3 thoughts on “Shayne Smith Explains the Multiple Ways Demons Can Control People”
Duncan
While Mr. Smith shares some Biblically sound insights, he doesn’t hold a candle to Jesse Penn-Lewis. But who even reads books anymore in the age of apostacy?
On a personal note, I cannot help but be repulsed by….well, you might get the picture.
Carlos
This could be a lengthy discussion, it I can sort things out properly.
It reasserts the roles demons play in the affairs of fallen men, whether they be God-forsaken or merely God-forlorn. But what are demons?
Demons are fallen angels. They fell from their high places in Heaven where they could see God but they chose to worship and love themselves rather than the Good and Righteous God. They put themselves in God’s place like their own false gods. Consequently they became irredeemably evil, corrupt, self-serving, self-righteous, and opposed to anything The Good God Said and commanded.
Man, however, was still redeemable because he hadn’t seen either God or heaven, because he’d only heard His Voice beginning in the Garden of Eden. When Man finally saw God in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ, that’s when Man’s redemption began. All we need to do is to love and serve Him, not ourselves.
But the Devil and his minions will do their damnedest to deceive and corrupt mankind to do their own will, not God’s Good Will. If they can find a willing subject, they will possess him. Jesus cast out many such demons. To those many whom they can’t possess, they’ll offer evil suggestions. Jesus said, “Get thee behind me Satan” to one such suggestion. The Devil offers many other temptations to sin against God.
A cartoon sometimes seen in the past showed a character with a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the other, both offering their advice in turn. Doing good or evil is something like that.
Carlos
I forgot to mention that we can’t exclude the presence of good angels. The Bible says that we may entertain such angels unaware. Or after a prayer for help, appear for our defense, unseen by us. Or help us out of some difficulty. I think I was helped at least twice by an angel’s intercession.
While Mr. Smith shares some Biblically sound insights, he doesn’t hold a candle to Jesse Penn-Lewis. But who even reads books anymore in the age of apostacy?
On a personal note, I cannot help but be repulsed by….well, you might get the picture.
This could be a lengthy discussion, it I can sort things out properly.
It reasserts the roles demons play in the affairs of fallen men, whether they be God-forsaken or merely God-forlorn. But what are demons?
Demons are fallen angels. They fell from their high places in Heaven where they could see God but they chose to worship and love themselves rather than the Good and Righteous God. They put themselves in God’s place like their own false gods. Consequently they became irredeemably evil, corrupt, self-serving, self-righteous, and opposed to anything The Good God Said and commanded.
Man, however, was still redeemable because he hadn’t seen either God or heaven, because he’d only heard His Voice beginning in the Garden of Eden. When Man finally saw God in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ, that’s when Man’s redemption began. All we need to do is to love and serve Him, not ourselves.
But the Devil and his minions will do their damnedest to deceive and corrupt mankind to do their own will, not God’s Good Will. If they can find a willing subject, they will possess him. Jesus cast out many such demons. To those many whom they can’t possess, they’ll offer evil suggestions. Jesus said, “Get thee behind me Satan” to one such suggestion. The Devil offers many other temptations to sin against God.
A cartoon sometimes seen in the past showed a character with a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the other, both offering their advice in turn. Doing good or evil is something like that.
I forgot to mention that we can’t exclude the presence of good angels. The Bible says that we may entertain such angels unaware. Or after a prayer for help, appear for our defense, unseen by us. Or help us out of some difficulty. I think I was helped at least twice by an angel’s intercession.