There
is a danger and a delight in spiritual possession...
There
is historical and biblical evidence of the normalcy of spiritual possession.
Here in the “Western world,” in our post-enlightenment era, we typically scoff
at the supernatural, or we turn it into some goofy horror movie.
Truth
be told, spiritual possession is real. Jesus spoke of it, telling the following
story: “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through
waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, 'I will return to
my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty,
swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits
more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of
that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil
generation.” (Matthew 12:43-45 ESV)
So,
there's the danger of spiritual possession. Demons CAN and do possess people.
AND, IF a spirit goes out of a person, it can come back and find a MORAL person
who is spiritually weak or spiritually alone and that spirit comes back with
MORE spirits!
That
is the danger of having a spiritual void in our lives! We are open for our dead
spirits to be defeated and possessed by stronger, living spirits. Moral
excellence, IF one can attain it, or some variety of it, will not alone insure
one is safe from spiritual possession. You do note, from the words of Jesus in
Matthew 12, that the spirit left and the person put things in order; they “got
their life right” as we like to say. Life “right” or not, where there is no
stronger, righteous spiritual power abiding, a still strong UNrighteous
spiritual power can take over even a moral life.
This
is why we need to delight in possession! We need to delight in being possessed
of the Holy Spirit! The Apostle John said, “Little children, you are from God
and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the
world.” (1 John 4:4 ESV)
Friend,
let us look to ourselves today. What spiritual power rules us?
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