DEMONS
Lying – Seducing - Unclean – Binding – Blind - Deaf and Dumb –
Familiar – Foul – Jealous – Infirmity
First Word
To discuss demons, we must first address
their origin which requires us to look at something called “The Pre-Adamic
Flood”; which is found in scripture, but not taught in church.
The “origin” produces the “WHY” of
their existence which in turn leads us to their activity in the life of humans,
animals and objects. - Chances are excellent that your pastor knows all about
this, but very few domination embrace it, let alone teach it. Read the book -“The
Invisible War” - Barnhouse.
Demon Origin Time Line
- First
Earth Age
- This is eternity past
- In the beginning God
creates the Heavens and the Earth. He sees that it is good - Gen 1:1
- The angels are
created with free will,
including Satan – They are good
- Man and animals are
created with free will – They
are good
- There is not a Law: If
you sin, you will die. – The created spirits will live forever
- Satan is given
dominion over all of the Earth – But he wants to be worshiped as God
- Time
did not exist
- but probably millions of years as we know time would pass by.
- Satan rebels – so
does 50,000,000 angels and they leave their assigned post to follow Satan
- Man’s heart becomes
filled with evil and violence and man wants to do his own thing.
- All of Heaven sees what’s happening and
waits to see if Satan will succeed.
- God gives eons of
time for Satan and man to come around, but they don’t
- God
floods the earth wiping out everything.
- The earth becomes
without form and void – Gen 1:2 - Heaven watches Satan’s reaction.
- Second
Earth Age
– This is the present age – but
before Jesus Christ is born.
- The earth is still
void and the spirits of the dead
are still alive, but they have no bodies.
- The
dead without bodies become Satan’s demonic followers.
- Time as we know it Begins - Satan is unable to
give life or create anything.
- God starts over – All
of Heaven is watching to see what Satan will do next.
- The plan of salvation of man is put into effect. “The
law of sin and death”.
- A
mystery
is also put into effect. A new
ruler of the earth will come and defeat Satan.
- Everything is recreated
or “brought forth” starting in Genesis 1:3 – Man has free will.
- God put Adam and Eve
in the Garden
– Everything is put under Adam’s authority.
- God told Adam to replenish or re-populate
the earth
- Satan
is
determined he will not report to a
man made lower than him, made
out of dirt.
- God tells Adam “don’t
eat of the fruit of the tree of good and evil”, or you will die.
- Satan tricks Adam
into eating the fruit – God knew he would – Adam is now a sinner.
- Adam had twin boys – Satan thinks Able
will be the new ruler – gets Cain to kill Able.
- Now everybody is a
sinner – Satan is home free – He is king and worthy of praise.
- About 2,000
years passes
– Man is hopelessly evil – Heaven is wondering what’s next.
- God gets Noah and his
family to build an ark – fills it with pairs of God’s creation.
- God Floods the earth
for over a year. Only 8 people are saved.
This is God’s remnant.
- The newly dead
spirits all go to hell – They are under the law of sin and death.
- God tells Noah to replenish or re-populate the earth.
Gen 1:1 – God creates
everything “Good”
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
Deut 32:4 – God’s works
are perfect
4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and
all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong, and is upright
and just. NIV
Isa 45:18 – It was not
formed in vain – It was inhabited.
18 For thus saith the LORD that created the
heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD;
and there is none else KJV
Gen 1:28 – Adam was told
to replenish the earth - Repopulate
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
every living thing that moves upon the earth. KJV
Gen 9:1 – Noah was told the
same thing - to replenish the earth
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and
said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. KJV
The Pre-Adamic Flood –The flood before Noah and
Adam
- The word “WAS” in verse 2, is the Hebrew
word “hayah” which is
translated 67 times in the Bible as “became”
and is translated 505 times as “came
to pass”.
- The earth was
inhabited by men and the behemoth; a very large animal like the dinosaur.
- Between Genesis verse
1 and verse 2 the earth was destroyed by a flood for probably thousands if
not millions of years as we understand time. – Time did not begin till the
second earth age began in verse 2.
- The law
of sin and death
did not exist in the first earth age – When everything perished, they lost
their bodies, but their spirits were immortal and will live forever. –
Somewhere.
Gen 1:2 – The earth
becomes void
2 And the earth WAS (became) without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters. KJV
2 Peter 3:5-8 – The first
earth age perished with water.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of,
that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of
the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being
overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day. KJV
Job 40:15 – God made the
behemoth – the dinosaur.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with
thee; he eats grass as an ox. KJV
Why the first flood
- God gave Satan the
earth and ALL that was in it. It
was his to do with as he willed.
