Demons, also called evil or unclean spirits do exist. They can occupy and take control of us humans if we don't have Jesus and the Living Water (Holy Spirit) in us. When Jesus was here on earth, He cast out evil spirits many times.
There is a test to see if someone has an evil spirit within them. They can not say out loud these three words, "Jesus is Lord".
I want to pray right now. If anyone who is reading this right now tries to say these words and can not, I pray in the name of Jesus that the evil spirit or spirits will be cast out and that it will be made very clear that the only way to keep these spirits from returning is by letting Jesus come in and to ask for the Living Water (the Holy Spirit, our Helper).
To the bond-servants of the Lord, this is our battle. The more humans who receive Christ and the Holy Spirit, the less places these evil spirits have a home to occupy. I don't know what happens to these spirits if there is no longer any of us humans left to take up residence in but there is something in the Bible that may shed a little light on this.
There is a test to see if someone has an evil spirit within them. They can not say out loud these three words, "Jesus is Lord".
I want to pray right now. If anyone who is reading this right now tries to say these words and can not, I pray in the name of Jesus that the evil spirit or spirits will be cast out and that it will be made very clear that the only way to keep these spirits from returning is by letting Jesus come in and to ask for the Living Water (the Holy Spirit, our Helper).
To the bond-servants of the Lord, this is our battle. The more humans who receive Christ and the Holy Spirit, the less places these evil spirits have a home to occupy. I don't know what happens to these spirits if there is no longer any of us humans left to take up residence in but there is something in the Bible that may shed a little light on this.
Mark 5:1-15Common English Bible (CEB)
Jesus frees a demon-possessed man
5 Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs. 3 This man lived among the tombs, and no one was ever strong enough to restrain him, even with a chain. 4 He had been secured many times with leg irons and chains, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one was tough enough to control him. 5 Night and day in the tombs and the hills, he would howl and cut himself with stones. 6 When he saw Jesus from far away, he ran and knelt before him, 7 shouting, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me!”
8 He said this because Jesus had already commanded him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”
9 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
He responded, “Legion is my name, because we are many.”
10 They pleaded with Jesus not to send them out of that region.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside. 12 “Send us into the pigs!” they begged. “Let us go into the pigs!” 13 Jesus gave them permission, so the unclean spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
14 Those who tended the pigs ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside. People came to see what had happened. 15 They came to Jesus and saw the man who used to be demon-possessed. They saw the very man who had been filled with many demons sitting there fully dressed and completely sane, and they were filled with awe.
No comments:
Post a Comment