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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"BEING POSSESSED OR OPPRESSED" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
BEING POSSESSED OR OPPRESSED
I WROTE ABOUT DEMON POSSESSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I REALLY EXPLAINED IT WELL. AFTER STUDYING MORE ON THE SUBJECT, I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER THAN I DID. BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS CANNOT BE DEMON POSSESSED BECAUSE JESUS LIVES IN US. JESUS TELLS US THIS IN A PRAYER TO FATHER GOD. HE WAS PRAYING FOR HIS DISCIPLES AND THEN GOES ON TO SAY THAT HE WAS NOT PRAYING FOR THEM ALONE BUT ALSO FOR US CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE ON HIM THROUGH THE WORDS OF HIS DISCIPLES. LOOK WHAT HE SAYS IN JOHN 17:20-23 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me."
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSSESSION AND OPPRESSION. ALTHOUGH A CHRISTIAN CANNOT BE DEMON POSSESSED IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE FREE FROM THE OPPRESSION BY FALLEN ANGELS, DEMONS, DEVILS OR EVIL SPIRITS, WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. FOR THIS MESSAGE I WILL CALL THEM DEMONS. THEY CAN, AND DO, TEMPT AND INFLUENCE US ALL TO DISOBEY GOD. WE HAVE TO BE STRONG.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT SATAN CAN'T BE IN ALL PLACES AT ALL TIMES. HE IS NOT LIKE GOD. SATAN HAS TO USE HIS DEMONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HE HAS BECAUSE HE CAN NOT CREATE THEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ANGELS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN FROM HEAVEN WHEN HE FELL BUT IF THERE WERE ONLY TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH AT THAT TIME, HE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT TO GO AROUND. BUT LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE EARTH TODAY. HIS DEMONS MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER WORKED. WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS SATAN OR HIS DEMONS MAKING US SIN. SOMETIMES IT IS OUR OLD MAN, OUR CARNAL SELF, THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RENEWED YOUR MIND, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE. LOOK WHAT ROMANS 12:2 TELLS US "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY DEMONS EVERY DAY BUT NOT POSSESSED. THOSE WRONG THOUGHTS YOU HAD ABOUT SOMEONE OR THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY MISTAKE IN CHANGE THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT KEEPING, OR THAT ITEM YOU NEEDED FOR YOUR HOME OFFICE THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING FROM WORK. THOSE THOUGHTS DIDN'T COME FROM GOD. THEY ARE FROM SATAN'S DEMONS OR FROM OUR OLD CARNAL SELF.
DEMONS TEMPTS US ALL THE TIME AND IF YOU ARE TEMPTED, IT HAS TO BE SATAN'S DEMONS. GOD CERTAINLY DOES NOT TEMPT US. TEMPTATION STARTS IN THE MIND AND YOU CAN'T BE TEMPTED BY SOMETHING YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT. IF THOSE BAD THOUGHTS COME INTO YOUR MIND, AND THEY WILL, GET RID OF THEM. GET A GOOD BIBLE VERSE AND RECITE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT WORKS FOR ME.
I HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT GOD TEMPTS US TO MAKE A BETTER PERSON OUT OF US OR TO SEE IF WE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. THAT IS SO WRONG!! READ IT FOR YOURSELF "JAMES 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:" JUST REMEMBER WHERE THAT TEMPTATION IS COMING FROM AND CAST IT OUT OF YOUR MIND.
HOWEVER, SATAN CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. WHY DO YOU THINK GOD GAVE US HIS FULL ARMOR? IT SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6:11 TO "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." GOD KNEW WE WOULD BE TEMPTED SO HE GAVE US A WAY OUT. PUT ON THE ARMOR EVERY MORNING AND ON YOUR WHOLE FAMILY. IT WILL MAKE LIFE SO MUCH EASIER FOR YOU ALL.
SO YES, CHRISTIANS CAN BE AFFECTED BY DEMONS BUT IT IS UP TO US TO STOP IT. WE HAVE THAT POWER TO CAST OUT DEMONS, (MATTHEW 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.) IF THIS WAS NOT THE CASE, JESUS WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD US TO DO SO. WHEN I CAST DEMONS OUT OF MY HOME OR MY FAMILY, I ALWAYS ASK HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL EVERY VOID THAT WAS LEFT BY THOSE DEMONS SO NONE CAN COME BACK IN. THE REASON I DO THIS IS BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 12:43-45 WHEN HE TELLS US "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." THERE WILL BE A VOID BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. (JAMES 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.) THIS IS NOTHING TO PLAY AROUND WITH AND SINCE JESUS HAS GIVEN US THE POWER, WE MIGHT AS WELL USE IT. IF YOU DON'T, IT WON'T GET DONE. IT IS UP TO US TO DO OUR PART AND THEN LET GOD DO THE REST.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