- Satan made a decision
that it was not enough to be the Angel that protected and ruled the earth,
but he wanted to be worshipped like God. This was the beginning of the revolt;
many of the angels that were already reporting to him, followed him.
- The men of earth had
become vile and reprehensible with no thought of God at all.
- With Satan’s
rebellion God withdrew Himself from the world. This released all restraints on nature
and plunged the world into darkness.
Water came from everywhere and flooded the earth. We believe this to be for thousands of
years if not millions, which would account for the age of some fossils
that have been found and carbon dated.
Ezek 28:2 – Satan gave birth to
pride
2 Thus says the Lord GOD;
Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the
seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou
set thy heart as the heart of God:
Isa 14:13-14 – The five I
wills
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the
stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the
utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
14 I will ascend
above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most
High." NIV
Prov 16:18 – Pride
comes and then the fall
18 Pride goes before
destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. NIV
Ezek 28:17 – Corrupted wisdom
17 Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your
splendor NIV
Prov 11:2 - Shame
2 When pride comes, then
comes shame; NKJV
John 8:44 – He became
the father of lies.
44 Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it. KJV
Gen 6:5 – Man is wicked
5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the
earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil all the time. NIV
Striking Back at God
- A demon when
possessing a human being is striking
back at God for taking their bodies in the pre-Adamic flood and
placing a prophetic curse on them of damnation to the lake of fire
- They strike back by oppressing
and destroying His greatest creation; “MAN” - made in His own image - Binding their
victims with chains of physical and mental sickness.
- Jesus went about
healing the sick and those oppressed of the Devil. – Sickness is of
Satan.
Acts 10:38 – Sickness is
an oppression from Satan
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all
that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. KJV
Fallen Angels/Demons
- Angels are mentioned in the OT 108
times and in the NT 165 times, that’s 273 times. – Only a fool would
disregard the existence of angels.
If you reject angels, you reject the Bible.
- Martin
Luther
said, “An Angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for
the service of Christendom and the church”.
- God placed angels in positions of
authority, in dominion over specific places – some left their
assignments to follow the most perfect and beautiful angel ever
created; Satan - the Devil.
- Fallen
Angels
– Satan rebelled against God and with one third of the Angels (stars) or about
50,000,000 of them fell from heaven - The number that remained was 10,000
times 10,000 or 100,000,000.
Running with that concept; that would mean that there were once
150,000,000 angels in Heaven.
- Probably 10,000 times 10,000 of angels
actually means that the angels were innumerable. – But anyway, there are
two of God’s angels for every one of Satan’s.
- Fallen
angels are not demons, they are just corrupt angels that followed Satan and
have been cast out of heaven and are bound in “chains of darkness”
until the return of Jesus.
- I have certainly read a number of
books that state that fallen angels are the demons mentioned in scripture,
but demon origin is mostly a matter of speculation depending on your
position on the pre-Adamic flood. – The Bible spends very little time on demon
origin, but spends most on the time on the Messiah origin.
- When you read in scripture about “bound
angels”, they are always fallen angels.
- I suspect that the scriptures verses
on Angels that are bound in “Chains
of darkness” means that the fallen angels have been removed from
the presence of the “Light of
God”.
- For some reason, man can accept
angels, but think that demons are just superstition.
Rev 12:9 – The angels & Satan were hurled out of heaven
9 The great dragon
was hurled down-that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan,
who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. NIV
Rev 12:4 – 50 million angels had fallen
4 His tail drew a third
of the stars (Angels) of heaven
and threw them to the earth. NKJV
Rev 5:11 – 100 million angels remaining in heaven
11 Then I looked and heard
the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten
thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living
creatures and the elders NKJV.
Jude 6 – They are in chains of darkness.
6 And the angels who
did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home-these
he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the
great Day. NIV
2 Peter 2:4 – The are being held in Hell.
4 For if God did not spare
angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into
gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; NIV
14 It said to the sixth
angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound
at the great river Euphrates ."
Demons
- Demon is from the Greek
word daimon – In the KJV it is
translated Devil – The Jewish
traditional roots indicate that demons were the forces of darkness and
wickedness and their leader was Satan.
– The names Devil and Satan are virtually synonymous.
- The evil spirits or
demons that live today are the same spirits from the first earth age –
moving from person to person, killing, stealing and destroying as they go.
- They do not consist
of matter or material body or substance – they are without physical
existence in themselves, but they belong as property or a thing to Satan.
