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What about demons?

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How active are demons in our day to day life? How do you know if one is oppessing you and how do you get rid of it? How real is this?
 
This is a very real thing, but in this western culture, the demons are very sophisticated and go undetected without someone having real spiritual discernment about them.
 
DeepBlueSea said:
How active are demons in our day to day life? How do you know if one is oppessing you and how do you get rid of it? How real is this?
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For reality I'd scale it along side instantaneous healings.

For every 'real' one there are a 100 errors, from guesses, embellishments, mistakes to out right fabrications.
 
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See this video:

Todd Bentley's Wife is Demon Possessed:

YouTube - Todd Bentley's Wife is Demon Possessed!!!

Demon Possessed Mullah's in Pakistan:

YouTube - Crazy Mullah's gone mad in Pakistan

Ephesians 6:

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Overcome demons with the word of God - the King James Bible
 
I think people can conjure many things to make excuses for the actions they take.

I think people can misinterpret an actual problem with brain chemistry for "the works of demons".

I think that people tend to place a "supernatural answer", in cases where human ability to know what's actually happening may be limited, for that which is absolutely natural . . . just because claiming something to be "supernatural" is easy.

As for the videos:

First one. . . . she had a crazy dream and because she is so indepth in christianity, with a preacher husband, of course she will have a dream that has christian overtones, and come out of it assuming it was a vision.

The second one is . . . . . . is just hilarious! Looks like the Benny Hinn of Islam. :-D
 
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Deavonreye said:
I think people can conjure many things to make excuses for the actions they take.

I think people can misinterpret an actual problem with brain chemistry for "the works of demons".

I think that people tend to place a "supernatural answer", in cases where human ability to know what's actually happening may be limited, for that which is absolutely natural . . . just because claiming something to be "supernatural" is easy.

As for the videos:

First one. . . . she had a crazy dream and because she is so indepth in christianity, with a preacher husband, of course she will have a dream that has christian overtones, and come out of it assuming it was a vision.

The second one is . . . . . . is just hilarious! Looks like the Benny Hinn of Islam. :-D
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Generally true,however if you have lived very long in this life you had the experience of doing something that YOU did not agree with, you can try to come up with an answer from yourself(chemicals in the brain)or you can consider that another entity could have had an influence on you. The bible says that they are here, human history and even today people give accounts of encounters with spirits.
 
Sam21 said:
Generally true,however if you have lived very long in this life you had the experience of doing something that YOU did not agree with, you can try to come up with an answer from yourself(chemicals in the brain)or you can consider that another entity could have had an influence on you. The bible says that they are here, human history and even today people give accounts of encounters with spirits.
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All I will say is . . . . "brain chemicals are a MAD scientist"!! ;)

I have done things that I did not agree with. It was my own doing. . . .and though I may kick myself today, there was nothing more to it.
 
Deavonreye said:
All I will say is . . . . "brain chemicals are a MAD scientist"!! ;)

I have done things that I did not agree with. It was my own doing. . . .and though I may kick myself today, there was nothing more to it.
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I agree that most of what we do, we do ourselves. I know that it would be easy, even comforting to be able to say "the devil made me do it"...but, for the most part we sin because we get carried away by own lusts, which is exactly what James 1:14-16 tells us.

But, that isn't to day that demons are not active in the world today...they're around...they are. And, they are quite busy.

But, usually if one is dealing with sin...one needs to look to their own heart first.
 
handy said:
I agree that most of what we do, we do ourselves. I know that it would be easy, even comforting to be able to say "the devil made me do it"...but, for the most part we sin because we get carried away by own lusts, which is exactly what James 1:14-16 tells us.

But, that isn't to day that demons are not active in the world today...they're around...they are. And, they are quite busy.

