Demon Possession???

[Preacherchick99]

"In short, Christians cannot be possessed by a demon, but they can be oppressed/harrassed/stressed/distressed in the realm of the soul (mind/will/emotions) and physical body (sickness)."

Hello people! I've been asking about oppression...and you guys keep saying "no you cannot be possesed but you can be oppressed" and just throw scripture at me to prove against the possession debate which i wasn't asking about!!! can someone please get back to my question?

Dang gurl, you do know how to get your stuff answered, lolz.

Anywayz, it sounds to me like your question has been answered, but I still wanna get my two cents in, lolz. You are correct when you say that there is a difference between possession and oppression. Let me bust out my testamony for ya!

Back when I was a freshman in highschool, I went to a woman's conference. I was sitting in the pew's while the anointing was flowing and the guest speaker was praying for ppl. All of a sudden, she turns her attention towards me and says, "The young lady in the white shirt (That was me ) come up here, I see something trying to overcome you.....It is a dark cloud that is trying to come over you but you say 'NO! In Jesus Name stay away from me!!' Let me pray over you and agree with you that this thing will be gone!"

Well, she prays over me and then about a week later, I start to realize what exactly it was that she was warning me about. I started looking at the same sex. I was....attracted to girls! Groady!

It was one of the most hardest times of my life because I had this lezbian friend who liked me and I was trying to stay away from her, and then I had like five other friends who were bi and all of their talk made me think and it was HARD! I was disgusted with myself! I was grossed out! I tried hard to look at guys. I didn't wanna like girls. After like two weeks, I finally came before God and asked Him to help me. I didn't wanna live in sin. I wanted to be delivered!

I asked God to cleanse me and deliver me of this ghettoness. I rebuked it in Jesus Name! I wanted to live a clean life! And ya know what? When I finally did that, my mind totally became renewed and I have not ventured down that path to this day

God is soo awesome! lolz

Anywayz, this whole thing wasn't a "possession". I was being oppressed, and it was hard, but I overcame with God and now things are bomb once again! lolz.

Never dwell on fear, because that is a spirit that will try to overcome you. Fear can't dwell in you because it has no place there! You gotta rebuke it in Jesus Name!

Well, be blessed gurly! Go do your God thing! lolz

 

[rainbowprism]

Thanks for your story! I apologize if I was being increasingly agitated on my posts...but I came to find out that I was in fact being oppressed by an evil spirit. I think my agitation and fear were coming from the spirit trying to 'talk me out' of the idea that I might have been oppressed. Like I said, I am going to tell the story...but I'm at work again and I can't... But this topic stuff is for real-I know that I know that I know it is!

 

[Joy]

Rainbowprism, I think you question has been answered, but I am still fairly new to this too. From what I understand, is when we say, "demon possesed" we give satan and his principalities too much control, they cannot actually posses us. I have no doubt that you may be/have been oppressed. This can come from our past. I believe that our past sins, may have a way of giving satan a foothold in our lives. For instance, if we had addictions prior to being saved, satan knows this and will attack us where we are weak, and where he has entered before. If anyone has more information on this subject I would love it. As I said before I am still learning.

Changed for life 31
I read a great book on this subject are we allowed to give book titles/authors etc.
Firstly, this author does not encourage the use of the term 'demon possession' because this phrase came from the 17th century when the King James translators were working and it had a different meaning then to what it has now. Therefore, a person can be demonised, [a area in one's life can be affected because of ppast sin, trauma etc but this is not demon possession.]

This was really helpful to me because i previously wrongly believed if I had a problem caused by demons I could not be a Christian and this troubled me for many years.

It has been good to share this, I am learning also. Changed for life please feel free to pm me at any time, I do believe we can encourage each other.

God bless

 

[rainbowprism]

Changed for life 31
I read a great book on this subject are we allowed to give book titles/authors etc.
Firstly, this author does not encourage the use of the term 'demon possession' because this phrase came from the 17th century when the King James translators were working and it had a different meaning then to what it has now. Therefore, a person can be demonised, [a area in one's life can be affected because of ppast sin, trauma etc but this is not demon possession.]