- They are invisible
and operate above the laws of nature – have supernatural intelligence and
knowledge along with terrible physical strength which they impart to those
possessed
- A demon spirit needs
a moist place to find rest and attempts to take over humans as well as
animals. – They need to posses a person’s mind and body to enable them to
get around
- A person can have
more than one demon – Scripture says one man had a legion of demons
(6,000) - They were sent into 2,000 pigs which promptly committed
suicide...
- Demons in scripture are
called, unclean spirits, familiar
spirits, demons and devils. –
They are spiritual beings with personalities, intelligence and strength. –
They rob you of your personality and your mind; making you
sick and deranged mentally. – They cause defects, deformities and suicidal
tendencies.
Eph 6:12 - Demons
are not flesh and blood
12 For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places. KJV
Matt 12:43 – A demon spirit needs a moist place to find rest
43 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man,
he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. NKJV
Mark 5:12 – Demons desire even an animal – a moist place
12 The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among
the pigs; allow us to go into them. NIV
13 And I saw three unclean
spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the
mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. KJV
Matt 12:43 - Demons prefer
people to objects.
43 When the unclean spirit
is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and
finds none. KJV
Mark 16:9 – Many demons
can possess a person at a time
9 When Jesus was risen
early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
whom he had cast seven devils. KJV
Mark 5:8-9 – Perhaps thousands
8 For Jesus had said to
him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9 Then Jesus asked him,
"What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he
replied, "for we are many." NIV
Mark 16:17 - They can
be cast out of a person
17 And these signs shall
follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; KJV
Matt 10:8 – The believer is authorized to cast out demons
8 Heal the sick, cleanse
the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,
freely give. KJV
Two
classes of Demons
- There seems to be two
classes of demons; those that are free in “the air” and those bound in “the Abyss”. – The Abyss is
a temporary holding place for evil spirits until they are thrown into the
lake of fire.
- There leader is “The Prince of the power of the Air”
– Satan
- Demons are so bound
up in the work of their leader that their work is synonymous as the work of
Satan’s. – Most people are not so important as to merit Satan’s person
attention – That’s the work of his demonic spirits.
- I think that it is a
blessing from God that we cannot see these evil spirits in their physical
form. - God suspended the “spiritual laws” and allowed John the revelator
to see the bound demons coming out of the abyss – I include most of the
scripture for you to get a good look.
Eph 2:2 – Satan – The prince of the power of the air
2 Wherein in time past ye
walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of
disobedience: KJV
Eph 2:1-2 – Some demons free “in the air”
1 As for you, you were
dead in your transgressions and sins,
2 in which you used to
live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the
kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are
disobedient. NIV
Luke 8:31 – Some
demons bound “in the Abyss”
31 they begged him not to
order them to go into the Abyss. NIV
Rev 9:1-11 – God suspended the spiritual laws for John to see.
1 The fifth angel sounded
his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The
star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.
2 When he opened the
Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun
and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
3 And out of the smoke locusts
came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of
the earth.
5 They were not given
power to kill them (man), but only to
torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the
sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
6 During those days men
will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will
elude them.
7 The locusts looked
like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like
crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
8 Their hair was like
women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
9 They had breastplates
like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the
thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 They had tails
and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment
people for five months.
11 They had as king over
them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, (destruction) and in Greek, Apollyon (destroyer).
Spirit Identification
- Demon
spirit names or types - Angel of light – Blind spirit– Binding spirit - Dumb
and Deaf spirit – Dragon – Familiar spirit – Foul spirit – Jealous spirit
– Lion – Lying spirit – Seducing spirit – Spirit of infirmity – Unclean
spirit (used 22 times)
- Christian have power
and authority over all demons, but they must know it to exercise it.
- While Satan cannot
read our minds, he is unlimited in his deceptions and lies. The Bible says don’t believe everything
that you see or hear, but “test the
spirits”.
2 Cor 11:14 -15 – Angel
of Light
14 And no wonder! For Satan
himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no
great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. NKJV
Matt 12:22 – Blind
spirit
22 Then one was brought to
Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that
the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. NKJV
Mark 9:25 – Deaf and
Dumb spirit
25 When Jesus saw that the
people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,
"Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him
no more!" NKJV
Rev 12:7 - Dragon
7 And war broke out in
heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon
and his angels fought, NKJV
Lev 20:27 – Familiar
spirit
27 A man or a woman who is
a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death;
they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.' NKJV
Mark 9:25 – Foul
spirit
25 When Jesus saw that the
people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto
him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no
more into him. KJV
Num 5:14 – Jealous
spirit
14 And the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled:
or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and
she be not defiled: KJV
1 Peter 5:8 - Lion
8 Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, AS a roaring lion, walks about,
seeking whom he MAY devour: KJV
1 Kings 22:22 – Lying
spirit
22 And the LORD said unto
him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit
in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shall persuade him, and
prevail also: go forth, and do so
1 Tim 4:1 – Seducing spirit
1 Now the Spirit speaks
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; KJV
Luke 13:11 – Infirmity
spirit
11 And, behold, there was
a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed
together, and could not lift herself up
Matt 12:43 – Unclean
spirit
43 When the unclean
spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and
finds none. KJV
1 John 4:1 – Test the
spirits
1 Do not believe every spirit, but test the
spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out
into the world.
