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I agree that Christians cannot be possessed. To be possessed means that the entities have gained a legal right to use a person as their "home" and they control the actions and thoughts of an individual. The bible gave us what seemed to be the worst case: the man of Gadara. He lived among...

I hear you. If I'm having a tough day I'll miss posts. Of course all us older folks are getting older by the day:)

The exception given is fornication though - so I take that to mean infidelity.

I agree with you - that complacency can be bad. We're dealing with a wily foe. The battle seems to have heated up. I just read yesterday: "Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short...

I miss posts too sometimes. Sorry I opened you up to that - I should have asked you privately.

A Christian can be born again and have spiritual victory over the original Adamic sin that eternally separates mankind from God and still have besetting sins (Hebrews 12:1). Uncontrolled thoughts, resentment, anger, and bitterness are some examples. Salvation must not be confused with...

Yes that is true but Peter was an apostle. I see nothing in Scripture however that tells us that once we receive the Holy Spirit we cannot be invaded or influenced by the evil one. It's probably different for a believer - maybe they cannot invade the way an unsaved individual is. I know for...

Hi Rita - to be fair, I asked Dave, he didn't offer it. Maybe I should have asked him privately. We have divorce in our family and don't believe that it interferes with their relationship with God. It was the same as what happened with you - infidelity. I do not believe that God condemned...

Unfortunately I have learned to be wary of those claiming to be Christian - and even those who I believe are. I let my guard down a few times and was badly hurt. We know that David was a man after God's own heart and yet he committed adultery and murder. We know another time when he numbered...

Hi justbyfaith, I know of the Scriptures warning that not everyone who says they are a believer is truly regenerated and that some can be pretty convincing. But I do believe that there are truly reborn deliverance ministers who have experienced demonic entities being attached to Christians...

We have some in our family not open to salvation also. I was told to keep praying which I do regularly. Pretty much throughout the day.

I too was misled early on. I wondered why God allowed it and other things. I guess He has His purposes. I was misled by the name it and claim it ministers. Your experience was another level. We got out of a few bad churches.

I guess the key is learning to pay attention and act when those bells ring. I had been warned about a church but my husband wanted to go. I learned that it's harder to discern when you're young in the Lord. Discernment develops as you mature "have their senses trained by reason of use..." I...

I think I'll flee. I've been wondering just how long God is going to allow the wickedness to continue. It can't be to far hence as every day brings a new onslaught on our sensibilities. I have never felt so much affinity with Habakuk as I have this past year. I stopped following the news for...

I too study independently the way we're told as in being a Berean. Experience has shown me that there are just bad churches - the leadership gets puffed up and all kinds of evil ensues. We went to one church one time where there were so many nice people, but I had a nagging feeling about it -...

I've been told that I have the gift of discernment, but I don't think that I've utilized it for the good of the church. In fact a family member had told me that I was like the person in the bible who buried the talents. I had backslid over anger at God but then I came back and began growing...

We're on the same page with a few of them. I left the Catholic church I was raised in, and early on we went to a Pentecostal church where it was all emotionalism that just didn't sit right with us. Divorce and Remarriage is a tough one because I know true believers who were divorced and there...

I do too - because I don't believe that Satan can exercise full control over a true believer, because of the Holy Spirit. But I'm beginning to think that evil spirits can attach themselves to a believer, through an open door (I've been reading up on this). The door is opened through sin...

Can I ask what churches you refuse to go to? Please don't answer if it puts you on the spot. I've been reading through "War on the Saints" and she talks about believers being deceived by doctrines of demons.

I think you're right. I've seen Christians do terrible, terrible things, that go beyond the evil that the flesh can do. I know that David committed adultery and murder, and we're not told if the evil one influenced him, but I keep reading that a Christian can have certain areas under control...