But, usually if one is dealing with sin...one needs to look to their own heart first.
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Perhaps they are, handy. I've not seen any evidence for it, though. And I think that men are plenty capable of all the horrors you see today. :shame
 
Funny to stumble across this after spending over an hour this morning on google with the question "What does the Bible say about ghosts?" It seems that not much is said on ghosts and spirits of the dead. However all links point to demons as the answer to most peoples questions. The fact that demons have been here with Satan since the fall answers the questions of why a ghost (demon) can know things that we think only the dead could have known. Interestingly, although a demon will know exactly what and how to scare you, the best tactic they can use is to seem friendly so as to decieve you and to lead you astray.
As I am new here and often wrong, please feel free to correct if needed,
 
OK, I'm a new Christian, so I'm no expert, and I don't exactly have a Demon Detector or anything, but I've been thinking about this, too...and I think hand's right; in Western cultures, demons avoid detection, but they're still there, working with our own sinful natures (especially amongst the unsaved) to create trouble and lead people to Hell.

The Bible says that Satan is the Lord of This World. If you don't follow Christ, you belong to Satan by default. If you look at how our society (which has always been rough, mind you) has gotten anti-Christian and more destructive, hateful, self-absorbed, and vicious over the past, say, 50 years, I would think that one can't really leave out the possibility of demonic influences. And if you look at religion, which for me includes the never-ending growth of ever-more self-centered forms of pop psychology that have replaced traditional values and undermine traditional Christian values, I think you'll see what I mean. Militant Islam is a fast-growing problem; New Age has gone mainstream, with millions of people talking about "Karma," chakras, playing with tarot cards and other forms of divination; millions more without any apparent religious affiliation worship "at the altar of self," spending time and money on self-improvement and (unnecessary) therapy for "self-exploration." Kids start having sex earlier, drug use has escalated and largely gone mainstream, promiscuity is rampant; despite all our talk about "tolerance" and "acceptance," we've become a more violent society, with lots of people every year injured or killed in the never ending "war of all against all."
 
Riverwolf said:
Funny to stumble across this after spending over an hour this morning on google with the question "What does the Bible say about ghosts?" It seems that not much is said on ghosts and spirits of the dead. However all links point to demons as the answer to most peoples questions. The fact that demons have been here with Satan since the fall answers the questions of why a ghost (demon) can know things that we think only the dead could have known. Interestingly, although a demon will know exactly what and how to scare you, the best tactic they can use is to seem friendly so as to decieve you and to lead you astray.
As I am new here and often wrong, please feel free to correct if needed,
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I used to have this same question. The Lord led me to the same answer! A Christian friend once told me, "Ghosts are nothing more than Satan's way of tricking the world into believing that there is no definite place you go when you die. That you'll be able to live on in the "in-between." It's a deceptive way of undermining Christ."

I think that answered it the best for me. Many people think that after they die, they can roam around the earth as ghosts. If people recognized that ghosts were truly demons then they'd be forced to recognize that there is a God and devil. Ghosts are the easy way out for believing in the supernatural world, while still rejecting Christ.
 
Christ_empowered said:
OK, I'm a new Christian, so I'm no expert, and I don't exactly have a Demon Detector or anything, but I've been thinking about this, too...and I think hand's right; in Western cultures, demons avoid detection, but they're still there, working with our own sinful natures (especially amongst the unsaved) to create trouble and lead people to Hell.
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I completely agree with you that in the West demons avoid detection. I've read several books by Christian missionaries in the Muslim world who say it's this way in the West, but not there. Islam has it's own new age divination type of "healing." Chanting, Recitations, Wear this ____ around your neck, put this _____ under your bed. In Muslim countries because they still believe in and fear the supernatural world, there are many accounts of supernatural occurrences.

One particular story I remember came from two sisters. They were demon possessed and the family knew it. They took the girls to the Islamic healers and nothing happened. Their family was lamenting over the situation. Finally, this Christian missionary prayed, laid hands on, and cast the demons out of these girls in Christ's name and they left them. As a last resort and out of frustration the family allowed the Christian to try, after this happened the family didn't see the Christian missionary for some time. Simply because they were so shocked by the power of Christ. Their entire religion had been undermined, and they weren't happy about it. Anyways, once the Christian was invited back into that family's home there was no mention of it. However, it seemed that one by one the family began to embrace Christ. One of the girls who was possessed was the first (if I remember correctly) to receive Christ and then died shortly after.

