nevermind Give Thanks... trying to prove/disprove that Catholism
is Christian is just gg to spark a major debate tt leads to
nowhere...
anyways, a more accurate term for exorcism would be deliverance.
possession by demons, as many would like to use, is fairly
inaccurate in the context of Christians. most of what u see in the
movies like The Exorcist is really over dramatization. i have seen
deliverance before and have been through it myself.
Christians cannot be possessed as the we already belong to the Holy
Spirit. we cannot have two masters, so its impossible for us as
Christians to be owned by demons AND God. BUT, Christians CAN be
demonized. to be demonized is to have a demon living in us and
causing us to be tempted from within. if there are certain aspects
of ur life that u cannot seem to overcome e.g. lust...anger... etc,
there is a possibility of demonization. of course, not EVERY case
is a case of demonization.
during deliverance, no holy water or crucifix is used. just the
authority of Jesus, just like how the apostles did. there is no
such thing as "spiritual strength", but rather, its the
acknowledgement of ur authority in Christ.
I have given you authority to
trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of
the enemy; nothing will harm you.
(Luke 10:19)
sometimes, there is manifestation. that means, the demon will begin
to speak through the person or act through the person. for example,
a person who has been demonized in the area of anger will become
VERY violent and start screaming. usually will take bout 5-6 people
to hold that person down. in indonesia, there was a case of a woman
demonized in the area of lust. during deliverance, she manifested
and started to mimic intercourse. the manifestation is usually
characteristic of the nature of the demon.
but again, not ALL deliverance cases has manifestations. some, if
not most demons, leave quietly. moreover, deliverance is also
dependent on the person being delivered. if he/she doesnt want to
break free of that sin, then the demon cannot be cast out because
it has the legal right to stay in that person.
what u see in the movies like The Exorcist is all fake... demons
cannot kill those who walk with God because His protection is over
them. there was a case in my church where a man was demonized by a
spirit of death. it may sound made-up, but all the men in his side
of the family died young, and he was the last one living. during
the deliverance session, the demon professed that it tried to kill
him, but couldnt because "this Jesus he worshipped forbade me".
those were its words.
in anycase, deliverance can be done by whoever believes in Jesus
and knows his authority in Christ.
