Satan Demons Angels and Spiritual Warfare

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Again, haughty and wise in your own conceit, brother Paul destroys not his own given testimony for Christ. But to the context of his, you're unable to comprehend and you shortsightedly put your spin on his and fall short.

Next, besides you have no power to stop sinning, include not us born again of water and the Holy Ghost in the Kingdom of GOD. Where we only by faith to the every word of GOD, and being a doer and abider, able to manifest the power to stop practicing evil.

Ephesians 6:
10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.
11. Put on the whole armour of GOD, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.


Shortsightedly as blind guides on the other hand, you yourself admitted, you're like every other human on the planet having no power. Apparently, the Holy Ghost they know not nor able to receive Him, hence you're in the same mind set of those in the flesh.

2 Peter 3:

16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

To recognize you by your fruit, as to the above scripture, that's what you're committing to your own destruction.

Again, he did not stop there, but continued in Romans ch. 8

Romans 8:
1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Apparently, you're holding on to Romans ch. 7, because like me before, just to make excuse for one's sins as Christians. But when the window to ch. 8 was opened to my understanding, am able to comprehend and perceive since.

That as a redeemed from the fleshly and sinful life, now a born again Christian. There's no excuse. for me to return to things of the flesh, it's affections and lusts, and sin, which is against the Spirit.

Even if i have been partly living to the things of the flesh and partly to the things of the Spirit.
Hence apparently there's conflict, since the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary the one to the other, so that i cannot do the things that i would.

So the solution is: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The Jews like you as blind guides on that day, did say the same to Jesus, that the GOD of Abraham is their FATHER. But Jesus replied to them, as a lesson to you, that; You are of your father the devil, and his will you shall do.

They even accused Jesus of having a demon in Him, and He cast out demons by the power of the chief demon. These you are doing as well against his saints, recognizing by your fruit.

This is the beginning stages of the Gospel proclaiming salvation, and we have way passed that. Now we're in the things of the Spirit to become servants of every good works in the Kingdom of GOD.

We no longer think like you who is yet to the things of the flesh and an ongoing sinner till the day you die.
You force me to choose between what you claim to be true and what Paul claimed to be the truth.
You contradict what Paul said and you accuse him of being an evil liar, Paul said "I practice the very evil that I don't want to". He admits that he practices evil because he can't help himself, just as I can't help myself either. So I am the same as Paul, but you are a liar and liars are the children of the Devil.

You claim that because you're a doer and abider, you have the ability to manifest the power to stop practicing evil. You foolishly misquote Eph 6:10 to support you, which actually eposes you lies, the verse speaks about "the power of His might" but you twist it and claim that you can stop practicing evil "by your ability to manifest power". That is pure demonic doctrine, you make yourself a god, and claim to have divine power, while Paul and myself don't have the power you claim to have.

Again, one of yo is a liar. Either Paul is a liar or you are a liar, Paul is my brother in Christ, so I know he's not a liar, but everything you claim is a lie from the pits of hell.

I don't need to make excuses for my sin, because God has already excused all of my past, present and future sins, thanks to my Redeemer. Your theology and doctrine are so twisted that you can't even make any sense of them. Your interpretation of scripture is incoherent and utterly senseless and without any foundation in reality or truth.

I find your double standards highly insulting to my intelligence and blasphemous to the Holy Spirit. You claim to live partly for the flesh and partly for the spirit, while demanding that I live a perfectly sinless life. That is pure hypocrisy
 

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So…?
The Power of the Holy Spirit “IN” a man…
FAILS at keeping that man FROM sin and temptations?

What does…this mean to you?

1 John 4:
[4] Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

What does….this mean to you?

1 John 3:
[9] Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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It's impossible for the Holy Spirit to fail in anything, so that first question is invalid. You could ask why the Holy Spirit doesn't keep us from temptations and sin, that would be a valid question but nobody has an answer because God never told us why. Jesus said He would send His people the Comforter, after He descends back up to heaven.
He said that the comforter will bare witness to everything Christ said and taught.

Jesus never claimed that the Comforter would remove temptation and make us sinless and immune to temptation. He never promised any such thing, the Holy Spirit guides Gods people into all truth but He doesn't force anyone to do anything. We can still deny Him and choose to satisfy our lust.

1 John 4:4 is simply acknowledging that Satan is no match for the Holy Spirit. So those who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit don't need to fear Satan and His Demons, because Christ has already defeated them on our behalf. Satan is the Prince of this world, so Christ said "He who is in the world".

