Deliverance questions - Table of Contents

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Here you can find answers to various questions related to deliverance of individuals in the Bible!


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You will find below teachings and Biblical references to consider on the subject of the deliverance of individuals. The focus here will be on deliverance from demons. My goal is also to help answer various passages that may raise questions regarding this topic.


Teachings related to the deliverance from demons:

Demons:

What are demons?
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Do demons exist today?
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Do different kinds of demons exist?
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Some demons are higher in rank than others:
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Spirits can be described with adjectives (of what they do):
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Can demons be described with animal's descriptions?
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Can demons cause illnesses?:
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Can demons cause people to feel things?
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Can demons cause intrusive thoughts in people?
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Can demons hear people's thoughts?
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Demons can enter people:

One or several demons can dwell in someone:
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Someone "with" a demon can mean that a demon can come out:
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"Having" demons can mean that demons entered (and can later come out):
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"Demonized", not "demon-possessed":
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"Demonized" can mean having a demon (that can later come out):
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Demons may not be able to enter into any subject unconditionally:
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What may cause a demon to be able to enter someone?
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Demons can be sent from the Lord to discipline people:
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Is it possible for demons to be imparted inside people by the laying on of hands?:
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Is there a need for a demon to be cast out?

What can be done to find out if there is a need for a demon to be cast out?:
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Descriptions of people who needed a demon to be cast out:
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Having a bond from Satan could come from having a demon:
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Not everything is an indication that a demon needs to be cast out:
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Did casting out demons stop at some point around the 1st century AD?:
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Would casting out demons be part of the good news according to John?:
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Conditions before casting out demons:

Who can cast out a demon?:
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Self-deliverance - can someone cast out demons from themselves?:
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Demons may not be cast out of people unconditionally:
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There can be conditions for demons to be cast out:
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Could a kind of demon require someone casting it out to be strong?:
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Faith can be expected from someone asking for a demon to be cast out:
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Repentance may be expected from someone asking for a demon to be cast out:
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Should demons be cast out if it is possible for more to return?:
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How to cast out demons:

Casting out demons - by commanding the demons directly:
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Casting out demons - can be done without shouting:
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Casting out demons - can be done from a distance:
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Casting out demons - may not necessarily happen instantly:
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Casting out demons - descriptions of manifestations before, during and after:
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Casting out demons - could happen often in the Bible:
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Casting out demons - in what environment can it happen?:
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Casting out demons - can be considered a miracle:
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Casting out demons - can be considered a sign:
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Casting out demons - can be considered having mercy on someone:
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Reasons why demons may not come out after trying to cast them out:
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After demons are cast out:

What reactions can people around have after demons are cast out?:
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Where can demons go after they are cast out?:
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Can demons try to come back after being cast out?:
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Deliverance for someone within the new covenant?

In the Bible, we learn that there are cases in which demons can enter in a person in order to dwell in that person. For example, Jesus talked about "an unclean spirit" (Matthew 12:43) with "other spirits more evil than itself" (Matthew 12:45) who went to a person "And HAVING ENTERED IN, THEY DWELL THERE, and the last (state of) that person becomes worse (than) the first" (Matthew 12:45). Jesus also said when casting a demon OUT of a person: "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you — COME OUT OF HIM and ENTER INTO HIM no-longer" (Mark 9:25).


For people within the new covenant, the Holy Spirit can be described as dwelling specifically in our hearts, as Paul wrote of "the Spirit in our hearts" (2 Corinthians 1:22). There is biblical evidence to infer that a demon may not dwell specifically in the heart of someone within the new covenant in whom the Holy Spirit is.

Furthermore, people within the new covenant are described as belonging to God, as it is written "you-are not your (own), for you-were-bought (with a) price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). This would indicate that a demon could not rightfully claim any right of ownership over a believer's body, as it belongs to God. There is also further biblical evidence for that.


Now the "heart" (Matthew 22:37) in which the Holy Spirit dwells is not all that is linked to a human. There is for example also the "soul" (Matthew 22:37), the "mind" (Matthew 22:37), the "spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:23), and the "body" (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

In the Bible, we learn also that the body of a human can have a PART that may be different from the rest of the whole body. For example, Jesus taught that the "body" (Luke 11:36) of someone could have a "PART full-of-darkness" (Luke 11:36), as He said: "if your whole body (is) full-of-light, not having any PART full-of-darkness, (then the) whole (body) will-be full-of-light" (Luke 11:35-36).


All that is linked to what constitutes a human may leave room to ask ourselves: could demons be able to dwell somewhere else than in the heart of a someone within the new covenant? There is biblical evidence to infer that a someone within the new covenant may be able to find themselves having a need for deliverance from demons, and evidence for that can be found below:



1. Biblical evidence to infer that a demon may not dwell specifically in the heart of a someone within the new covenant in whom the Holy Spirit is:

2 Corinthians 6:15 - No harmony of Christ with Beliar?:
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1 John 4:4 - Greater is the One in you?:
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2. Biblical evidence suggesting that a demon may not be able to rightfully claim that the body of someone within the new covenant would be its own house:

Hebrews 3:6 - We are the house of Christ?:
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - You were bought?:
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3. Biblical evidence to infer that someone who entered the new covenant in the past may be able to find themselves having a need of deliverance from demons:

Do demons necessarily come out of people who enter the new covenant?:
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Matthew 10:6 - Lost sheep of Israel?:
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Matthew 15:22-26 - Bread of the children?:
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Luke 13:16 - Being a daughter of Abraham?:
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1 Corinthians 11:29-30 - Many are weak?:
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2 Corinthians 10:4 - Fortresses?:
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Ephesians 4:27 - Place to the devil?:
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2 Timothy 2:24-26 - They may be sober again from the snare of the devil?:
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James 4:7 - The devil will flee from you?:
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1 Peter 5:8 - The devil is seeking someone to devour?:
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2 Peter 2:20 - The last state has become worse than the first?:
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Are there accounts of casting out demons of people among the church?:
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4. What about the following passages?

Matthew 12:43-45 - Waterless places and my house?:
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Matthew 16:23 - To Peter: Get behind me, Satan?:
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Romans 8:9 - The Spirit of God is dwelling in you?:
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Romans 8:38-39 - Not able to separate us from the love of God?:
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2 Corinthians 6:14 - No fellowship with light and darkness?:
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2 Corinthians 6:16 - No agreement for the temple of God with idols?:
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Colossians 2:15 - Rulers and authorities stripped in Christ?:
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2 Thessalonians 2:9 - Signs and wonders of falsehood?:
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1 John 5:18 - The evil one is not touching him?:
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