What a beautiful display of the love of Christ. :yes

Anyways, that was a total tangent. :lol
 
There is a story by Howard Pittman where he was allowed to see into the demonic realm,he said that the demons are involved in all aspects of human life and that they our number us more than a thousand times. Since satan is trying to completely take over this planet then why would not his people be involved in all of what is happening?
A little personal story of demonic involvement. I was praying on the porch one winter evening when two guys came walking by cursing loudly. In my spirit I sensed that it was a demonic attempt to ruin my prayer time so I bound the demonic spirit from the fellow doing the cursing in the name of Jesus, immediately in a much louder voice the fellow was saying, NO POWER,NO POWER! Instantly the Lord said,"pray in tongues" so I did and suddenly the fellow actually flew up in the air and came down hard on the ground. There was a stunned silence and the other guy was saying in a shaky voice,"what happened". Demons are here and it is war,but we can bind a demon in Jesus name.
 
A little personal story of demonic involvement. I was praying on the porch one winter evening when two guys came walking by cursing loudly. In my spirit I sensed that it was a demonic attempt to ruin my prayer time so I bound the demonic spirit from the fellow doing the cursing in the name of Jesus, immediately in a much louder voice the fellow was saying, NO POWER,NO POWER! Instantly the Lord said,"pray in tongues" so I did and suddenly the fellow actually flew up in the air and came down hard on the ground. There was a stunned silence and the other guy was saying in a shaky voice,"what happened". Demons are here and it is war, but we can bind a demon in Jesus name.
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I agree that demons will flee at the name of Jesus, and also they will flee when you quote the King James Bible at them. I know of stories of people who have been abducted by aliens (they are really demons) and when they were on a table amongst these evil entities they said the name "Jesus" and the demonic experience stopped and the demons never came back.
Interestingly the word "demon" or "demons" does not appear in the King James Bible, what is said in it are "unclean spirits" and "devils" which are similar if not the same as a demon.

If you want to read what the KJV says about the word "devil" here is a link:
Scan the Bible for requested Words and phrases

If you want to know about unclean spirits see this link:
Scan the Bible for requested Words and phrases
 
AKJVReader said:
I agree that demons will flee at the name of Jesus, and also they will flee when you quote the King James Bible at them. I know of stories of people who have been abducted by aliens (they are really demons) and when they were on a table amongst these evil entities they said the name "Jesus" and the demonic experience stopped and the demons never came back.
Interestingly the word "demon" or "demons" does not appear in the King James Bible, what is said in it are "unclean spirits" and "devils" which are similar if not the same as a demon.

If you want to read what the KJV says about the word "devil" here is a link:
Scan the Bible for requested Words and phrases

If you want to know about unclean spirits see this link:
Scan the Bible for requested Words and phrases
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Demons flee when you exercise the authority given to you by Jesus Christ and speak to them the word, no matter what version, and tell them to be removed in the powerful name of Jesus Christ. We follow His example.

We don't need rehearsed and pat phrases. We need to know who we are in Christ.
 
Alabaster said:
Demons flee when you exercise the authority given to you by Jesus Christ and speak to them the word, no matter what version, and tell them to be removed in the powerful name of Jesus Christ. We follow His example.

We don't need rehearsed and pat phrases. We need to know who we are in Christ.
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I totally agree. :)
 
DeepBlueSea said:
How active are demons in our day to day life? How do you know if one is oppessing you and how do you get rid of it? How real is this?
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If you correlate demons to evil, it is truly existing. For what cause wars, hatred, vengeance, quarrel? None but evil.

Imagine a world of pure good without evil; that would be a world of peace. But as we are aware of the facts happening in this world or the state of the world, we can conclude that there is evil.
 
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