An Unclean Spirit Returns

[~Shalhevet~]

What did Jesus mean by this?

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[Openly Curious]

'asecretchord' date='Nov 11 2009,

What did Jesus mean by this?

24 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, '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."

Luke 11:24-26 (New King James Version)

Hey, This simply means that when a unclean spirit is cast out of a man the demon spirit goes through dry places seeking rest and the demon spirit can't find any rest as this demon spirit no longer has a body to dwell in so the demon spirit cannot manifest itself.

Then the demon spirit says, that he will go back to the house he came from speaking of the man's body were the demon spirit was cast out. This demon spirit goes back to the man and when the unclean spirit get's back to the man the demon spirit finds that the man's house was swept and in order. And because of this the demon spirit goes back and get's seven more unclean spirits with him that are more wicked than the demon that was cast of the man. All seven plus the first demon spirit that was cast out. All of the demon spirits entered into this man but it's now more demons and the man's state is worse than before as the one demon was cast out.

This man's house being his body was swept and in order. This happened because the man did not put anything from God in his house he left his house empty and vulnerable to demon possesion again as this man was all because he put nothing in his empty house (his body).

We have to let the Lord fill our cup to overflowing.

Hope this helps

Blessinga

oc

[~Shalhevet~]

So the spirit can never come back?

[OneLight]

When we read scripture about demons being cast out of a person, the person who had demons were not saved. If after the demons were cast out, the house (body) is considered swept, cleaned and empty. If this person refuses salvation, then the Holy Spirit does not reside in the house (body) and remains empty. If the salvation in Christ is accepted, His Spirit is placed in the person and the house is no longer empty.

A demon and the Holy Spirit can not abide in the same house (body), which means that a saved person can not be demon possessed.

[other one]

So the spirit can never come back?

The Spirit not only can come back, it is almost an automatic thing unless it finds some other poor soul to move into. When you throw a spirit out of a person, you should make certain that the person knows that unless they accept Jesus as their Lord and allow him to fill their house with the Holy Spirit, it is just a matter of time before the person is in a worse condition than before the demon was cast out.

This should be a stark warning to both the person possessed and those messing with that kind of intercessory prayer.

[~Shalhevet~]

The Spirit not only can come back, it is almost an automatic thing unless it finds some other poor soul to move into. When you throw a spirit out of a person, you should make certain that the person knows that unless they accept Jesus as their Lord and allow him to fill their house with the Holy Spirit, it is just a matter of time before the person is in a worse condition than before the demon was cast out.

This should be a stark warning to both the person possessed and those messing with that kind of intercessory prayer.

But if the person has accepted Jesus as Lord the spirit cannot return, correct? Can you stop it from finding another soul?

[OneLight]

The Spirit not only can come back, it is almost an automatic thing unless it finds some other poor soul to move into. When you throw a spirit out of a person, you should make certain that the person knows that unless they accept Jesus as their Lord and allow him to fill their house with the Holy Spirit, it is just a matter of time before the person is in a worse condition than before the demon was cast out.

This should be a stark warning to both the person possessed and those messing with that kind of intercessory prayer.

But if the person has accepted Jesus as Lord the spirit cannot return, correct? Can you stop it from finding another soul?

Correct. The cross reference to Luke is found in Mathew. Notice that here we see that the house is empty, which is missing in Luke. The person did not accept Christ as their Savior and the Holy Spirit did not "move in". Once someone has the Holy Spirit, no demon can return.

Matthew 12:43-45