DEMONS SATANS ARMY

DEMONS  

INTRO:  THE MOVIE THE EXORCIST  Girl becomes demon possessed and a priest is assigned an exorcism 

GREEK TERM for devils or demons - diamon diablos 

ORIGINALLY  CREATED BY GOD AS  GOOD ANGELS

REBELLED WITH SATAN AND KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN = 1/3 FALLEN ANGELS

Revelation 12:4, 7 – 9

4 And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the earth

7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8 and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole]world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him

Nephilim – BRED WITH MEN DURING NOAHS TIME

Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Jude 6-7

6 And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, theseHe has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7  just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

SOME SINNED SO GREATLY WERE PUT IN THE PIT TIL TRIBULATION 

I Peter 2:4  For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to]pits of darkness, held for judgment;

MENTIONED IN OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 17:7   And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.

Deuteronomy 32:17  17 They sacrificed to demons, who were not God, To gods whom they have not known,New godswho came lately, Whom your fathers did not know.

Psalms 106:37  They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

I Samuel 16:14, 23 afflicted king Saul 

14 Now the Spirit of the Lordleft Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him.

23  So it came about whenever the evilspirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would feel relieved and become well, and the evil spirit would leave him.

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ARE SATANS  ARMY – ORGANIZED RANKS, JOBS, DUTIES IN EPHESIANS  6 

 DO SATANS BIDDING  - blind unbelievers, defeat discourage believers

2 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forcesof wickedness in the heavenly places.

ASSIGNED TO NATIONS – prince of Persia and Greece 

Daniel 10:13 But the prince ofthe kingdom of Persia was standing in my way for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia

V20 Then he said, “Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am leaving, and behold, the prince of Greece is about to come. 

Revelation 16:4 14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the entire world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

RECOGNIZED  THAT JESUS AS MESSIAH/GOD 

Luke 4:41 41 Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” And yet He was rebuking them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ. 

Mark 1:24 24 saying, “What business do you have with us, Jesus ]of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!”

Acts 19:15 15 But the evil spirit responded and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you?

James 2:19 19 You believe that [a]God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

ASSIGNED TO EACH PERSON – FAMILIAR SPIRITS

CAN POSSESS MAN  AND ANIMALS

Mark 1:23 - 27

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 saying, “What business do you have with us, Jesus]of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!” 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” 

Matthew 9:32 – 33

And as they were going out, behold, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him. 33 And after the demon was cast out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

Matthew 8:16 16 Now when evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.

Acts 19:12 12 so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

DEMONIAC OF THE GADARENES

Mark 5:1 – 13 see Matthew 8:28-31

5 They came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him. 3 He lived among the tombs; and no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces; and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones. 6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; 7 and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, “What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” 8 For He had already been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9 And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he *said to Him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10 And he begged Him earnestly not to send them out of the region. 11 Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding nearby on the mountain. 12 And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us into the pigs so that we may enter them.” 13 Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; 

Luke 8:26-33 26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 And when He stepped out onto the land, a man from the city met Him who was possessed with demons; and he had not put on clothing for a long time and was not living in a house, but among the tombs. 28 And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said with a loud voice, “What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!” 29 For He had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into the desert. 30 And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; because many demons had entered him. 31 And they were begging Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

32 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding there on the mountain; and the demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs. And He gave them permission. 33 And the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. 36 Those who had seen everything reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been]made well.

INSPIRES UNSAVED TO DO SELF HARM – CUTTING, SUICIDE

CAN CAUSE  MENTAL DISORDERS

CAN INFLICT DISEASE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS

Matthew 9:32-33 And as they were going out, behold, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him. 33 And after the demon was cast out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

Matthew 12:22 – 24

22 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Jesus, and He healed him so that the man who was unable to speak talked and ]could see. 23 And all the crowds were amazed and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebulb the ruler of the demons.”

Mark 9:17-29 

17 And one person from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; 18 and [l]whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not do it.” 19 And He answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20 And they brought ]the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he beganrolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21 And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23 But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again!” 26 And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he got up. 28 When He came into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer.”

MORE THAN ONE DEMON CAN POSSESS AN UNSAVED PERSON

12:43-45 43 “Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.

Luke 18:30 30 And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”And he said, “Legion”; because many demons had entered him

Mary Magdalene had 7 demons Luke 8:2 2 and alsosome women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

ARE BEHIND FALSE RELIGION – DOCTRINES OF DEMONS

I Timothy 4: 1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons

THEY CARRY OUT SATANS SCHEMES, TRAPS, PLANS, BIDDING

DISCIPLES GIVEN  POWER  TO CAST OUT DEMONS

Matthew 10: 1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness see mark 3:15

Mark 6;13 13And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

Acts 8:7 7For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of themshouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed or limped on crutches were healed.

Paul cast out demons Acts 16:18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!

THEIR DESTINY IS IN HELL WITH SATAN 

Matthew 25:41 Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 

THEY TEMPT BELIEVERS TO FOLLOW THEIR SIN NATURE BUT CANNOT POSSESS

THEY ARE DEFEATED ALREADY  AND KNOW IT

(SEE THE SECTION UNDER SATAN ON HOW TO DEFEAT SATAN AND DEMONS)