Demonic Affliction & Infiltration
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Demonic Attacks From Outside & Inside
Demonic attacks on Christians are either from outside the person or from within.
Born again Christians cannot be possessed or completely taken over by demonic spirits, because they are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. But
Christians
can be afflicted by demonic spirits from outside them, and sometimes from inside, if they have given the enemy legal authority to do so. This may be through
• deliberate, repeated sin against God's laws about sexual relationships
• idolatry, including worship of wealth rather than God
• involvement in the occult or false religions, including Freemasonry
• generational infiltration down a family line, including curses
Some Christian writers and preachers say that a Christian cannot be afflicted by demonic spirits. But if that were true, why does Paul go to such lengths in EPHESIANS 6:10-18 to warn us to put on the whole armour of God for the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged, whether we like it or not?