Demonic Possession and Exorcism

How to know if a person is demon possessed? How are demons possessed? What are the symptoms? What are the remedies? How to cast out demons? How to do exorcism?

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Answer:

The presence or possession of demons can be basically identified by visible and invisible manifestations in the demon possessed and by the gift of spiritual discernment. Usually most manifestations are visible to everyone while some can be heard or seen only by the demon possessed and sometimes an exorcist can see that as well.

Demons can be possessed by following reasons:

1. Demons Free Will: Demons by their own free will can possess any person. Demons cannot possess people with God's grace, those who are protected by God and living in good relationship with God. Any person with wicked mind is an open door for all demons and demons are looking for people like that to abide or to possess.

2. By the Will of People: If a person desire to be possessed by demons and open doors by himself to be possessed, he'll be possessed. Inviting demons by their own words, doing or participating in any occult activities, practicing or participating witchcraft, divination, seeking omens, and consulting mediums and spiritists, playing ouija board, being adventurous to commit any evil practices, making pacts with Satan, dedicating your life to Satan or evil, playing with a demon possessed, etc can make you possessed by demons by your own will.

3. Sorcerers, Spiritists & Witches: Many people really don't know how sorcerers, spiritists and witches able to do paranormal things which they are doing to others. No human beings have are created with paranormal abilities. Sorcerers, Spiritists and witches do this by doing activities that pleases a demon to fulfill what he wishes.

4. Will of God: Demons are not created by God, but they know very well who the God Most High is and they worship Him as well. If God command them to torment a person, demons can possess that person and torment(King Saul is an example). Demons also used to beg God granting permission to abide in something(Demons from Gerasene man).

Manifestations of Demon Possessed Noted from the Bible:

When Saul was possessed with evil spirit, he was tormented mentally and physically and he felt very disturbed and even made murder attempts as well. Hearing divine music made him feel better (1Sam.16:14). Demon can make the possessed people so violent that no one could even pass near them (Mat.8:33). It can cause a person blind and mute.(Mat.9:32, 12:22). It can make the person suffer terribly(Mat.15:22). The demon can infect the person with seizures and make him suffer greatly and are also able to make the person fall into fire and water(Mat.17:14). Demon can make a person extremely strong that even the person can't be bonded with chains. It can also affect the common sense of a person and make him cry and talk aloud. It can make injuries in the possessed person(MK.5:1-5). It can even lift a person and throw a person(Lk.4:35). It can affect the persons common sense and make him even not to live normal by wearing dress. It made him leave the house and live in tombs, hills etc(Lk.8:27). It can also seize and throw the possessed into convulsions and destroy the possessed(Lk.9:39). It can make the person became sick(Acts 19:12)

Symptoms and Manifestations Noted from Testimonies of Different Demon Possessed People:

If you want to check yourselves or anyone is demon possessed, the following listed symptoms will help you for an extent.

Extreme Symptoms:

• Able to speak and understand in unknown and unlearned languages.
• Able to read other peoples thoughts, past and history.
• Able to sense things that are happened, happening or to happen far away.
• Producing horrible sounds of human and animals.
• Getting very violent, angry, threatening and trying to kill others.
• Trying to kill themselves by injuring themselves.
• Scratches and wounds appearing on body from nowhere or by themselves.
• Levitating in air and other paranormal activities, throwing yourselves in fire, water, to the wall, etc
• Unknown disease, severe body pain and mental illness.
• Hearing strange sounds and commands and feeling to obey it.

Major Symptoms:

• Feeling like being watched, touched or holded.
• Feeling like someone standing behind you.
• Seeing unknown shadows and strange visions.
• Hearing strange noises, sounds or murmuring in known or unknown languages.
• Feels like for real, doors, windows, shelves, drawers, etc opening and closing with or without sound.
• Lights, fan and other electric objects being turned on and off.
• Things moving or flying, appearing and disappearing, breaking and getting fixed.

Minor Symptoms: It is very hard to identify the initial symptoms of demon possession because it have resemble with normal disease symptoms.

• Sudden feeling to commit suicide.
• Getting angry often, especially for no reason.
• Severe depression and feelings of hopelessness.
• Feeling like some external force is controlling your thought, words or actions.
• Sudden Personality changes.
• Sudden dislike from divine activities, uncomfortable to sit for prayer.

EXORCISM

Exorcism or casting out demons is the practice of evicting demons from a person. Different religions practice different methods of exorcism. It's better not to practice no other method of exorcism other than what is mentioned in the bible. Because most of all non-biblical methods do exorcism by pleasing demons or Beelzebub by various acts. It's ungodly to do so and can make situation even worse. The complexity of non-biblical exorcism is the greatest evidence that it is ungodly.

There are basically two biblical ways of doing exorcism. The simplicity of the biblical exorcism method is the greatest evidence that it is Godly and there is no bad practice involved in.

Divine Authority: The permanent and most effective solution to do exorcism is to cast them out using the divine authority from God. This authority over demons can be received by fasting and praying and can be used to cast out demons even from severely possessed persons. The only thing this person have to do is to tell to the demons in the possessed person to 'Get Out'.

Jesus Name: There is power in the name of Jesus Christ. A person who accepted Jesus Christ the Son of God as savior and received Holy Spirit(With visible evidence to speak in tongues of Holy Spirit), can use the name of Jesus Christ to cast out normal kind of demons. The only thing they have to do is to tell the the demons in the possessed person to 'Get out in Jesus Christ name'. It's not possible to use this authority by grace of God to cast out powerful demons.

Even without these authorities, anyone can pray to God, speak out the name of Jesus Christ or read bible or sing divine songs to the demon possessed person. Doing so can make a demon possessed person comfortable and the demons in him uncomfortable. In some cases, this can cause the demons to leave the possessed person.

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