Demons

[FatherHaveMercy]

I keep having dreams of demons attacking me. I don't know why I keep having them but it's so real in my dreams that I wake up scared. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[ChristianNewbie123]

Uhh... maybe you're just afraid of demons to the point where you have nightmares? I don't know...

 

[insurchoftruth]

If you like, you can visit this site about some information of the concern that you have;

Biblical Spiritual Warfare -Ch.4. True Christian spiritual warfare is indirect confrontation - Spiritual Warfare Principles for Every Christian.

 

[Max Shade]

When they "attack" how do they attack, what happens?

 

[manitouscott]

In my experience, these attacks have gotten worse as I strove to be closer to God and to separate myself from my willing sinfulness and the trappings of the world. They went away as I persisted in seeking Him and drew closer to God. I just try to own this passage (and others) and believe them as absolute truth and promise.

So it may be that you are on the right path. Why else would they come after you? A man in bondage does not need to be driven.

James 4:7-8, 10 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

 

[FatherHaveMercy]

When they "attack" how do they attack, what happens?

They don't really attack me they scare me there's always a lot of blood around them. They scream and hiss at me and have horns

 

[FatherHaveMercy]

In my experience, these attacks have gotten worse as I strove to be closer to God and to separate myself from my willing sinfulness and the trappings of the world. They went away as I persisted in seeking Him and drew closer to God. I just try to own this passage (and others) and believe them as absolute truth and promise.

So it may be that you are on the right path. Why else would they come after you? A man in bondage does not need to be driven.

James 4:7-8, 10 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

thank you I didn't know for a fact it's gotten so bad I wake up in tears and praying

 

[Max Shade]

They don't really attack me they scare me there's always a lot of blood around them. They scream and hiss at me and have horns

Ah, you must be a Christian. They have no power but to terrify, you are protected by Christ or they'd be harming. Dismiss them.

 

[FatherHaveMercy]

Ah, you must be a Christian. They have no power but to terrify, you are protected by Christ or they'd be harming. Dismiss them.

Yes I'm a christian they don't hurt me just scare me every time I seem to get close to the lord they bother me. Why do they bother me? Must be a stupid question

 

[Max Shade]

Yes I'm a christian they don't hurt me just scare me every time I seem to get close to the lord they bother me. Why do they bother me? Must be a stupid question

Nah, not a stupid question. The only stupid question is unasked.

There are scary things in the world. Demons are on that list, but through Christ you need not fear. They can be scary, ugly, revolting, but they can't harm you & thus have no real power over you . . . if you order them to depart by the authority of Christ & the Holy Spirit who dwells in your soul.

 

[FatherHaveMercy]

Nah, not a stupid question. The only stupid question is unasked.

There are scary things in the world. Demons are on that list, but through Christ you need not fear. They can be scary, ugly, revolting, but they can't harm you & thus have no real power over you . . . if you order them to depart by the authority of Christ & the Holy Spirit who dwells in your soul.

What makes them angry? I usually wake up rebuking them in my sleep

 

[sdowney717]

What makes them angry? I usually wake up rebuking them in my sleep

Because they hate you and really they hate all people.
They hate people because people are made in the image of God and they especially hate God and anything to do with God, Jesus, the people of God and godliness.
They probably hate each other too.
Jesus when challenged by the pharisees did say He did not cast out demons by Satan's power and a kingdom divided against itself can not stand. So Jesus is saying there is some kind of overarching cohesiveness binding the demons, fallen angels and Satan together to a common purpose. Satan's power is authorized by God in that God had created Satan and these fallen angels had a certain organization ordained by God. And now Satan is simply tolerated by God until the words of God are fulfilled.

When the disciples came back rejoicing that they had power to cast out evil spirits, Jesus said he saw Satan fall like lightening from heaven. Satan is roaming the earth seeking to cause all sorts of havoc, mischief and devour anyone he can. But you are shielded by the power of God through faith for salvation and the evil one can not own your soul. Although you can go through trials which prove your faith genuine and also as a testimony of the faithfulness of God who saves you from the wrath to come.

1 Peter 1

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen[a] you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.

Rev 17

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me,[a] “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written:

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

 

[FatherHaveMercy]

Because they hate you and really they hate all people.
They hate people because people are made in the image of God and they especially hate God and anything to do with God, Jesus, the people of God and godliness.
They probably hate each other too.
Jesus when challenged by the pharisees did say He did not cast out demons by Satan's power and a kingdom divided against itself can not stand. So Jesus is saying there is some kind of overarching cohesiveness binding the demons, fallen angels and Satan together to a common purpose. Satan's power is authorized by God in that God had created Satan and these fallen angels had a certain organization ordained by God. And now Satan is simply tolerated by God until the words of God are fulfilled.

When the disciples came back rejoicing that they had power to cast out evil spirits, Jesus said he saw Satan fall like lightening from heaven. Satan is roaming the earth seeking to cause all sorts of havoc, mischief and devour anyone he can. But you are shielded by the power of God through faith for salvation and the evil one can not own your soul. Although you can go through trials which prove your faith genuine and also as a testimony of the faithfulness of God who saves you from the wrath to come.

1 Peter 1

Thank you so much for explaining