[Faith-talk] Demon posession, and casting out demons

[Penny Golden]

 From Scripture we know that the Holy Spirit indwells every 
believer.  Not everyone believes it, though.
At 08:02 AM 5/31/2008, you wrote:
>Penny,
>You are correct.  As long as a believer has the Holy Spirit, which 
>is most likely the case, the believer cannot be taken over 
>(possessed) by a demon.  To draw an analogy, it would be like you 
>living in your house and owning it, and me coming along and claiming 
>that the house is mine.  It doesn't work.
>
>As long as the holy spirit lives in a person, a demon cannot possess 
>that person.  They can be antagonized by demons, they can be 
>assaulted and opressed by demons, but not, I repeat not possessed.
>
>
>    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my 
> life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
>  forever. Psalms 23:6
>~~~
>Alan D Wheeler
>awheeler at neb.rr.com
>IM me at: awheeler1965 at sbcglobal.net
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>
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>From: "Penny Golden" <goldpen at frontiernet.net>
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>Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Demon posession, and casting out demons
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> > It is very sad that some Christians feel they must push their own
> > agenda on the subject of demons.  There is a debate about whether a
> > true Christian can be demon-possessed.  I personally do not think
> > that they can.
> > A Christian might come under the attack of the great enemy of our
> > souls, but as for a true believer being demon-possessed, I don't buy it.
> > Some of these also can heal people who are blind--and then when the
> > healing does not take place, it's the blind person's lack of
> > faith--not the healer's lack of  ability.
> >
> > I can assure you that I would not attend a church or denomination
> > that affirmed that blindness itself is a reason to assume
> > demon-possession.   Do they also assign demon-possession to those who
> > have arthritis,  diabetes,  angina, etc.?
> > That whole area of possession-accusation is one just fraught with
> > oppression of the innocent.  When Jesus healed the man born blind, He
> > never intimated that the man was demon-possessed.
> >
> > Please don't throw overboard your Christianity just because you've
> > encountered a minority   who are so all-knowing that they can assume
> > demon-possession  for one who is blind or becomes blind.
> > That's oppression which the Bible says, God hates.
> >
> > If it were me, I would locate a Bible-believing and teaching
> > congregation that welcomes all God-fearing, Bible-believing  persons,
> > regardless of a physical disability.
> >
> > One of our dear Christian friends had Christian parents who were told
> > that they were cursed because their daughter was born blind.  While
> > such radical  opinions can be quite  harmful to one who is told such
> > things, it is the wise Christian who will find  fellowship with men
> > and women of like precious faith.  That's what our friend's parents
> > did.  But the accusations that they were to blame for their
> > daughter's blindness and that they were cursed is a tremendous hurdle
> > to overcome.
> >
> > With God all things are possible.  I'd better stop.
> >
> > The Lord guide you to believers with more good Christian common sense
> > than those you've found so far.
> >
> > Penny
> >
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