# 291 - Today we read from Mr 3:11,12. “And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.”
Demonic possession. A fallen angel, a slave of Satan, residing in the soul of a human being and tormenting that person, placing them in a living hell on earth. They manifest themselves in all manner of painful maladies and behaviors embodied in sin. They are capable of controlling the actions of the body that they occupy.
One thing they are not able to do and that is to deny God or His authority over them. Mark states it well here, “WHENEVER” they saw Jesus, they were compelled to fall down at His feet. Why? Because Jesus is God!
This same Jesus now lives in the souls of all baptized believers. There is no room in the soul for the Holy Spirit and a demon. They cannot co-exist in the same soul. That's the good news we read of in Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
O you may be oppressed externally by demonic influences, but you cannot be possessed, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.
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