Spirit of infirmity
- There are
invisible chains of infirmity that are not physical. You can’t see them, but the bondage is
ever present.
- It can move around your
body exhibiting headaches, backaches, chest pains, upset stomach, nausea,
dizziness, sadness, depression, stress, fear, paranoia, rage and even
exhibits different personalities.
- This suffering is not
really a physical sickness; so medical treatment gives minor relief, if
any. – For sure, it’s not God trying to teach you something. – It is God’s
will that you are healed. – Prayer, the Word and “Faith” are the only
remedy.
- I see this even in
the church – Attaching itself outwardly
– hoping to gain entrance though discouragement and stress. – Christians
cannot be inwardly possessed;
only messed with. Demonic “attacks” will not succeed in the life of the believer
– it will eventually fail.
Luke 13:11 – A spirit of infirmity
11 There was a woman which had a spirit of
infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift
up herself. KJV
Mark 1:40-41 – Jesus said
He wants us healed.
40 Then a leper came to Him, imploring Him,
kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, "If You want to, You can heal
me”
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put out His
hand and touched him, and said to him, "I want to”; be
cleansed." LB
Isa 54:17 – It will not
succeed – It will fail
17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
NKJV
Familiar Spirits
- A demon is called a familiar
spirit because they possess supernatural information and knowledge
that you seek. They whisper, mutter and peep.
- Scripture indicates
God forbid consulting; magicians, sorcerers, wizards, and witches; all
known as “mediums” that could
communicate with the dead. This
was a big business – Ventriloquism;
the speaking without moving your lips helped fool the people with
whispers, muttering and peeps - “Magic
potions” that bubbled with reflections in a cup gave predictions –
“Casting of lots” was
also done frequently. - People sought the dead, instead of God. – Even
though God forbid it, people still believed in this supernatural power to
direct their life and sought it out. – God plainly said, to kill the
medium.
- If God says to NOT
communicate with the dead, then it must be possible to do so.
- The dead person you
think you are talking to is actually a demon - They are lying spirits.
- Demons are neither male nor female; they manifest themselves as they wish.
1 Sam 28:7 – Saul sough out a witch with a familiar spirit
7 Saul unto his servants,
Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and
inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that
hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
Isa 19:3 – Consulting the mediums and spiritists.
3 The Egyptians will lose
heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and
the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists. NIV
Isa 8:19 – Don’t
seek after spirits that mutter and peep.
19 And when they shall say
unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards
that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their
God? for the living to the dead?
KJV
Isa 8:19 – Why
consult the dead on behalf of the living
19 When men tell you to
consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a
people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the
living? NIV
Lev 20:6 – Don’t turn to a familiar spirit
6'And the person who turns
to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will
set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. NKJV
Lev 19:31 – Don’t
seek those with familiar spirits
31'Give no regard to
mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by
them: I am the LORD your God.
NKJV
Deut 18:10-11 – Don’t consult with familiar spirits
10 There shall not be found
among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,
or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
KJV
2 Chron 33:6 – It is evil to seek a familiar spirit
6 And he caused his
children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he
observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a
familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger.
KJV
Deut 18:10-11 – Don’t have friends that consults the dead
10 Let no one be found
among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices
divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
11 or casts spells, or who
is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. NIV
Lev 20:27 – Put to
death those who have familiar spirits
27'A man or a woman who is
a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death;
they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.' NKJV
Demon Activity
- To learn about demon
activity, you need to look no farther than that of their leader; Satan.
- Satan and his demonic
followers get a foothold in our life through; Willful sin – Pride – strife
– un-forgiveness – Doubt - Fear –
Negative speech and more.
- Demons masquerade as good and trusting
entities; as angels of light - They inhabit humans, animals and
objects – They steal the ability to speak and hear – They cause epilepsy,
seizers and lunacy – They kill, steal and destroy.
- Drugs
are demonic – Man
is tempted to try drugs, then has to have it – spends all his money to get
it – then does whatever it takes to get more – lies – prostitutes - steals
and kills. - Men sell drugs knowing what it does. – Drugs are symbolic of
Satan’s power – Drugs produces slavery. – It causes an early death
- There is no medical cure for drug addiction.
