"He cast out all the demon posessed in that place"

I've figured something out.

You wanna know why it says over and over throughout all the gospels that Jesus constantly cast out demons wherever he was welcomed? Is that just a 2000-year ago thing? If it applies to the modern Christian, how?

Behind every unpleasant thing it is a demon responsible, working in us to create it. Well, you believe in satan, don't you?? Then why not in demons -- fallen angels who serve him and do his purpose? Okay; some people have more than others. That is because you have to allow demons to come in. When you open yourself up to a message (the word of God is Jesus, so yes the words of lies are demons) and like it, that's giving permission to a demon to do something in you. So when you're sick, it's because of a demon's work in you because of some sin that you committed (where you opened yourself up to a non-Jesus message). Commercials are enough to do the trick. So is music. The most common and most plentiful way demons enter in is through idols.

An idol is something designed by our desires to exhibit in part, attributes of goodness. When we identify with anything in this world, we are bowing our heads to that idol, behind which lie demons waiting to come in. When you're even simply unhappy because you know you have a bad habit and you wished you didn't, that's because a demon has access to pillage some aspect of your heart or mind. You can't reach wholeness like you know is possible to become. You're stuck in being a broken person.

And when the name of Jesus was invoked, or when He himself commanded, the demons always left. And people were healed, the lame were made well, and people gained their sanity and peace back. These were Israelites! They already had sonship with the Father; all they lacked was freedom. We too have sonship with the Father, so we too can utilize the name of Jesus to cast out our own demons.

When I pray something simple like, "Please, God, help me," he answers me, but specifically He is using his wisdom and authority to remove some kind of oppressive demon and its work. I can feel it; it's like a miracle, the thing I felt there for so long no longer bothers me. I am above it.

I've been wanting to say in a blog for a long, long time: behind every idol is a demon. Every fantasy or appearance of good that does not come from Christ, is an idol. What is the cost for spending time at that altar in your day? Will a demon of anger enter in, with which you will struggle the rest of the day to keep under control? Will a demon of sadness come in, to keep you from getting things done?

Just notice what happens to your heart after absorbing yourself in things you know aren't the very best for you. A while after you have finished dipping into it, maladies begin to appear. Don't they? This is what I've noticed in myself.