SHEPHERD
TO SHEEP
CAN A
CHRISTIAN BE DEMON POSSESSED?
For a long
time now there has been discussion of whether a Christian can be demon
possessed or not. Perhaps it is
generated by fear or by observing something they saw in others or even an
experience they had themselves. As in everything
else we need to go directly to the scriptures and never base anything on
experience or feeling. Here are some
verses to contemplate:
·
(Col 1:13)
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom
of the Son of His love.
·
(2 Cor
6:14-16) … For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what
communion has light with darkness? 15
And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an
unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has
the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God
has said: “I will dwell in them…
·
(1 John 4:4)
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in
you is greater than he who is in the world.
The
scriptures clearly state that believers are the temple of God and that God dwells
in them. God has no time-share with the
devil! But we know that if a Christian
cannot be possessed then at times he
can be oppressed by the devil. Demons
cannot live in Christian hearts, but they surely can perch on Christian
shoulders and whisper in their ears.
Someone might bring up Judas but we have to remember he never really was
the Lord’s. He was a false professor of
faith. (John 13:27) Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. And what about Saul? Here’s what it says about him: (1 Sam 16:14) But the Spirit of the Lord
departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him. So there is the difference between Judas and
Saul. One was possessed because he was
not saved and the other was oppressed because he knew the Lord but had was
settled in willful disobedience.
Good Christians may at times experience oppression from the devil. (Psa 42:9) …Why do I go mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy?” But we know the Lord delivers us from attacks
from Satan if we call on the name of the Lord! (Psa 18:3) I will call upon the
Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. When the devil knocks remember to ask Jesus
to answer the door! (James 4:7)…Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
But someone might say they knew a Christian who was demon possessed. Maybe they were never saved? Psychological problems that appear as
such? Let us use wisdom and discernment
as Christians and always test our experience against the solid truth of the Word
of God.
Louie
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