- Although we rarely
hear about it, the believer has been given authority over demons, to cast
them out – To take authority over them. – We are ignorant, because we
don’t read the Bible.
Matt 4:1 – The Devil even tried
to tempt Jesus
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil. KJV
2 Cor 11:13-15 – They
masquerade as angles of light
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful
workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan
himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then,
if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. NIV
1 Peter 5:8 – They seek
who they MAY devour
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
KJV
Matt 8:28 – They inhabit humans
28 And when he was come to the other side into the
country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils,
coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by
that way
Mark 9:25 – They steal your ability to speak or hear.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running
together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit,
I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. KJV
Matt 17:15 – They cause epilepsy and seizers - lunacy
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic,
and sore vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and often into the
water. KJV
Mark 5:9 – Many demons can
occupy a person
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he
answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. KJV
Luke 13:16 – Devils can bind you for life
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from
this bond on the Sabbath day? KJV
John 10:10 – Demons steal,
kill and destroy.
10 The thief (Satan,
devils) comes
only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full. NIV
Hos 4:6 – For our lack of
knowledge, the demons destroy.
6 my people are destroyed from lack of
knowledge. NIV
1 Thess 4:13 – God doesn’t want us ignorant
13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant
about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no
hope. NIV
Luke 10:19 – We have authority over the enemy.
19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes
and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm
you. NIV
Matt 18:18 – We have the authority to bind and loose.
18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind
on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be
loosed in heaven. NIV
Matt 10:1 – Christ wants
men free of demons
1 He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them
authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and
sickness. NIV
Luke 9:1 – Authority to
cast out demons
1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he
gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure
diseases, NIV
Matt 10:8 – Commanded to
cast out demons
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who
have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
NIV
Luke 4:33-34 – An unclean
spirit recognizes The Holy Spirit.
33 A man, which had a spirit of an unclean
devil, and cried out
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with
thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who
thou art; the Holy One of God. KJV
Mark 16:17 – Casting out demons is a sign of the Holy Spirit
17 And these signs will accompany those who
believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in
new tongues; NIV
Witchcraft
Activity
- Saul sought after a woman
with a familiar spirit because the Spirit of God had left him.
- Simon the sorcerer practiced black magic and wanted the
power of the Holy Spirit
- A girl with a spirit of
divination followed Paul around yelling what the spirits told her.
- Jacob used witchcraft
utilizing rods with stripped
bark on them to produce speckled cattle
- Rachel
and Leah
used a love potion to stir up Jacobs desires. A mandrake mentioned
5 times in the Bible is not a duck, it’s a yellow fruit a little smaller
than a tomato - and is generally
accepted as a “Love Apple” which superstition says elevates the sex drive.
– It is also called the “Devils Apple”.
- Before the end times,
the bodies and souls of men will become merchandise
for sale.
- God says woe to those
who call evil good and darkness light.
1 Sam 28:7 – The Witch at
Endor had a familiar spirit.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a
woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of
her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman at En-dor. ASV
Acts 16:16 -17 – A girl who communicated with the dead
16 And it came to pass, as we were going to the
place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met
us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.
17 The same following after Paul and us cried
out, saying. These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto
you the way of salvation. ASV
Gen 30:37-39 – Jacob used
witchcraft on his flocks
37 And Jacob took him rods of green
poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled
white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before
the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods,
and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted KJV
Acts 8:9-19 – Simon the
sorcerer practiced magic
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had
practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria
10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him
their attention and exclaimed, "This man is the divine power known as the
Great Power." 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a
long time with his magic.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the
laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money
19 and said, "Give me also this ability
so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." NIV
Gen 30:14-16 Leah and
Rachel make a love potion.
14 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest
and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah.
Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
15 But she said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my
husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" And Rachel said,
"Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
16 When Jacob came out of the field in the
evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for
I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with her
that night. NKJV
11 "And the merchants of the earth
will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and
frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and
chariots, and bodies and souls of men. NKJV
Isa 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good
evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter! NKJV
Demonic objects
- NOTE:
Demons can also occupy objects.
In the occult you will find items crafted by men with a small hole
in them that invites spirits to come and go. Look for it and destroy it.
- Voodoo
dolls
used by witch doctors in
- My
teenage son,
some 30 years ago, was showing me his record albums with demonic symbols
located here and there. After a
lengthy discussion, with tears in his eyes, he destroyed and trashed most
of them. We got them out of our
house.
- Just
this week
I found an old VHS movie “The people vs.; Larry Flint” which upon first
viewing was so vile and demonically inspired, that my wife said she was
ashamed before God to even have that in our home; to get it out of our
house and destroy it, and we did.
