We are spirit man and express ourselves through our human bodies. Demons also have personalities in which they seek to express themselves in human bodies. Our spirits are from Our Heavenly FATHER whereas demon spirits are from satan, the father of lies.
I am spirit and I dwell in a body. I express myself through my body but others cannot see me but they can only see my body because the real “me” is a spirit living inside this body for my body is simply the house my spirit lives in. At some point my body will return to dust but I shall never die for I shall return to FATHER in a state similar to that before entering the womb. FATHER spoke to Jeremiah in chapter 1:
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
This Truth is not unique to Jeremiah but includes each and every one of us before we were formed in the womb. Each of us has a unique calling as well as a unique personality which is expressed through our bodies.
Demons are evils spirits without bodies in which to express themselves in this world. They desire to find expression but cannot until they are in a body. In Luke 11 Jesus spoke concerning unclean spirits:
24 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”
As we are filled with The Holy Spirit, there is no place for the unclean spirits to dwell. Jesus made it quite clear that unclean spirits not only exist but will plague men and women who are ill-equipped to deal with these spirits. We must not be ignorant of the devil’s devices. Given the fact that the thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. we must prepare ourselves by understanding the devices of the enemy of Christ. Demons seek to defile through use of the human body.
FATHER uses people to bless, inspire, encourage and minister to those who need HIS Divine help. We are those vessels. The LORD’S Prayer includes the passage spoken by Jesus in Matthew chapter 6:
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Who is called to bring forth HIS Will on earth? You and I are called. The message of the Gospel must be reported by human lips to minister to those in need. Satan likewise will use human lips to promote his message of darkness. He will use some man or woman to defile an innocent child. He will promote perversity among those who are weak and/or confused. The god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not in the Gospel of Christ.
The devil is described in multiple ways. In Matthew chapter 4 when Jesus went into the wilderness, He called the devil the tempter:
3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
In Matthew chapter 12:24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler (prince) of the demons.”
In Matthew chapter 13 Jesus identified the devil as He explained the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
Later in the chapter Jesus explains the parable of the tares:
38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil (accuser, defamer, slanderer), the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
In John chapter 8 Jesus further speaks of the devil:
44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
In John chapter 14 Jesus spoke:
30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
In the Revelation of Jesus Christ chapter 12:
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
And in Revelation chapter 20:
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
By THE SPIRIT Peter wrote in 1 Peter chapter 5:
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
In Ephesians chapter 2, Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT:
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
In 2 Corinthians chapter 3, Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT and describe the devil as the “corruptor of minds”:
3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Jesus openly described and exposed the works of the devil thus we are not to be ignorant of who he is or his intent. We must not fear the devil or demons for they have no power over those who are believers and filled with The Holy Spirit. Demons will attempt to draw us away from our focus but as we mature in the area of discerning of spirits then we will know when their influence is challenging us. Remember that the simplicity of Christ is for all to understand and let us not be deceived when the opposition attempts to challenge this simplicity with complexity of reasoning and logic.
It is better to know who the enemy is and what their goal is when you minister to those whom FATHER sends across your path. Be not ignorant or afraid.