Do I believe in demons? Absolutely. I believe there are people that are demon possessed. I could share a story of a Christian man whom I respect as much as any person I know having a personal account of a demon. This man is not a liar, not a story teller, and not somebody who says things for attention or to be boastful. He literally had a real encounter with a demon possessed man. This said same man went to a Church here in Warsaw regularly. He stepped foot in there for 3 weeks when one of the pastors got the church elders together and said he was possessed when nobody else seemed to pick up on it. As crazy I as I know I may sound to you, do I believe it could be possible your mom was demon possessed? Absolutely. That doesn't mean she was or wasn't because I personally don't know. I do remember reading some of what your sister does and to me it doesn't sound like she's a believer as much as she's in a cultish type faith, again I can't judge for certain cause I don't know her.
As far as cherry picking parts of the bible thats simply not true. Look I'm young in my faith, I don't have all the answers. As much as I'd like to answer some questions with an explanation I simply can't. All I can tell you is that when you know Christ and he makes himself apparent to you it's no longer grey it becomes black and white. He's as real as computer I'm typing on and I believe this with 100% certainty and faith. Scripture speaks of nonbelievers basically going to call myself crazy and denouncing him for my faith. I'm not surprised as to why a non-believer can't understand. I never could understand but now that I do life really takes on a completely different meaning.
Back to taking parts of scripture you have to take the context of the Old Testament vs. the New. From my understanding (I could be wrong) the Old Testament is a historical account of the Hebrew's. The Hebrew's were for the most part violent people and a lot of what was written was a historical account of this. The entire Old Testament is a historical account of them along with the prophecies made about Christ being born of a virgin woman on earth. The Old Testament is included in the Q'uran (sp?, It is the Muslim "bible" for those that are unaware) and I believe in the Hindhu faith as well. Everything in the Old Testament is referred to as "B.C.".
The New Testament starts with the 4 gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) which are the 33 years that Jesus was alive on earth. Everything after these 33 years are referred to as "A.D." The New Testament is really what drives our faith as believers. Because it is different from any other set of scripture. The Old Testament should not be ignored because it is clear that all scripture is God-Breathed. But the Old Testament should be interpreted differently because it was before Christ walked the earth. Again I don't know if all of this is 100% right but from my studies I believe this is fairly accurate.
This might be one of the last posts I make. Depending on what questions are asked. Is answering questions and respectully letting people know why I believe what I believe acceptable? Yes. I will not however argue (Blonde, Ninja, Deh F(whatever your name is)) as scripture makes it very clear not too: Proverbs 26:4-5 "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes." I can again only tell you that my life was impacted by the Holy Spirit and I believe with believer eyes.
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