There is no instance where Jesus ever agreed with or allowed an evil spirit, demon, or the enemy to take up residence in a man or woman. On the contrary, in every case He took action and expected the demons and evil spirits to depart from the person because He always acted out of Love for His “neighbor”. A neighbor is defined as any other man or woman irrespective of nation or religion with whom we live or whom we chance to meet.
In Matthew chapter 10 it is written by THE SPIRIT:
1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
And in Mark 16:
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons
And in Luke 10 Jesus addressed the seventy sent out by Jesus:
19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
As we pursue a deeper revelation of being led by THE SPIRIT like the walk of our Elder Brother Our Lord Jesus Christ, we too will walk in the same power and authority He gave to all His disciples throughout the centuries. We will be required to walk in greater accountability than those who are still little children and are susceptible to being misled. This is why Jesus emphasized the commandment to walk in Love thus doing no harm to His sheep.
In Mark chapter 1 it is written by THE SPIRIT:
32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.
33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
34 Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
Those who are mature Sons will be able to discern which demons are possessing a person and will not allow them to speak. Jesus was not interested promoting fear by allowing the demons to express themselves. His authority was clearly greater than theirs and they had to submit to this Spiritual authority. In Luke chapter 4:
33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.
And…
40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.
However, Jesus did ask the demon’s name when He was approached by the man of the Gadarenes in Luke chapter 8. In this case there was a legion of demons and Jesus addressed one who was in charge. It was not to engage in a lengthy deliverance. Jesus commanded them all to depart (He said to them, “Go.”) and they entered into herd of swine. Jesus did not tolerate demons remaining in those whom they possessed nor did He encourage them to inhabit them at all.
In the Gospel of John we find no mention of Jesus dealing with demons. In the Epistles we find no emphasis of instructing us to cast out demons but we do find in Acts chapter 19:
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
Only by personally knowing Jesus Christ and having the revelation of His power and authority will the demons be cast out. Otherwise, one is subjected to them in some manner to the point of being overpowered by them. Paul focused on healing and restoration just as Jesus did. Paul did not spend time conversing with demons but focused his efforts on teaching and healing. Shouldn’t we do the same? Paul then wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Timothy chapter 4:
1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;
5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Deceiving spirits by nature will deceive those who are without revelation and will promote their own doctrines. Our focus should be on the revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ and not elsewhere. Jesus was not deceived by them nor did He allow them to deceive those around Him when He cast them out. We have power and authority over the enemy but we must not allow any deception to enter in. I find it interesting that John the Beloved Disciple focused no time on evil spirits and FATHER gave him the pen to write (by THE SPIRIT) the last book of the Bible. That should tell us something about the revelation of Love and the power over the enemy.