my sister had a full on conversion to Christ. she is the real deal.... but she had a demon of self rejection cast out of her at a meeting. i am also a real born again believer with big conversion story but had an Ahab demon cast out of me during a self deliverance... also the bible never says demons cant egt in believers....yes the hOLY Spirit comes to indwell us but doe sthat mean a demon cannot??? the holy spirit goes into ALL who receive him..... receiving the holy spirit does not depend on us being good enough. we are clean when we recieve christ. but we can still have cancer, arthritis, diabetes etc these can be demons
Hi WrappedUpInHisLove,
Things like cancer, arthritis, diabetes, sickness,
and self-rejection, stomach issues, and joint pain are
NOT demons. They are results of living in a fallen world where
sin entered in and corrupted God's perfectly created universe and people (Adam and Eve).
Demonic possession is when a wicked, evil spirit enters into a person and controls them. In the Bible, there are instances where demons were cast out and there are instances where diseases, death, sickness, lameness, etc. were healed. Those are two separate things. Do not confuse the two. If things that fall into the category of physical illnesses were demons, Jesus would have cast them out rather than heal them physically.
Just because someone in a "deliverance" ministry tells you stomach issues, joint pain, and self-rejection are demons, do not believe them. You have to check everything against what God teaches in His Word and believe only those things (and people) whose doctrine lines up with God's. Not vice-versa.
In addition to what I've already shared with you from the Word, read Matthew 12:43-45. Jesus describes what happens when a legitimate demon is cast out of a person. Note His description of what happens afterwards. That spirit tries to find rest elsewhere but doesn't. When it returns to the person it once occupied, it can only go back in
IF it finds the "house"
unoccupied - meaning, not occupied by the HOLY Spirit. If Jesus was referring to another demonic spirit occupying that person at the time the original demon returned, that first demon would simply "join the party" of the others there, as referenced in verse 45. I don't care who tells you otherwise, only what God's Word declares as true is Truth.
Take note of what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:17-18. Born-again believers have been made new creations in Christ. The old has passed away and all things have become new -- and all these things are from God, as the first half of verse 18 declares. God does not share His possessions with Satan. Ever!
Do not be deceived. Start reading your Bible every day (New Testament to start) and learn what God has to say about everything -- and stop listening to people who dish out nonsense disguised as "truth."