1 John 3:9 Confirms that the sin born again believers commit is not held to our account, as it has already been fully paid for so it's not even counted as sin and we cannot sin because our sin is not considered to be sin by God. Only those who's sins have not been fully paid for will pay for theirs in hell, but believers have no such problem to deal with.

Some accuse us who have already been saved and already received eternal life, as having a license to sin. But it's not a license to sin at all, we wrestle against the temptation to sin because we have been saved and, not to be saved. We wrestle to honor God by our obedience to the gospel, we know God hates sin so we wrestle and strive, because we love Him and fear Him. We don't wrestle because we are good guys, because there is nothing good in us.
 
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It's impossible for the Holy Spirit to fail in anything, so that first question is invalid. You could ask why the Holy Spirit doesn't keep us from temptations and sin, that would be a valid question but nobody has an answer because God never told us why.


If you study and understand Gods way…

* God does not “change” a man carnal mind.
* God “changes” a mans spirit, with the power for a mans “spirit” to “change” the mans own Carnal Mind.
* A man with a born again spirit, has established a one on one relationship with God.
* When a man becomes preoccupied with “work, fun, interests etc.” his natural “instinct” is often to back-burner (having conversations ) “relationships” the individual “claims” are “important” to him…
* Children stop communicating with parents..
Parents, siblings, stop communicating one with the other…husbands and wives stop communicating…on and on…
* The same can also happen between a man and his God.
** A man may feel quite dutiful and proud of himself for walking into a church on Sunday morning….and maybe spending an actual 1 hour or less … on cue … praising God.
** Pretty noteworthy eh; considering there are 168 hours in a week and on cue, his relationship with his God was fulfilled in one hour.
*** Pray without ceasing … means Prayer is how a man communicates with God…AND the communication should be continual…”not a scheduled cue”….blessing, thanking, praising….AND He there when you need the power to resist ANY temptation….the temptation to lie, cheat, look, lay a snare…whatever.
Specifically…it is taught to pray to God…to be lead AWAY from temptations.

Why so specific? Because it is all humans own personal natural plague.

Glory to God,
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If you study and understand Gods way…

* God does not “change” a man carnal mind.
* God “changes” a mans spirit, with the power for a mans “spirit” to “change” the mans own Carnal Mind.
* A man with a born again spirit, has established a one on one relationship with God.
* When a man becomes preoccupied with “work, fun, interests etc.” his natural “instinct” is often to back-burner (having conversations ) “relationships” the individual “claims” are “important” to him…
* Children stop communicating with parents..
Parents, siblings, stop communicating one with the other…husbands and wives stop communicating…on and on…
* The same can also happen between a man and his God.
** A man may feel quite dutiful and proud of himself for walking into a church on Sunday morning….and maybe spending an actual 1 hour or less … on cue … praising God.
** Pretty noteworthy eh; considering there are 168 hours in a week and on cue, his relationship with his God was fulfilled in one hour.
*** Pray without ceasing … means Prayer is how a man communicates with God…AND the communication should be continual…”not a scheduled cue”….blessing, thanking, praising….AND He there when you need the power to resist ANY temptation….the temptation to lie, cheat, look, lay a snare…whatever.
Specifically…it is taught to pray to God…to be lead AWAY from temptations.

Why so specific? Because it is all humans own personal natural plague.

Glory to God,
Taken
From my own experience and listening to the testimonies of other born again Christians, I have found that none of us are radically changed when we are converted. Conversion is the beginning of our journey, God works through the Holy Spirit, to regenerate us, sanctify us, transform us, renew us and change us over time.

I don't know of anyone who was radically changed and transformed at the moment of their conversion. Everyone I've spoken to describes a gradual transformation, so we are all works in progress and we never attain sinless perfection in this life. We do wrestle with our old sin nature and our old carnal mind, because we still retain some of our old sin nature after we are converted and born again.

Born again Christians have to wrestle against 3 enemies, 1. is our own flesh, 2. is the world with all of it's temptations and 3. is Satan and his army of Demons. So our battle is not only against ourself but the enemies outside of us as well. That's why we need to pray always, because the enemy never sleeps.

Our natural tendency is to give priority to the flesh. I know that when I as converted, I kept backsliding for around 5-6 years. I kept going back to do those things which I knew were sinful and I would continue in them for various periods of time from a few months to over a year, before I reached a place of repentance and God forgave me and I was restored again.

I backslid many times, but the Lord was always faithful to grant me repentance and restore me back to the Church. Some of my friends who made a profession of faith, fell away and God didn't grant them repentance and they so they continue to sink deeper and deeper into depravity. I don't know why God chose to grant me repentance and leave the other in their sin, it's a mystery and nobody knows who God has chosen to save.

