Bible Question:
Matt 17:15-21 In this scripture it points out that a lunatic was demon possesed and released only through fasting and prayer. Man has freewill to do what he pleases. Freewill may be different from lunacy depending on the circumstances that led to the lunacy. Can freewill be overthrown if it is a sin that may be oriented through strongholds? How do we know if a sin such as pornography addiction is a spiritual stronghold? Is it just a learned behavoir that has affected dophamines in the brain, a spiritual stronghold, or both? |
Bible Answer: To clarify the question: If the lunacy in this man was from sin such as opening various unhealthy spiritual doors, was it only by the power of prayer AND FASTING, that the demonic spirits in him were CAST out, if that was the case? Or is it was a medical condition from his birth that was only HEALED by the prayer AND FASTING? If someone is driving down the road ready to take their own life by steering into a tree and they sense something grab the wheel and steer them clear, was it the freewill in them that was OVERCOME by Gods power to testify of His glory... or because they were not thinking in their right mind at the time, it was truly not by their freewill that they would harm themself? Were they come over by demonic spirits that lead them to that state of mental instability to steer into that tree and Gods mercy (by the prayers of the saints/fasting??)interceded? |