DEMONS

Plan of Satan

Satan's plan is to defile the temple of God's Holy Spirit. One of the most effective ways to do so is through sexual immorality. When sexual intercourse takes place outside of marriage, strong spirits or demons of lust and perverted sex can pass from one body to another during the act of sexual intercourse. People then often find that they have desires which they cannot control and need to go from one person to another seeking sexual satisfaction. There are, of course, other ways in which the temple of the Holy Spirit can be defiled, for example, through the smoking habit and addiction to alcohol. In these and other ways Satan attacks our body, usually by placing the desire in our mind, and if we permit it to increase then we are faced with a situation that can go out of control.

God's Plan

When we come to a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, our minds should be renewed and we should receive the mind of Christ. In this way, our thought life and actions should be governed by the Holy Spirit. However, in my own experience, I find that many people, for reasons which will be discussed in this book, find great difficulty in controlling thought patterns and habits which, to say the least, are totally destructive and for this reason they need deliverance. This can apply equally to the Christian as well as to the non-Christian. God desires to dwell in us and to walk with us. `And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be my people." ' (2 Corinthians 6:16) God therefore requires us to walk in a holy way before Him. 'Because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." ' (1 Peter 1:16) Many Christians struggle to walk in true holiness but find great difficulty in doing so, often for reasons which they cannot understand. The purpose of this book will be to throw light on some of the reasons why these difficulties do exist.