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1 | Demon-possessed believer? | Luke 4:33 | gmsmith101 | 4709 | ||
What does a house with many rooms have to do wth demon possession? I don't think that's what Jesus was referring to at all. | ||||||
2 | Demon-possessed believer? | Luke 4:33 | kalos | 4722 | ||
gmsmith101: I tend to agree with you. What, indeed, does a house with many rooms have to do with demon possesion? The point of the parable alluded to about the demons leaving a person and then coming back is: It illustrates the worthlessness of self-reformation. I.e., the point is that the house became clean, but remained empty. Had it been occupied by the Holy Spirit, the demons could not have come back in. Period. Also, let the readers and posters note: blood-washed, born again, Spirit indwelt, Holy Spirit sealed believers *may* experience demon oppression, but they cannot and do not experience demon possession. How can someone know for a fact that which the Bible teaches is untrue? (I don't mean you.) For the third time this week: We don't prove the Bible by experience; we prove experience by the Bible. As far as basing doctrine on parables, I wouldn't do it. Parables are easily misunderstood and misinterpreted. Moreover, a parable is not a literal account of a person or event. It obviously is a symbol or picture of something else. I've noticed here that not a few get the symbol confused with the reality. For example, the Trinity is not a symbol of anything. The Trinity is the REALITY itself. --JVH0212 |
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