The Things All Should Know About the Demonic

Thirteen (13) Things To Know About Demons

1) Demons are spirits (Matthew 12:43, 45).

2) Demons are numerous…so numerous that Mark 5:9 describes one demon as saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many.

3) Demons can control men (Mark 5:2-5)

4) Demons are unclean and violent (Matthew 8:28-31)

5) Demons know Jesus Christ as the Most High God. They recognize His supreme authority (Mark 1:23, 24; Acts 19:15; James 2:19).

6) Demons know you are powerless without the name of Jesus and His Word.

7) They are aware of their eternal fate. “What do you want with us Son of God? they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?" (Matthew 8:29)

8) Demons are in conflict with Christians (Ephesians 6:12). "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons" (1 Timothy 4:1).

9) Unbelievers are susceptible to demon possession. As for you [believers], you were dead in your transgressions of this world and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient" (Ephesians 2:1, 2).

10) Believers cannot be possessed but they can be demonically oppressed. Demons cannot get inside the believer where the Holy Spirit resides but pressures from the outside can force a believer to begin to weaken and collapse. The more sin the believer allows into their life the more the sins pushes the Holy Spirit aside to allow the evil influence.

11) The world is currently their playground, not Hell. Hell or the bottomless pit is their eventual permanent destination. Lucifer is the Prince of this World as are his lackeys (John 12:31, 16:11). They are princes and powers of the air (Ephesians 2:2). Jesus literally calls Lucifer the prince of the world in John 14:30

12) They virtually never arrive in your life as darkness or brooding monsters. They arrive as beings of light or pleasure (drugs, sex, money, etc.).

13) They're often blamed for nothing more than our own human sin. Although indirectly complicit, they are not the instigators of our sin, we are.

Six (6) Things You Should Know About How Demons Communicate

1) Their advice and influence is always freely given.

2) Their advice is woefully misleading.

3) Their advice is counter to the Divine command.

4) Their advice is insipidly and/or strongly volunteered. Unfortunately, it is often taken by people unwittingly because they do not understand demons or the Bible.

5) They will intervene uninvited and anywhere. One must always use discernment.

6) They are insolent and fearless in their approach even approaching Christ in the wilderness, Adam and Eve in the Garden and Eli’s sons in the Tabernacle. All of which were in God’s direct presence.

Five (5) Things That Aid Demons in Their Evil

1) Our own lusts.

2) Our own sin.

3) Our own moral weakness.

4) Our lack of knowledge of the Bible and Christ.

5) The world system (κόσμος).

Five (6) Things Believers Can Do to Protect Themselves

1) Properly understand their Bible and obey God

2) Consider the being, human or otherwise proffering or making promises.

3) Seriously examine the offer/ scenario being promised against Biblical wisdom. If demons are anything they are shrewd and diligent. Destruction of anything holy or Godly is the goal.

4) Realize the offer will often be in our areas of our greatest weaknesses. This should be the first red flag.

5) Protect your mind. Those areas of greatest weakness all start in the mind. All sin starts with a thought or failure to think properly/Biblically.

6) Guilt while thinking of the sin or lust is an early warning sign. Heed it, it is God working through our conscience to warn us off the trail and stop us preemptively.

Thank me later folks.