Begin Your Faith Journey with Jesus Christ Demons Demons can possess people, cause diseases, dumbness, blindness, and deafness [Matthew 4:23,24; 9:32,33; 12:22; Mark 9:25]. They can cause lunacy, mania, and suicide [Matthew 4:23,24; 17:14-21; Mark 5:1-8; 9:20]; distribute uncleanness [Luke 4:36], spread or create lust [John 8:44; Ephesians 2:1-3; I John 2:15-17], and manifest supernatural strength [Mark 5:2-16]. They will try to get you to worship them instead of Jesus Christ [Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 32:17; II Chronicles 1:15; Psalm 106:37; I Corinthians 10:20; Revelation 9:20]. They deceive, lie, practice witchcraft and disseminate false teachings [I Timothy 4:12; I John 4:1-6; I Kings 22:21-24; II Chronicles 33:6; I Samuel 18:8-10]. Demons oppress, are jealous, tell fortunes, steal, fight, possess men at will, travel, and imitate the departed dead [Acts 10:38; I Samuel 16:14; I Timothy 4:1; Matthew 12:43-45; 13:10; Luke 8:12; Ephesians 4:27; 5:10-13; Isaiah 8:19; Deuteronomy 18:11]. They fight against Christians, bring sickness on those who they possess, influence people, and have unbelievers on their side [Ephesians 2:1-3; 6:10-18; I Timothy 4:1-5; II Peter 2:10-12; Matthew 12:22; 17:15-18]. Thousands of them can possess a person at one time. [Mark 4:1-18; Matthew 12:43-45]. Spiritual
Warfare The good news is that by the power and authority of the Blood of Jesus Christ we have the power to resist the devil. James 4:7 tells us "Submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." |