Demonology
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14. How many demons can one person have? |
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It can
vary from one to thousands. |
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The boy
with a dumb spirit had only one spirit, for Jesus said to that spirit: “Deaf
and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” (Mark
9:25 – NKJV); also the damsel in Philippi had only one spirit, as it is
written: “And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel
possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much
gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These
men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of
salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and
said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of
her. And he came out the same hour” (Acts |
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There are
people who have eight demons, for Jesus said: “When the unclean spirit is
gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding
none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he
cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him
seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first” (Luke |
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Mary
Magdalene had had seven spirits, for it is written: “Now when He rose early
on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
whom He had cast seven demons” (Mark 16:9 – NKJV). |
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The
demoniac of the region of the Gadarenes had a legion of demons (that is, at
least two thousand demons), as it is written: “Jesus asked him, saying, ‘What
is your name?’ And he said, ‘Legion,’ because many demons had entered him”
(Luke |