I know what you mean by attending Church services and going through the motions, while our heart is set on worldly things. We are all plagued by that to some degree, most of us would rather do something else on a Sunday morning, but we use self discipline to overcome the temptation to skip Church and do something else.

Everyone is at different stages on the road to glory, my Pastor said he we are all equal in the Church. So it doesn't matter if you were only converted yesterday or 50 years ago.
 

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The problem of believing in Angels is most people see them as they have been depicted in Art work.The truth is none of them look like that and they are all over the bible so you have to believe Here are 3 examples from scriptures.

The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. Thus the donkey turned off the road, and went into the field and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it back onto the road (Numbers 22:23).

That one looks like a man buy notice also he is wearing a sword.
We should also note that they fight spiritual battles, and this isn’t the first instance of us seeing an armed Angel in Scripture.

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life

I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude
Daniel

And, of course, the most bizarre: Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels Ezekiel
In Ezekiel, we get the description of ophanim. The word ophanim is plural of ophan (also spelled ofan, owfan, and ophinnin), meaning wheels. The Bible does not specifically name the ophanim as angels. However, Jewish apocalyptic writers list them as angels because of three aspects: their eyes are attributes of a living creature, they have supernatural powers, and they exist close to the throne of God.

I can name 2 distinctly different Angel we know of Cheribum and Saraphim

Cheribum "As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel
Saraphim An angelic being with six wings and two covering the eyes because they cannot directly stare at God's holiness


If one comes to you I imagine it would be a pretty frightening experience.

On Demon in Christian demonology they are the fallen Angels who are a spiritual being,The other demons would be the
the giants, who are produced from the spirits (Angels) and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them. From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement.

Thats scary

But you have to know about it but its not taught in Christianity.The church does not want you studying demon they want you following Christ there are many false beliefs and erroneous teachings on the subject.

There is possibly other types of Angels and maybe demons.

Its serious business like it or not - nothing to laugh about.
 
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About the book of Enoch there are quotes in the bible referencing other books Enoch is one of them when Peter and Jude reference the punishment of the angels in the book of Enoch in their letters.But those books have no authority and are usually referenced helping to describe the subject matter they are speaking on.They are not the word of God.
 

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I've seen and talked to Angels. They look different from each other as humans look different. They certainly dress different though. I've seen demons and they look surprisingly alike and focused intently on corrupting and inhabiting a human.
 

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You force me to choose between what you claim to be true and what Paul claimed to be the truth.
You contradict what Paul said and you accuse him of being an evil liar, Paul said "I practice the very evil that I don't want to". He admits that he practices evil because he can't help himself, just as I can't help myself either. So I am the same as Paul, but you are a liar and liars are the children of the Devil.
Chapter 7, Paul explains his struggle in the flesh, but continuing in chapter 8, he speaks about the redemption received in Christ and Holy Ghost. Therefore forth him born of the Spirit and the spirit man, his focus is no longer to the things of the flesh, to again struggle in the flesh and sin. But to the things of the Holy Ghost, and his life testament in the scripture is the proof. Also at the same time, how he had to bridle his own body parts from the affections and the lust of the flesh.

Apparently we're nothing like him, but rather 'lukewarm', neither 'hot' or 'cold' based on one's testament. We're partly to the things of the flesh and partly to the things of the Spirit to our convenience. Therefore one tend to take into account chapter 7 and remain there, making excuse for one's sins and imperfection. But i disagree and without excuse, for i reap what i sow and harvest what i plant. For if i sow or plant partly to the things of the flesh and partly to the things of the Spirit, what will i reap and harvest? Aren't each lusts against each other and contrary to one another?

It's my own folly and to my own destruction, to cling onto chapter 7 and remain there, making excuse for my sins and imperfection.
You claim that because you're a doer and abider, you have the ability to manifest the power to stop practicing evil. You foolishly misquote Eph 6:10 to support you, which actually eposes you lies, the verse speaks about "the power of His might" but you twist it and claim that you can stop practicing evil "by your ability to manifest power". That is pure demonic doctrine, you make yourself a god, and claim to have divine power, while Paul and myself don't have the power you claim to have.
Am very sad to witness your ongoing folly due to your shortsightedness in the scripture and based on context. Now, what is the power of His might, Paul claims, which apparently on the contrary you haven't?

