Does the teaching or practice promote the fear that Christians can be demonized?
Some evangelicals will say that it is possible for Christ and a demon to co-exist in a believer. Some even claim that even up to 85 percent of Christians are demonized! This teaching is frightening and does not lead to peace. One young lady approached me on this a few months after her baptism. She had been told that even though she had Gods Spirit, she also had several demons. She was petrified and in tears. I explained that she need not be afraid, as God and Satan do not live side by side in the Christian. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but.of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). The Bible does not substantiate the idea that demons co-exist with Christ in the believer. 1 John 5:18 is encouraging to us in that it explains that we Christians are not touched by the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 also reminds us that Jesus keeps us from evil, and we have faith that God does this, as we are exhorted to pray in the Lords Prayer deliver us from the evil one (Matthew 6:13). We can have fa