- It was
important in OT times to destroy Demonic objects and it’s important now.
Lev 17:7 – Demons want worship
7 They shall no more offer
their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This
shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations." NKJV
Ps 106:38 – Demons want sacrifices
38 And shed innocent blood
of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols; And the
land was polluted with blood. NKJV
Josh 7:12 – Get the occult
stuff out of your home
12 I will not be with you
anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
NIV
Acts 19:19 – Burn things of the occult
19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought
their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the
value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas NIV
Funny thing happened
- Scripture says that
some Jews tried driving out evil spirits, invoking “the name of Jesus” and
the demons beat them all up and they ran out of the house naked and
bleeding.
- If you are not a
Christian filled with the Holy Spirit, it is not recommended that
you try casting out demons.
Acts 19:13 -16 – I know Jesus and Paul – but who are you?
13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil
spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were
demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul
preaches, I command you to come out."
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest,
were doing this. 15[One day] the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus
I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped
on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating
that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding. NIV
THE SECRET
ARTS - RABBIT TRAIL
- Man is born with a desire
for power, especially the power of the Secret Arts - supernatural power – and they join
organizations that are mystical and become involved in the occult. - They
desire to be one of the “Enlightened ones” and have “Spirit Guides” to
advise them.
- Hindu Guru’s give a
“special word” to their followers – This word is used as a mantra which is
repeated over and over inside, putting their mind in neutral, opening the
door for spirit activity. – Many religions with their thumb and finger
forming a circle; chant or hum a sound that vibrates their body, empting
their mind allowing access to the spirit world.
- Demons work through
warlocks, wizards, witches, mediums, psychics, divine healers,
fortune-tellers, palm readers, crystal ball readers, and astrologers who
have yielded their minds to the spirit realm. – These people as so blinded
that they believe they are receiving information directly from the departed dead; the “good spirits”
of God.
- Demonic
interest:
Free Masons - The Order of the Eastern Star – Demola - The Mormon Temple -
The Order of the Golden Dawn - Yin/Yang – Astrology - Tara Cards –
Hypnosis – Silva Mind Control - Symbol Therapy - Visualization &
guided imagery – Yoga (Hindus) - Tai Chi –
Reflexology - Magnetic Healing - Transcendental Meditation – Chanting -
Spirit Channeling – Automatic Writings – Séances - Ouija
boards – LSD color experimentations – Cosmic consciousness –
shaktipat, attunement or paradigm shift – necromancy (raising the dead for communication). - Speaking in Demonic
languages –Acupuncture – Acupressure – Biofeedback, Guided Imagery and Horoscopes.
- Demonic
signs: Zodiac
signs – triangles – pyramids – pentagrams – hexagrams - Star of David -
enneagram (9 triangle points in
a circle) wheel – circle – Sun - all-seeing eye - rainbows
(antahkarana, the rainbow bridge)
(7 colors) - perverted cross – swastika -
Egyptian ankh – crystals – diamond – dragon – serpent - yin/yang – locus –
unicorn - flying Pegasus horse - centaur and the mermaid- the lotus
blossom – cube - point within a circle - the line - a cup or holy grail –
goat – bull – elephant – dragon – lion - dog and bear – sign of the cloven
hoof or footprint of the devil.
- Good
Luck/Bad Luck – Christians do not
believe in Good or Bad luck – Every good gift and every perfect gift
comes from God, so we can surely understand where the bad comes from. –
Superstition says not to break a mirror or walk under a ladder or let a
black cat cross your path – There are lucky days, lucky charms, metals,
stones, and rabbit’s feet, Palm readers and horoscopes. Unknowingly to us, these things are
guiding our thoughts and our actions.
- The
deception: The enlightened one, through imaging and
visualization can energize and command Deity spirits to serve and do their
bidding. Their conscience becomes
seared and they desire the mark, then they find out the spirits are not really
deity, but demonic, but it’s too late. - At the end God will
send a deluding Spirit to
harden their hearts so they will be unable to repent. He gives them what they want.
- Totally
possessed - Once
a demon enters a person, he becomes the “doorkeeper” of his soul and can
allow others to enter. – One scripture says “seven” more demons
enter – Seven is the Biblical number for completeness. – Completely
consumed - Totally possessed.
- The
Believers protection: – There are seven (complete)
things
protecting us from the evil one. – Submission to God - The blood of Jesus
Christ – The Holy Spirit within us - God’s Word from the Bible – Our
authority as believers – The gifts of the spirit – Our Prayer life.
