already been judged and doomed to be confined to the Lake of Fire forever along
with his minions and those who do not accept Jesus as the Son of God; the
Messiah.[33]
There is
therefore now no condemnations for those who have accepted Jesus Christ.
We have already
won the war, it was settled at the cross; we are more than conquerors’.[34]
Oppressed? Then SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
[1] Jude 6 – Fallen Angels
are in chains of darkness.
[2] Acts 19:13-16 – JESUS I KNOW, and I KNOW ABOUT
PAUL, BUT WHO ARE YOU?"
-- 2 Timothy 3:13 – Make Believers will Deceive and be Deceived
[3] Ephesians
[4]
Ephesians 2:2 –
Satan is the PRINCE
of the power of the air -- Job 2:6 –
Satan’s power is given and LIMITED
by God
[5] Matthew 12:43 – A demon
spirit cannot rest in a dry place. -- Mark
5:12 – Demons desire a moist place to live, even an animal
[6] Mark 1:32 – People brought the demon-possessed to Jesus -- Mark 1:39 –
Jesus preached and drove out demons -- Matthew 4:24 – News spread about Jesus
healing people that were demon-possessed
-- Luke 7:21 – Jesus called Demons; Evil Spirits not Evil Angels
[7] Ephesians 2:2 – Satan is the Prince of the power of the air --
Ephesians 2:1-2 – Some demons are free “in the air”
-- Luke
[8] Luke 8:1 – You can be possessed by more than one demon
[9] Mark 5:8-9 – Perhaps even
hundreds of Evil Unclean Sprits
[10] Luke 4:33-34 – Evil Spirits know who Jesus is
and their impending Judgment --
Matthew 8:29 – Demons have Knowledge, they know their time is short
[11] Matthew 8:29 – Demons an speak through a possessed person -- Luke 4:33 – These Evil Spirits speak loudly
when they speak -- Mark 5:4 –
They can make you to become incredible strong -- Matthew 8:28 – They can make you Fierce -- James 2:19
– Even the demons believe in God -- Acts 8:7 – Demons; these unclean spirits can cripple
you -- Luke 11:14 – Unclean spirits can take away your
ability to speak -- Mark 9:25 – Unclean spirits can take away your ability to hear -- Mark 1:26
– Unclean spirits can cause convulsions -- Mark 9:22 – Unclean spirits try to kill the possessed -- Luke 9:39 – Demons; Throw,
batters and causes foaming at the mouth -- Mark 9:18
– Unclean spirits can cause you to grinds your teeth
[12] 1 Corinthians 6:19 – Our body is the Temple of
the Holy Spirit
[13] 1
John 4:4 – God who lives in us is greater than
Demons --
Matthew 12:29 – Demons can’t bind someone who is stronger --
[14] Colossians
1:13 – We have been delivered from darkness into God’s light.
[15] James
4:7 – Submit to God and RESIST the Devil and he will flee from you
[16] John
16:11 - The ruler of this world has been judged -- Colossians
2:15 – The Cross has disarmed the demons
[17] Matthew 8:16 – Demons or unclean spirits oppress because they can
-- Luke 13:11 – There is a spirit of infirmity
[18] James
1:2-4 – Count it all as Joy – You are being tested.
[19] Mark 1:40-41 – Jesus said
He wants us healed.
[20] -- Isaiah 54:17 – The
attacks will not succeed; they will fail
[21] 1 Corinthians 6:18 – We are commanded to Flee from sexual immorality
[22] 2 Timothy 2:22 - We are commanded to flee youthful passions
[23] 1 Corinthians 10:14 – We are commanded to Flee from idolatry
[24] 2 Corinthians 11:3 – What you think can lead you astray. -- Philippians
4:8 – Think on things of excellence; IT’S IN THE
BOOK
[25] 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 – We are not ignorant of Satan’s schemes -- 1
Timothy 4:1 – In the latter time some will seek Deceitful Spirits and Demonic
Teachings
[26] Ephesians 6:11 – We are
commanded to put on the whole armor of God, IT’S IN THE BOOK
-- James 4:7-8
– We are commanded to Resist
Satan and he will flee from us.
[27] 1 Peter 1:13 - We are commanded to prepare our minds for action -- Proverbs 18:21 – What you speak or
confess will come to pass
[28] Acts 10:38 – Sickness is an oppression from Satan
[29] Philippians 4:6 – Be
thankful IN
all thing; not FOR
all things.
[30] Luke 8:12 – Satan tries to quickly take away the seed of Faith
[31] Mark 6:7 – Christians have POWER over the Unclean Spirits
[32] Hebrews 2:14 – Christ’s death destroyed the power of death
[33] Matthew 25:41 – The Lake of fire is prepared for Satan & Hell’s
Angels
[34] Romans 8:37 - We are more than
conquerors, Jesus fought the war and we got the victors crown.
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