Posts Tagged ‘Satan’
Do Demons Walk Amongst Us?
Posted on: August 6, 2013
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I’ve been wanting to write a post about this for quite some time. First, I will tell you I watch way too much tv. I love true crime & court shows. For instance, I watch Court TV, In Session, Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew, Forensic Files, Wives with Knives, Snapped, Deadly Wives, Motives & Murders, Sins & Secrets, Deadly Affairs, Happily Never After, 48 Hours Mystery, Dateline I.D., and City Confidential. I don’t just watch them, I DVR them while I’m and at work and when sleeping. DVR is the coolest invention ever. Seriously.
It’s safe to say I watch a lot of crap on TV. But my favorites are the ones where the wives get fed up and “off” their spouse. The abusive, nasty husband who cheats and beats up his wife on a regular basis……then they get whacked. Shoulda been nicer to her,,,, jerk.
If you’re sitting there with your mouth open and a look of bewilderment on your face, don’t worry. I’m not crazy, just well……damaged could be a good word for it I guess. You see a lot of the people depicted in these shows have something in common with me and the course of my life.
I have walked and lived amongst people who behave like this. I have been the victim as depicted in these shows (minus getting murdered of course). But I have also associated with the demons who reek havoc and mayhem on all the people around them. And I do believe these people have demons in them.
What sparked the interest in writing this post is a current trial I’ve been watching on ‘In Session”. The man is being convicted of murdering his 14 year old stepson. He did it and admitted it. I won’t go into the details of the trial but what sparked me today to sit and write was when this man was on the witness stand. I clearly believe he has a demon (or many demons) inside him. There is no conscience. He tortures puppies. He killed his stepson to get back at his ex-wife. I have not seen the whole trial yet and don’t know all the facts but what I saw today was the dude sitting on the stand saying “she killed my son so I killed hers.” Revenge. Sicko. Demon.
Are humans REALLY capable of that? Or is it a DEMON inside doing it? I want to ask my Christian friends out there this question. God made us in the likeness of His image. His purpose was not for us to kill and destroy each other. Satan came in and tempted Eve and it wound up destroying God’s divine plan because of a choice that Eve made. But before Satan came into the picture, was it in our nature to kill? What is it in our nature to “to eat or be eaten?”.
Let me ask this…..Did God know that Eve would give into Satan’s lies and eat the apple? If He did, why did He create us knowing we would fail?
I know I went a little off topic here but when I was a teenager (grew up in Baptist church) I would ask this question that no one could answer for me……if God is “All Knowing” then He knew there would be so much suffering and pain….why did He create earth and humans knowing that?
I honestly believe that a few people I work with have demons in them. I can even see it in the way their face distorts. And their eyes. Those black voidless eyes. It’s freaky. I steer clear of them and and usually say a quick mental prayer for strength.
This post is kinda all over the place so sorry guys. Letting thoughts run wild a little today.
Spirit’s Help In Holy Living
Posted on: October 10, 2012
This is a paper I wrote for my class in Systematic Theology. The assignment was as follows:
“Alex excitedly tells you, “I recently received the Holy Spirit’s power. I’m no longer a carnal Christian like so many people. I’m just letting go and letting God. Now I can overcome sin with hardly a struggle, and I can live the kind of life that makes me acceptable to God.” Write what you would say to Alex, based on your own understanding of justification, sanctification, and the Spirit’s help in holy living.”
Hope you enjoy it. 
I would first start off by telling Alex that there is nowhere in the Bible telling us that just because we become a child of God through salvation and went through the process of justification and sanctification, that we won’t have struggles with sin. We are powerless over our sin nature but there is hope and strength through the help of the Holy Spirit but we first must seek Him, change our way of thinking and allow God to work in our lives. Faith requires action, not just sitting by and letting things happen. We have to fight to stay on track and on the right path, otherwise the devil will get a foothold in our life.
It is true when the Bible says, “Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world.” But even so, we still have to be vigilant in our daily life and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading and guidance. Satan will attack this every chance he gets.
In fact Jesus told us we will have more attacks from the devil, because the devil doesn’t want us to please or bring glory to God. Satan will work overtime on believers. The good news is that we have weapons of faith that God has provided and given us to be able to sustain these attacks. These weapons of faith are explained as the “armor of God” as written in Ephesians 6:10-18. We are given the power of the Holy Spirit to aid us in times of conflict.
In a book written by Wayne Gruden titled, “Bible Doctrine”, he defines justification: “An instantaneous legal act of God in which He 
(1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us, and declares us to be righteous in His sight.” He goes on to tell us that, “Legal declaration of justification by God affirms we are just in God sight”.
In other words, we have a right legal standing before God because He has given us forgiveness of our sins. This means we are completely forgiven by Him and are longer subject to punishment. It is important to point out that “legal declaration” in itself doesn’t mean that our internal nature changes and not even our character. Although Alex’s view of “letting go and letting God” can be a powerful way to live your life, it does not mean we are to be aloof and careless in protecting ourselves against temptations of the world. Being pro-active in our faith is important.