This was really helpful to me because i previously wrongly believed if I had a problem caused by demons I could not be a Christian and this troubled me for many years.

It has been good to share this, I am learning also. Changed for life please feel free to pm me at any time, I do believe we can encourage each other.

God bless

You are completley right. The word "possesed" is a bad tranlation of 'daimonizomenoi', which is better understood as demonized, or harrassed. I know how alot of people question thier being Christain and this issue--they argue that the Holy Spirit would not tolerate the presence of darkness. Well, let's follow this thorugh, how is it that the HS can tolerate us as it is?! We are proclaimed and acknowledged sinners, sometimes we do sin and do things that are offensive to God. Being harrassed by demons does not mean that they have taken over your soul/body/and mind....it's more akin to a parasite, something that interfers with the typical function of things. Good thinking Karen, and that was a good post.

 

[rainbowprism]

I asked God to cleanse me and deliver me of this ghettoness.

That made me chuckle... 'ghettoness'

 

[Preacherchick99]

Well, I be from Southern Cali--I speak a different vocabulary chica, lolz

And I'm glad to know that my story helped ya--Ministry is my thing baby!

 

[Sequel]

Dear Rainbowprism,

With 28 years in deliverance ministry, people everywhere have 'entry' by demons due to the overwhelming presence of demonic spirits. There are about 10-15 billion demons in the world today and they enter everyone.

The problem has been - what is a demon? All science and medicine cannot define a demon nor prove the existence of anything that is spirit. They do not know what a demonb is! Mankind's knowledge base is based upon sensory perception, evidentiary findings and inference to bridge that which cannot be define.

AOG came out with a statement that a demon cannot enter a Christian who is filled with the Holy Spirit. This is not true and the simple fact, demons cannot detect the presence of the Holy Spirit in people. Regrettably the majority of Christians are not Holy Spirit filled.

Regarding the interaction of demonic spirits are drug addiction - the drug addiction is demonically induced. You will notice being 'pushed or pulled' which is a demonic indication. Oppressed and even possessed is a definite surpression of your free will and even thoughts. Fear is a basic demonic trait. Demon activities often do this.

Unless a deliverance ministry knows exactly what a demon is and what it does in you - do not take their advice. This board are made of good people, but probably none know what a demon is. They are definitely not fallen angels, nephilins, etc... The definition tells you how to react to them.

God Bless to you,

 

[rainbowprism]

Dear Rainbowprism,

With 28 years in deliverance ministry, people everywhere have 'entry' by demons due to the overwhelming presence of demonic spirits. There are about 10-15 billion demons in the world today and they enter everyone.

The problem has been - what is a demon? All science and medicine cannot define a demon nor prove the existence of anything that is spirit. They do not know what a demonb is! Mankind's knowledge base is based upon sensory perception, evidentiary findings and inference to bridge that which cannot be define.

AOG came out with a statement that a demon cannot enter a Christian who is filled with the Holy Spirit. This is not true and the simple fact, demons cannot detect the presence of the Holy Spirit in people. Regrettably the majority of Christians are not Holy Spirit filled.

Regarding the interaction of demonic spirits are drug addiction - the drug addiction is demonically induced. You will notice being 'pushed or pulled' which is a demonic indication. Oppressed and even possessed is a definite surpression of your free will and even thoughts. Fear is a basic demonic trait. Demon activities often do this.

Unless a deliverance ministry knows exactly what a demon is and what it does in you - do not take their advice. This board are made of good people, but probably none know what a demon is. They are definitely not fallen angels, nephilins, etc... The definition tells you how to react to them.

God Bless to you,

Thank you for your post, but I am confused as to why you wrote it? I had a deliverance already, an experienced person cast it out...I sought help from the proper sources. Thank you however.

 

[HolySpiritWarrior]

Demon Possession. Theres some things like that going on here at the moment.

 

[HolySpiritWarrior]

...and no I don't feel like elaborating...I'll tell you guys about it later. I'm just too drained right now...

 

[rainbowprism]

...and no I don't feel like elaborating...I'll tell you guys about it later. I'm just too drained right now...

I'll be very interested to hear about it.