For Paul and i, by the power of His might, have His Word to become a 'doer' and abider by them, hence bear much fruit. And likewise have His Holy Ghost as 'Comforter' and 'Helper', to focus and to walk to the things of His. Hence, if i were to divide my attention also to the things of the flesh once again, i fall short and grief the Holy Ghost. So whom am i to blame, and am i to unwisely be like Adam blaming Eve, and Eve blaming the devil?

Firstly, Adam received the Word of GOD, and he passed it to Eve, but Eve received from the devil on the contrary.
I don't need to make excuses for my sin, because God has already excused all of my past, present and future sins, thanks to my Redeemer.
Your Redeemer said, "Your sins are forgiven, sin no more."
I find your double standards highly insulting to my intelligence and blasphemous to the Holy Spirit. You claim to live partly for the flesh and partly for the spirit, while demanding that I live a perfectly sinless life. That is pure hypocrisy
It's rather GOD's Word that is piercing and convicting your carnal intelligence and demanding a perfectly sinless life. And i know where i stand, because i have to workout my own salvation in fear and trembling. When i testify the Word of GOD in context given to me, there's no lies or deceit or hidden agenda.

Neither hypocrisy, for HIS Word pierces me first freely, freely, and freely, freely i give to the next of keen. But apparently, you're of another parent and OSAS denomination, therefore my testimony of HIS Word is folly to you. So let's end here and may GOD bless you.
 

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Chapter 7, Paul explains his struggle in the flesh, but continuing in chapter 8, he speaks about the redemption received in Christ and Holy Ghost. Therefore forth him born of the Spirit and the spirit man, his focus is no longer to the things of the flesh, to again struggle in the flesh and sin. But to the things of the Holy Ghost, and his life testament in the scripture is the proof. Also at the same time, how he had to bridle his own body parts from the affections and the lust of the flesh.

Apparently we're nothing like him, but rather 'lukewarm', neither 'hot' or 'cold' based on one's testament. We're partly to the things of the flesh and partly to the things of the Spirit to our convenience. Therefore one tend to take into account chapter 7 and remain there, making excuse for one's sins and imperfection. But i disagree and without excuse, for i reap what i sow and harvest what i plant. For if i sow or plant partly to the things of the flesh and partly to the things of the Spirit, what will i reap and harvest? Aren't each lusts against each other and contrary to one another?

It's my own folly and to my own destruction, to cling onto chapter 7 and remain there, making excuse for my sins and imperfection.

Am very sad to witness your ongoing folly due to your shortsightedness in the scripture and based on context. Now, what is the power of His might, Paul claims, which apparently on the contrary you haven't?

For Paul and i, by the power of His might, have His Word to become a 'doer' and abider by them, hence bear much fruit. And likewise have His Holy Ghost as 'Comforter' and 'Helper', to focus and to walk to the things of His. Hence, if i were to divide my attention also to the things of the flesh once again, i fall short and grief the Holy Ghost. So whom am i to blame, and am i to unwisely be like Adam blaming Eve, and Eve blaming the devil?

Firstly, Adam received the Word of GOD, and he passed it to Eve, but Eve received from the devil on the contrary.

Your Redeemer said, "Your sins are forgiven, sin no more."

It's rather GOD's Word that is piercing and convicting your carnal intelligence and demanding a perfectly sinless life. And i know where i stand, because i have to workout my own salvation in fear and trembling. When i testify the Word of GOD in context given to me, there's no lies or deceit or hidden agenda.

Neither hypocrisy, for HIS Word pierces me first freely, freely, and freely, freely i give to the next of keen. But apparently, you're of another parent and OSAS denomination, therefore my testimony of HIS Word is folly to you. So let's end here and may GOD bless you.
I'm not sure why you are offended by Gods Word. I simply quoted what God said through the Apostle Paul, and you found Gods Word to be offensive, so you took it upon yourself to trash and claim that it doesn't apply to you.

Your theology is can only stand up if you trample half of the things God said. You cherry pick verses of the bible which seem to support your false doctrine, and claim that those scriptures which expose your demonic doctrine, to be no longer relevant. As f God's Word can be trampled under foot and turned into trash.

God said, His people shall live by every Word that proceeds from His mouth, so if you believed in God you would obey Him and not trash anything He said.

You're not obliged to give account to myself or any man, so you are free to ignore what I say or what anyone else says. But you will give an account of yourself to God when you stand before him. You won't have the luxury to say, "lets end here" God will hold everyone to account for what we did with His Word.

I embrace the whole counsel of God, I don't cherry pick His counsel and trash the parts which expose me.