After justification there is sanctification. This process implies we are being set apart for God’s’ use. The Holy Spirit is predominately at work in the process of sanctification. Through God’s grace, the Holy Spirit renews us on a daily basis. It means we are to make a 
conscious choice to no longer love sin, be dead to it, and to stop and overcome patterns of behaviors that were sinful in our life. We are dead to sin and alive Christ. This should be our new mentality and our lives should show accordingly.
One of the greatest gift and resource we have to help us in this life is the Holy Spirit. He gives us strength when we need it. He gives us courage when we need it. He gives us wisdom, helps us make wise choices and speaks to us when He thinks we are making a wrong choice. He is our protector and teacher. He gives us guidance and direction. We must ask God The Father every morning to have His Spirit close to us for leading and guidance.
Angels, Satan, & Demons
Posted on: August 17, 2012
Angels are created spiritual beings. They have not always existed but are part of God’s creation of the universe and are part of His Purpose. Angels are “spirits” without physical bodies yet are highly intelligent and are capable of having moral judgment and free will. The apostle Paul tells us in Col. 1:16,
For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him and in and for Him.
Paul specifically includes the existence of an angelic world by the phrase, “whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities”. It is reflected in the Scriptures that angels sinned and fell from their positions (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6) This shows proof that angels have free will and moral judgment and could make choices and decisions of their own. Also, angels are invisible, however, they have from time to time took on a bodily form to appear to people in Scripture (Matt. 28:5; Heb. 13:2). We are not able to see angels unless God gives us a special ability to do so.
There are 3 other kinds of heavenly beings. We can think of these as special types of angels or we can think of these as heavenly beings distinct from angels, but either way they also serve and worship God.
1. The cherubim – They are given the task of guarding the entrance to the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:34). God himself is said to be enthroned on the cherubim or He travels with the cherubim (Ps.18:10 ; Ezek. 10:1-22).
2. The seraphim – these heavenly beings continually worship and praise the Lord “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory”(Isa. 6:2-7)
3. The living creatures – Ezekiel and Revelation tell us of other kinds of heavenly beings only known as “living creatures” around God’s throne. Their appearances are of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle. They are the mightiest creatures of various parts of God’s entire creation. (Wild beasts, domesticated animals, human beings, and birds.) Just as angels do, these living creatures worship God continually.
God sends angels for our protection. Some people believe they have their own “guardian angel”. Scripture does not support the idea of a personal guardian angel for each person, yet it does support that the role of an angel is to protect us here on earth.
Angels watch us throughout our daily lives. So be aware and think on these things. They see when we are obedient to Christ as well as our disobedience. It can be safe to say that angels rejoice when they see our obedient actions made in secret. Take comfort in the fact that even though no one may be a witness to your good deed, angels witness our struggles and how much we are striving to be more like Christ. On the other hand, angels can be grieved as they witness our sins and disobedience.
Fallen Angels and Satan
It’s important to know that God did not create the world with evil angels in it. We know this because in Gen. 1:31 God “saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good”.
Demons are evil angels who sinned against God. They work evil in the world today. Sometime between Genesis 1:31 and Genesis 3:1, there must have been an angelic rebellion. Many angels turned against God and became evil.
The Bible also warns of false doctrine from angels. Not all angels are good. “Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14) There are instances where people claim that an angel has spoke to them. We as Christians are warned against accepting any claims that differ from the doctrine of the Trinity, Christ as the Messiah and is fully God, justification by faith alone, and others. One example of this is the Mormon faith in which Joseph Smith claims an angel called Moroni spoke to him and revealed to him the Mormon religion.
Satan is the head of the demons. He once was an angel of God and held a very high rank. The sin of Satan was pride and the attempt to be equal to God in status and authority. But because of his defiance, Satan was cast out of heaven and many angels followed him. The fall of Satan is written in Isaiah 14:12-15:
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground—mighty though you were against the nations of the world. For you said to yourself, “I will ascend to heaven and rule the angels. I will take the highest throne. I will preside on the Mount of Assembly far away in the north. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High. But instead, you will be brought down to the pit of hell, down to its lowest depths.”
We should recognize that sinning gives a foothold for some kind of demonic influence in our lives. Wrongful anger could allow a demon to attack our emotions and possibly increase the anger that is already inside of us. Paul mentions in Eph. 6:14 that the “breastplate of righteousness” is part of the armor we use to stand against the “wiles of the devil”. If we have holes or weaknesses in our breastplate of righteousness, then this can make us vulnerable to demonic attack.
Jesus gives all believers authority to rebuke demons and command them to leave. We have divine power to destroy strongholds (2 Cor 10:3-4). It is important to recognize that the work of Christ on the cross is the ultimate basis for our authority over demons.
A little about me........my name is Michele and I am a born-again Christian. I was saved as a teenager and graduated from a Christian high school. I am a mother of one son who is the world to me. Despite my upbringing, later in life I fell into a life of self destruction which led me down many dark paths. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic and I have a great passion for Christ and His amazing power to heal even the worst cases. I am living proof of the miracle of God's power to change your life and way of thinking. Nothing is impossible with God. 
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