Ex 7:11 – The
secret arts
11 Pharaoh then summoned
wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the
same things by their secret arts. NIV
Luke 11:24 -26 –
Totally demon possessed
24 'I will return to my
house from which I came.'
25 And when he comes, he
finds it swept and put in order.
26 Then he goes and takes
with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and
dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first." NKJV
James 1:17 – Good
comes from God – not luck
17 Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
NKJV
1 Tim 6:20 – Turn away
from counterfeit spiritual illumination.
20 Turn away from the
irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty
and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradiction in what is
falsely call knowledge and spiritual illumination.
James 4:7-8 – Resist Satan and he will flee from you.
7 Submit to God. Resist
the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God and He
will draw near to you. NKJV
There
is a war going on
·
When
we pray, God hears our prayer before we start to speak, and dispatches the
answer before we finish praying. – A continuous war in high places with
the rulers of darkness tries to hinder God’s promises from reaching us. – So
don’t stop praying.
·
Satan
has the world convinced that he does not exist – Who has ever seen him. He is
laughingly presented as a little guy dressed in red with horns and a pitch
fork.
·
Satan
teaches there is no Hell, and this is all there is to life, and then quotes
scripture, “eat, drink and be merry, for you have plenty.” – But he omits the
next verse – Thou Fool – tonight
your soul shall be required of thee.
Luke 12:19 – Eat, drink
and be merry.
19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty
of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be
merry." ' NIV
Luke 12:20 – Man is a fool
for listening to Satan
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night
thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be? KJV
Eph 6:12 – Our fight in not against flesh and blood
12 For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. KJV
Dan 10:12-13 – Satan and
his demons resist our prayer life.
12 He said to me, "Do
not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to
understand, and to humble yourself before God, your words were heard;
and I have come because of your words.
13 But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia Persia
1 Thess 5:16-18 – Don’t
stop praying.
16 Be joyful always; 17 pray continually;
18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is
God's will for you in Christ Jesus. NIV
Confession
- Ignorance to God’s
word allows demons to gain a foothold in our life. Satan searches for the weak minded to
devour them. He has to have our
permission to come in. – The permission comes from what we confess with
our mouth. – Job confessed he “feared”.
- We are
what we confess.
Satan cannot read our mind. He only
knows what we speak.
- As a young man, when
someone would greet me and ask “How
ya doin”, I would reply, “I’m just ducky” which is what someone
would say when things were going all wrong. Today I reply, “I’m Blessed” – (And
I am.) – Sometimes it prompts a reply; “and highly favored”.
- I have a friend who
says, “By the grace of God, I’m doing better than I ought to be.”
Prov 18:21 – What you speak will come to pass
21 The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit. NIV
Job 3:25 – Job confessed he “feared”.
25 What I feared has come upon me; NIV
Deut 30:19 – Life and
death is set before us in Christ
19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses
against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and
curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live NIV
Reflections
·
I
live in what’s known as the Bible Belt, I was born in Georgia South Carolina
·
Video
games and movies are mostly about killing people - More and more we hear of people
just deciding to kill. – Some say God told them to do it. –The psychologist says,
‘Oh, he was just not in his right mind’. – We fail to connect it as
demonic activity.
·
The
10 commandments are out of the schools as well as prayer – Sunday is either
another day of work or time off to shop at the mall or perhaps a day to sleep
late.
·
While
teaching “customer relations” to a class of 30, I asked the question, who could
tell me the “Golden Rule”. They had never heard of it – I was
astounded.
·
What
has happened to reading and studying the Bible, daily prayer, helping others
who can’t help you back?
·
I
just saw a documentary on the “Washington
Cathedral” where ALL faiths can now come together and worship. The Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu and
Buddhist.
·
The New Age says we should take the
best things from all religions and cross pollinated them so we can put
aside our differences and worship together. – They say all the spokes in a
wheel are connected to the same hub.
·
Good Grief – The Bible says anyone
who brings a different Gospel, don’t even let them in your house or even have
lunch with them. – Unknowingly, demonically guided, we are on our way to a “One World Church” A one world
religion.
·
Even
the demons believe in the name of Jesus and can quote scripture – They just do
not accept him. – They know their fate and are “mad as Hell”.
·
Demons
have made man both blind and deaf to
things of God. – Man has lost his spiritual awareness and power.
Matt 7:12 – The Golden Rule
12 So in everything, do to others what you
would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. NIV
Gal 3:1 – Who has
bewitched you?
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?
