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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S was impaired by death. “ Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have” (Luke 24 :39). The Son of man ascended and is . right hand of the throne of God. As the Son of man He will return, the identification marks will still be upon His glorified body. There will be no mistake as to what became of the body that was not found in the tomb. - (< They shall look upon Him whom they have pierced” (Ezek. 12:10). _One shall say unto Him, What are these wounds in Thy hands ? Then shall He-answer, Those with ■which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” We are looking for “ this same Jesus” to come again.: |_ k g ’ g Our attention has recently been called to a certain school of Christian workers who make a specialty of emphasizing demonism.- In the reality of demon possession We firmly believe, in fact, but lately we published some recent scientific confirmations. The teachers above referred to, however, are teaching the possibility of demons possessing born-again people, and are pointing to the sins of Christians as evidence that they are dominated y evil spirits. The result is that certain companies of believers are living m mortal tear of demon possession and seem to interpret everything in the i l p l i deni T 1S;“ - Were this teaching scriptural, well might all believers t0 the e*tent that their time should be fully occupied in calling unto God for protection. 8 It is of great importance that every child of God should realize that he is indwelt by the Holy Spirit (Jno. 7:39). Not all Christians, indeed, have experienced the fulness of the Spirit, for they have not made the sur/ ^ dar ,°i their lives. Nevertheless, the body of the person ¡ § M E w S s f f l l f e t S l ¡ i f e “ tbe temPle of the Holy Ghost” (1 Cor. 0.19). The Spirit of God dwelleth in you” (1 Cor 3-16) “ Ye are the tempi, of the living G od - (2 Cor. H This a S M W M gneved (Eph. 4:30 )because of our failure to yield to His control. Nev ertheless, by His presence we are “ sealed unto the day of redemption ” He v T 6 t0+-stay-„ ^ e ‘ ‘ sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise until , redemption of the purchased possession” (Eph. 1:13) “ I will never wflTVl 66 M f °rSak? thee” (Heb- 13:5) mHis own promise. Much less 25* Permit an evil spirit to come in and possess that temple with Him. We are aware that some base their view of demon-possessed Chris tians on the parable of Matt. 12:43-45. It is pointed out that unclean spir- lts may come and go. They may be cast out by Christ and then be per mitted by the individual to return in sevenfold energy. Are not our friends tiuhng t° note the key to this parable in the words, “ when the unclean pint has gone out of a man” ? The spirit in this case is not “ put out.” it is a voluntary going out and is but temporary. Evil spirits sport with those whom they have possessed. They leave the victim temporarily in his right mind, and just when he is congratulating himself that he is liberated the evil power returns, worse than ever. It is not enough that the evil spirit has gone out of a man.” He must be cast out once for all by the incom- s k s k DEMON POSSESSION AND INFLUENCE
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