Can a Truly Born Again Christian Be Demon Possessed?
1) Direct Answer
No. A truly born-again Christian cannot be demon-possessed. When the Holy Spirit comes in, He takes ownership of that life. The devil cannot cross the Blood, cannot share that temple, and cannot possess the soul that is sealed by the Holy Ghost.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says believers are “sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise… until the redemption” (Ephesians 1:13-14). A sealed life is not an open house.
- “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). The One inside is greater than any spirit outside.
- “Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost” (1 Corinthians 6:19), and “what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?” (2 Corinthians 6:16). God doesn’t share His temple with demons.
- We have been “delivered from the power of darkness” (Colossians 1:13). Delivered is not half-owned.
- “Whosoever is born of God… his seed remaineth in him” (1 John 3:9). God’s life remains; the enemy can’t take that throne.
- Jesus spoke of an unclean spirit returning to an empty house (Matthew 12:43-45). The key word is empty. The born-again life is not empty; it is indwelt.
- Jesus described the “strong man,” but said a “stronger than he” comes and takes over (Luke 11:21-22). Christ, the Stronger One, occupies the believer.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Possession means ownership and control of the inner man. That cannot happen where the Holy Spirit dwells and seals.
- Oppression is different. A believer can be harassed, tempted, or afflicted in body or mind. Scripture shows a “daughter of Abraham” whom Satan had bound physically (Luke 13:16), and believers are told, “Neither give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27). So attacks are real, but ownership is not.
- The Bible’s order is clear: repent, submit to God, and “resist the devil, and he will flee” (James 4:7). He may knock, but he cannot take the house that the Lord has sealed.
Short Reinforcing Statement
The Holy Ghost does not cohabit with demons. The believer’s soul is sealed; the enemy may battle from the outside, but he cannot possess what the Blood has purchased and the Spirit indwells.
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
You must be born again
61-1231M §102
...matter with the Pentecostal people today. That's what's the matter with all Christendom---it's trying to manufacture something. A sheep isn't asked to manufacture wool; he bears wool. You bear the fruits of the Spirit. You don't say, "Glory to God, I have to get black in the face, I have to do this, and I have to have sensation, I have to dance in the Spirit, and I got it." No, no, hunh-uh. Just get born again and it actually takes place itself. You don't have to say, "Shall I study all night, shall I do this, sha...
Demonology, religious realm, part 2
53-0609A §39
So, I'm not saved today because I can shout. I'm saved not because I feel like I'm saved. I'm saved because I met God's condition of this Bible. Jesus said, "He that heareth My words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death to life." I believe that. That's right. And on them conditions I am saved, because God said so. If he told me you're saved because somebody said, "A rushing mighty wind hit me in the face," that's wonderful; but I wan...
Demonology, religious realm, part 2
53-0609A §25
...preachers is here? Raise up your hands. All around, preachers, let's see your hands. Well, God bless you, brethren. Now, now, you don't take this for doctrine now, but just before we approach this vital subject, I tell you... How many Pentecostal people's here? Raise up your hands. All around everywhere. You're all Pentecostals. All right. I want to tell you what I had when I first come into your realms ... ranks. I was right up here in Indiana, at a certain place called Mishawaka. The first group of Pentecostal pe...
Thy House
61-0808 §47
...nts that you noticed on the chart Sunday... Now, the early Pentecostal brethren, or the late Pentecostal brethren, don't give those back churches room enough there, I don't believe. But I believe that every born again Christian... And how are we born again? When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, see. Except... Now, I don't believe just because you say in your mind you believe. I believe your life tells whether you're really a Christian or not. You say ... today the lady down there said something or other about b...
Earnestly contending for the faith once delivered
53-0614A §35
And just as sure as we're born of a woman, we're full of sorrow, and few days, and die. But every man that's born by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has everlasting life and will be raised up again in the last day. But it mustn't be an impersonation, it must be a genuine Holy Ghost, regenerated birth, that makes a new creature out of him. It can't be just a make-belief, or some theology. It must absolutely be a supernatural birth. Just as there was pains and groaning in the first birth of natural, there will have to...