Spiritual Warfare

[kari21]

Does anyone here know of someone who has actually cast out a demon? What was it like?

[Carol R]

Yes I know someone who has cast out demons. From what I can gather you need to be walking very closely with the Lord as it is not to be taken lightly.

Carol R

[specops7]

Ive had one cast from me, and i have fought them. Havent ever cast one out from a person though. If anyone reads this i need prayer to stay strong in my faith. I fell into sin for a little while, but recently i conquered it and came back to Christ. I never lost my faith, nothing that severe, but i was sinning when i knew i shouldnt have. So please pray, I had a heart to heart with Christ, I prayed for a long time and then just collapsed and slept and felt great afterwards, but its been awhile and im struggling. I will not do it again, but any prayer would really help. And if anyone wants any help on spiritual warfare stuff you may contact me again, I have purified myself now and am close to god.

[matthew4:4]

Please, tell me where I can get more information about spiritual warfare and the spiritual world. Just reading about this stuff is giving me goosebumps. I must learn more! One question, thought. How do you know if you have a demon or demons within you? And then, how do you fight it? Thanks, Your brother in Christ, matthew

[patricia1]

Ive had one cast from me, and i have fought them. Havent ever cast one out from a person though. If anyone reads this i need prayer to stay strong in my faith. I fell into sin for a little while, but recently i conquered it and came back to Christ. I never lost my faith, nothing that severe, but i was sinning when i knew i shouldnt have. So please pray, I had a heart to heart with Christ, I prayed for a long time and then just collapsed and slept and felt great afterwards, but its been awhile and im struggling. I will not do it again, but any prayer would really help. And if anyone wants any help on spiritual warfare stuff you may contact me again, I have purified myself now and am close to god.

Not difficult at all. I had been cleaned out first myself....can be time consuming., need to stay connected with Jesus cotinually and listen to The Holy Spirit. Main problem is not to be distracted by what is said...seen... and to remain loving to the person and hating the demon. knowing when to stop. If its enough. Having one removed...some remember , some do not.

Edited August 9, 2007 by patricia1

[MrLuke]

Please, tell me where I can get more information about spiritual warfare and the spiritual world. Just reading about this stuff is giving me goosebumps. I must learn more! One question, thought. How do you know if you have a demon or demons within you? And then, how do you fight it? Thanks, Your brother in Christ, matthew

Be careful where and what you learn from! Look to the Scriptures, they will tell you all you need to know concerning spiritual warfare! Prayer is our weapon, along with the gifts all working together with the Armour of God (Eph 5).

Observe what Jesus and His followers did when encountering people with demons - they used the Name of Jesus because all things must bow to it! There's power in His name!

edit: take a look at Luke 10: 17 - 20

Discernment of Spirits is needed to see whether someone has a demon in them, wisdom too is essential! Don't go headlong into a battle if you don't know your where your authority lies (ie, the Holy Spirit and being in Christ) - we can see examples of when things go wrong in Acts, when some men were trying to cast out demons using the name of Jesus but having no authority to do so and not really understanding what they were doing. The demon (manifesting through the man it was in) pretty much laughed at them and then beat them up so that the men ran off! edit: Acts 19: 13-16

If you have demons within you, you know it. You might not recognise exactly what it is at first, but you know there is something else there that isn't "normal". I've been there, it's not nice.

[Matthitjah]

Grace to you,

Infestation progresses toward symbiosis. At some point it may literally be impossible to have them taken out of you and you survive the ordeal.

Scripture is quite clear, that when Jesus shows up, the demons have to go.

What is the focus of this thread?

I understand that there are to be questions about this sort of thing. However we must be careful to keep the focus on our Lord, lest we get lost in the darkness and lose track of the Light.

Joh

[MrLuke]

That's true. No matter how bad it gets, if one turns to the Lord for help, He can deliver!

God can do the impossible !

[MrLuke]

For me,

God's ability is not in question.

And:

God's ability is not in question.

But

Men are not God.

And:

We do not tell God what to do, where or when. He decides.

Well of course. Who suggested otherwise?