NIV
James 2:19 – Even the demons believe in God
19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even
the demons believe that-and shudder. NIV
Matt 8:29 – Demons know who Jesus is.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have
we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to
torment us before the time KJV
Mark 9:25 – Deaf and dumb spirit.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running
together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf
spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. KJV
2 John 10-11 – Don’t even
let them in your house
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this
teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
NIV
1 Cor 5:11 – Don’t do lunch with someone with a different Gospel
11 But now I am writing you that you must not
associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or
greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With
such a man do not even eat. NIV
2 Cor 6:14 -16 – Don’t be yoked with darkness
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what
do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement is there between the temple of God
James 4:4 – Friend of the
unbeliever – enemy of God
4 Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the
world becomes God’s enemy
DEMON SUMMARY
- Fallen angels are not demons although many
books written say they are – Not scriptural.
- Demons are disembodied spirits that died
during the great flood of the first earth age - they were created
immortal. – They were not under the law of “sin and death”.
- They are known as familiar spirits, unclean
spirits, demons and devils.
- Some names/types of spirits are known as - Angel of light, Blind spirit, Deaf and
Dumb spirit, Dragon, Familiar spirit, Foul spirit, Jealous spirit, Lion,
Lying spirit, Seducing spirit, Spirit of Infirmity, Unclean spirit and
more.
- We do not take demons seriously and even
consider them myth or superstition. – You should praise God that you have never
seen a demon at work – In my broadcast career, I witnessed an exorcism,
and hope never to see one again. - They are very real.
- They can possess humans, animals and objects.
- They inhabit objects such as voodoo dolls,
idols, jewelry with occult symbols, masks, creatures, objects with locks
of hair, statues, carved and painted items with a hole in them for the
spirits to come and go.
- Their highest desire is to posses a human –
to control their minds and bodies – to strike back at God. –
- They work through warlocks, wizards, witches,
mediums, physics, diving healers, fortune-tellers, palm readers, crystal
ball readers and astrologers who have yielded their minds to the spiritual
realm.
- Man is born with a desire for the mystic, the
secret arts – the supernatural – Power. Demons jump on this and give man what he
wants – they lie and produce counterfeit deceiving miracles.
- Once possessing a human, they become the door
keeper to the soul and will let others in – More that one can occupy a
person.
- The familiar spirits can manifest themselves as
male or female; whatever will deceive you. – They are called
familiar spirits because they are “familiar” with all the information they
need to seduce you. - The dead loved one you are talking to is a
fake – It is a demon telling you what you want to hear.
- There are examples in the Bible of calling up
demon spirits, consulting the dead – God says do not consult the dead
– This obviously leads the reader to believe it surely can be done.
- There is an invisible war going on to hinder God’s
promises and our prayers from reaching us. God says to pray continuously
till we receive our answer, and then continue praying in thanksgiving. He
says to be thankful IN all things – not FOR all things.
- Demons and Satan cannot read our thoughts –
But they act with haste on what we confess with our mouth – We are what we confess. – I
confess that I am blessed.
- The Christian has dominion over demons and is
protected by seven things; Submission to God - the blood of Jesus
Christ - the Holy Spirit within us - God’s Word the Bible - the believers
authority - the gifts of the Spirit and our prayer life. – (Seven, we are complete.)
- A Christian cannot be possessed with an evil
spirit – It cannot co-exist with the Holy Spirit.
Matt 13:4 – Satan snatches
the Word as soon as it is sown.
4 As he (the Holy Spirit) was scattering the seed (the Word), some fell along the path, and the birds (Satan) came and ate it up NIV
Phil 4:6 – Be thankful IN
all thing – not FOR all things.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. N IV
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I
am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.
Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I
otherwise ever could have.
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A Commentary – Critical, Experimental and Practical – Eerdmans
Annotated Reference Bible – Dake’s
An Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words – Unger
An Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words – WE Vine
Bible Almanac; The - Nelson
Bible Dictionary – Harper’s
Commentary on Calvinism – Mike Fowlkes
Commentary on the Bible – Baker
Dictionary of Biblical Literacy – Oliver Nelson
Dictionary of Pentecostal movements – Burgess – McGee
Five Points of Calvinism; The – WJ Seaton
Expositor’s Bible Commentary; The – Frank E. Gaebelein
Great Doctrines of the Bible – Soteriology – W.A. Criswell
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The - Tyndale
International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas-Tenny
Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse
King James Version Bible - KJV
Matthew Henry’s Commentary – Zondervan
New International Version Bible - NIV
NIV Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, The - Zondervan
Today’s Dictionary of the Bible – Guidepost
Victor Journey through the Bible; The - Beers
Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament - MacDonald
What is Reformed Theology? – RC Sproul
Witchcraft, puppets and Voodoo – Irene A. Park
Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Moody Press
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