The lying spirit spoke aloud and had a rational conversation with God. In 1 Kings 22:19-23, a lying spirit came forward when God inquired of them how Ahab should be brought to the fullness of his iniquity. In the scenes in the bible where a demon is present, whether inside a human or as a spirit, we see that they are vocal. Somebody who is completely spaced out, flipped out, incomprehensible, talking double talk, nonsense is…you’re probably not engaging a demon.” And they’re not to be confused with people who somehow aren’t functioning normally, mentally, because every time Jesus confronted a demon, the conversation was always comprehensible and rational cause you’re dealing with a rational being in dealing with a demon. MacArthur preached a sermon called Jesus’ authority over demons, and in it he stated, “And as I said last time, the victims of demon possession are not necessarily the most evil people, sometimes children were possessed, as we shall see in the New Testament. We love to get glimpses of the other side, of the heavenly glories and also of the demonic. Just as we are fascinated with the physics and biology of how the Holy Spirit indwells Christians, we are equally fascinated with how it works when a non-believer has a demon inside him. I was riveted when I read the scene with Jesus and the Gadarene demoniac. But cases where a spiritual problem is the root cause do happen and as John MacArthur says below, “I think much more common in the world today than we understand or the demons want us to understand.”
Often, medicine or therapy can aid the child who is exhibiting symptoms of uncontrollable behavior, and demonic possession is not indicated. Clearly, every tantrum a two year old throws isn’t a demonically inspired rant. There are occasional cases in the news where a possession seems to be a central focus, or there exists a problem with a child or youth that medicine or psychology cannot solve. Someone asked me this week if a child could be demon-possessed.
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