Sermon Notes: Demon Repellent

Demon Repellent 

I have done a lot of fishing in my life.

I learned that certain fish are attracted to certain things.

Some fish are attracted to movement, or to something shiny, or to a sound, or even to a smell.

Some fish, like sharks, are attracted to the smell of blood from a quarter of a mile away.

Demons are on this earth currently.

We do not know their exact number, but we know from Scripture that one third of the total angel population rebelled against God and were removed from heaven and are awaiting their final judgment here on earth.

The good news is that demons are limited in power, presence, and knowledge.

They copy many of the behaviors of the chief demon, Satan.

And just like Satan, they can be attracted and they can be resisted, and they can be repelled.

They can run toward you, or they can run away from you.

If you are an authentic Christian, you cannot be possessed by a demon, but you can be influenced by one or more of them.

If you do not have Jesus Christ as your Saviour and you do not have the Holy Spirit living inside you, then you are able to not only be demon possessed, but you are more easily demon influenced in your thoughts and actions.

Each demon is of a different level of power and knowledge and they work together to defeat God's purposes on Earth.

Our reading:

2Co 6:14 KJV Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 15  And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
 16  And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
 18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Pray

We are told here that Christians can be influenced by the demons of others.

If we keep company with unsaved people,  we can be influenced to sin by the demons that are influencing them.

We learned in the Old Testament that a clean priest is easily made dirty by coming in contact with things that are dirty.

We know this today in our daily life. How many times have you gone into the bathroom of a restaurant and found a sign saying all employees must wash their hands before returning to work.

Clean hands are easily made dirty, by dirty surfaces transferring the dirt to them, but clean hands do not transfer their cleanliness to the dirty surfaces.

Dirty hands must be washed often to stay clean.

A clean Christian can be influenced to sin and become unclean when they associate with the unsaved, because they are coming in close contact with the demons of the unsaved.

Good, holy, pure, righteous Christians are much more likely to loosen their moral boundaries and become more permissive of sin when they are with unsaved people, than with saved people.

Christians are more likely to engage in lustful activities, stealing, deception, lying, drinking, anger, and even cussing the closer they are to the unsaved.

That is why we are commanded

1Co 15:33 KJV Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

If we feel comfortable enough to talk sin, we are more likely to do sin.

Cussing, lying, mocking holiness, scorning righteous behavior, insulting God's laws are the behaviors that come before sinful behavior

1Co 15:33 KJV Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

What does God tell us to do?

2Co 6:14 KJV Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 15  And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

We are to reduce our association with the unsaved as much as possible because when you associate with the unsaved, you associate with their demons as well.

 16  And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

When we associate ourselves with the demons of the unsaved, it is as if we are allowing demons to throw dirt in God's temple.

A dirty temple is not as useful as a clean temple.

The Christian is commanded by God:

 17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
 18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

We are to separate from the unsaved and their demons as best as we can so we do not have to fight unnecessary battles.

Some of the battles we fight are surprise attacks by demons, but sometimes we invite the attacks by attracting unnecessary attention

We can reduce demonic attacks by limiting the places we go and the people we go with that are demonic hangouts.

If you do go, do not be surprised at how easily you become relaxed toward sin.

When you are comfortable having fun around a group of unsaved people, you are also enjoying being influenced by their demons.

come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord

Imagine how this passage pertains to bars, night clubs, certain parties, certain festivals, even Halloween.

When God tells us:

1Th 5:22 KJV Abstain from all appearance of evil.

it is not a suggestion, it is a command and either you will submit to God and obey it, or you will submit to demonic influence and rebel against it.

You can not decorate your home for a satanic celebration and at the same time abstain from all appearance of evil.

You can not go to a bar, or a night club, and at the same time abstain from all appearance of evil.

You can not watch certain movies or read certain books and at the same time abstain from all appearance of evil.

You can not go out with certain people and at the same time abstain from all appearance of evil.

The demons know there are certain people or influences you are not strong enough to resist.

God knows this too and that is why His commands are to separate yourself from them.

2Co 6:14 KJV Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

2Co 6:17 KJV Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

1Th 5:22 KJV Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Psa 1:1 KJV Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Jesus taught us about demonic activities in Luke

Luk 11: 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
 22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
 23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Jesus gives us another look at the workings of demons

There are various strengths of demons just like there are various strengths of Christians.

In the physical world, toddlers are stronger than infants, and teens are stronger than toddlers.

In the spiritual world there are infants, and little children, and young men and fathers, each having a higher level of spiritual strength.

Spiritual fathers know more, do more, and accomplish more than spiritual infants.

Demons can more easily influence spiritual infants than spiritual fathers.

Luk 11:21 KJV When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
 22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Yes put on the whole armour of God, but just putting it on is not enough.

We have to be mature and strong with its use.

Imagine a child trying to use a sword bigger than he is - it will not work.

Imagine a child trying to wear a man’s breastplate - it will not protect him at all

Luk 11:21 KJV When a strong man (an mature authentic Christian) armed (armed with the sword of the Spirit, having a mastery and proficiency with God's Word) keepeth guards, protects) his palace (the temple of God; his body; his mind; his spirit), his goods are in peace:
Isa 26:3 KJV Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

 22 But when a stronger (stronger spiritual being) than he (when compared to a weaker, less mature Christian) shall come upon him, (attack him physically, mentally or spiritually) and overcome him (cause doubt and sin), he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted (the Christian becomes defeated because he thought he was going to be victorious just because of the presence of the armor), and divideth his spoils.

2Jn 1:8 KJV Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

The demons want you to lose your reward.

They want you to only receive a partial reward instead of a full reward.

1Co 3:13 KJV Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
 14  If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
 15  If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

How do you get stronger and win more battles?

We already saw that separating yourself from demonic people and places is going to help you win.

We also need separate ourselves from demonic things

Look again at our reading

2Co 6:17 KJV Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
 18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

In Acts we are told about a large group of people that became saved.

Act 19:18 KJV And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
 19  Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
 20  So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

My family does not decorate for Halloween because we do not like to tell the demons that they are welcome.

We do not want the demons to feel comfortable in our house.

We want the Word of God to prevail in our home and in our hearts.
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