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.
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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.
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61-1105 §112
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Super Sign
61-0430 §39
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53-0609A §95
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61-1231M §77
If you're born of God, you're washed in the waters of the Word, separated from the things of the world, and believe God. You're dead. You're dead to your own thinking, dead to your own ideas, dead to everything else but God's Word; and it lives in you, working back through you, proving that it is God's Word. You say, "I'm dead to the world, Brother Branham." And deny God's Word? Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." Now we're getting down to what born again means, see.
Demonology, physical realm, part 1
53-0608A §27
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