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Demons Exist
For some reason, we forget about their presence in this world. They possess and influence people. The Bible is chock full of accounts with demons and yet nobody seems to even acknowledge their presence anymore!
Jas 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
“demon”
from daimonion – means “an evil spirit, a demon, fallen angel”
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Evil spirits or the messengers and ministers of the devil (Lk 4:35; 9:1, 42; 10:17; Jn 10:21; Jas 2:19)
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Demons hold and respect rank (Rev 16:14). For example, Satan is the prince of the demons, or the devil: (Mt 9:34; 12:24; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15)
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They are said to enter into (the body of) one to vex him with diseases (Lk 8:27-36) and when they are forced to come out of one to restore him to health (Mt 9:33; 17:18; Mk 7:29, 30; Lk 4:35, 41; 8:2, 33, 35).
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Demons can be cast out (exorcised) (Mt 7:22; Mk 1:34, 39; Lk 9:49).
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To have a demon, be possessed by a demon, is said of those who either suffer from some exceptionally severe disease, (Lk 4:33; 8:27) or act and speak as though they were mad (Mt 11:18; Jn 7:20; 8:48, 52; 10:20).
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Contrary to his contemporary Jewish traditionalists, Paul taught that the gods of the Gentiles are a fiction (1Co 8:4; 10:19); rather, the conception of them has been put into the minds of men by demons, who appropriate to their own use and honor the sacrifices offered to idols (1Co 10:20).
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Those who frequent the sacrificial feasts of the Gentiles come into fellowship with demons (1Co 10:20)
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Pernicious (insidious) errors are disseminated by demons even among Christians, seducing them from the truth (1Ti 4:1).
Obedience Relieves Stress – blog 11/18/22
Obedience relieves stress. Look for the areas in your life where sin persists and pray to God regarding how to overcome it; however, do not just pray for deliverance while intending to keep the sin (prayer is not a pharmaceutical pill you take to mask your stress).
Thayer on “demon” – from daimonion
Pernicious (insidious) errors are disseminated by demons even among Christians, seducing them from the truth (1Ti 4:1).
2Co 5:7
for we walk by faith, not by sight.