Demons

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Demons

• Agents of Satan

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Demons Ageless interest

• The Devils Museum (Kaunas, Lithuania)
• Cults, Satanic rituals, mythology, etc.
• Many believe in demon possession and other direct
  actions of demons in the world
• Bible tell us what we need to know about demons
  to help us serve God in our lives (1 Peter
  315)

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What are Demons?

• Spirit beings, Matt. 816 Lk. 1017, 20
• Unclean, evil spirits, (Mk. 126 Lk. 82)
• Not physical diseases, mental illnesses or
  emotional distresses
• Demons used such ailments in Bible times to
  torment people, Mark 914-29

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Character of Demons

• Immoral
• Evil / unclean, Matthew 1243-45 (Acts 1915)
• Agents of Satan, Matthew 2541 (2
  Peter 24)
• Faithless, James 219
• Know the power position of Christ, Mark
  123-24, 34

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The Object of Demonic Activity is Our Eternal
Destruction

• Oppose God oppress man, Acts 1038 (Mk.
  125-27)
• Through bodily possession when directly active on
  earth, Luke 827
• Oppose the faith (the truth), 1
  Timothy 41 (6)

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Demon Possession

• Defined
• A condition in which a distinct and evil
  personality, foreign to the person possessed, has
  taken control of an individual (Hendriksen)
• Bodily possession / takeover and control, Mark
  917-18, 20-22, 25-29

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Demon Possession

• Occurred during the days of Christ, Mark
  124-27 Matthew 1243-45
• Modern explanations of Biblical accounts that do
  not respect Gods word
• Superstition attributed illness to demons
  (Matt. 1222 Lk. 440-41 91 Acts 1912)
• Multiple personalities (Mark 512-13)

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Demon Possession

• Demons are always presented as evil and the
  enemies of God and man
• Were not driven out by psychological treatments
  or rites of exorcism
• Were driven out by the miraculous word power of
  Christ (Matt. 816)

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Demonic Activity Today

• Demonic possession does not happen today It
  has ended on the earth
• End prophesied, Zechariah 131-2 Heb. 926
• Satan is bound, Matt. 1228-29 Mk. 123-25
• Christs power is superior to demons
• Demonstrated, Luke 1114, 20-22
• Sustained, Matthew 2818
• God is greater, 1 John 44

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Demonic Activity Today Ephesians 612

• Principalities and powers Government, rule, is
  used of supramundane beings who exercise rule
  (Vine)
• Through joining in with tempting us to sin, Eph.
  611 Matthew 2541
• Through the influence of sin darkness, they
  seek to possess our hearts lives with evil
  and error We agree to this possession when we
  choose to sin

HOW?
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Demonic Activity Today Ephesians 612

• Principalities and powers Government, rule, is
  used of supramundane beings who exercise rule
  (Vine)
• Through trials of faith they try to separate us
  from the love of God in Christ, Rom. 835-39
• Through spiritual warfare they struggle against
  us, Ephesians 612 (2 Cor. 103-5)
• Our victory is certain in Christ, Eph. 610-17

HOW?
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Punishment of Demons

• Demons will be eternally punished, Matthew 829
  2541
• We have reasons to be concerned about demons
  today
• Not bodily possession
• The spiritual struggle we are in for our
  souls (James 47)