What is possession by demons? How is possession by demons manifested?

What is possession by demons? How is possession by demons manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

Tell Me, do you know what spirit you are of? Can you touch your own spirit? If you can feel or touch your spirit, then it is not part of you. It is a thing not of you; it is something extra introduced from outside of you. Do you understand? Are you able to feel your soul? Are you able to touch your soul? Are you able to sense what your soul is doing? You don’t know, do you? If you are able to grasp some such thing, then it is another spirit inside you forcefully doing something—controlling your actions and words. It is something extraneous to you, not of your own body. Those with an evil spirit know this best.

from “How to Understand the Oneness of the Flesh and the Spirit” in Records of Christ’s Talks

What are the differences between the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of evil spirits?

What are the differences between the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of evil spirits?

Relevant Words of God:

You must understand what things arise from God and what things arise from Satan. The things that arise from God cause you to become ever clearer about visions, and they cause you to get closer and closer to God, earnestly sharing love with brothers and sisters; you are capable of showing consideration toward God’s burden, and your God-loving heart does not abate; there is a road ahead for you to walk. The things that arise from Satan cause you to lose visions and all you had before is gone; you become estranged from God, you have no love for brothers and sisters and you have a hateful heart. You become desperate, you no longer wish to live the church life, and your God-loving heart is no more. This is Satan’s work and is also the consequence brought about by the work of evil spirits.

from Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning

What is the work of evil spirits? How is the work of evil spirits manifested?

What is the work of evil spirits? How is the work of evil spirits manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

What work comes from Satan? In the work that comes from Satan, the visions in people are vague and abstract, and they are without normal humanity, the motivations behind their actions are wrong, and although they wish to love God, there are always accusations within them, and these accusations and thoughts are always interfering within them, constraining the growth of their life, and stopping them from having normal conditions before God. Which is to say, as soon as there is the work of Satan within people, their hearts can’t be at peace before God, they don’t know what to do with themselves, the sight of an assembly makes them want to run away, and they are unable to close their eyes when others pray.

How can one obtain the work of the Holy Spirit?

How can one obtain the work of the Holy Spirit?

Relevant Words of God:

The work of the Holy Spirit changes from day to day, rising higher with each step; the revelation of tomorrow becomes even higher than today’s, step by step climbing ever higher. Such is the work by which God perfects man. If man cannot keep pace, then he may be forsaken at any time. If man does not have an obedient heart, then he cannot follow to the end. The old age has passed; now is a new age.

What is the work of the Holy Spirit? How is the work of the Holy Spirit manifested?

What is the work of the Holy Spirit? How is the work of the Holy Spirit manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

When the Holy Spirit works, people are able to actively enter; they are not passive or forced, but are proactive. When the Holy Spirit works, people are glad and willing, and they are willing to obey, and happy to humble themselves, and even though they are pained and fragile inside, they have the resolve to cooperate, they suffer gladly, they are able to obey, and they are untainted by human will, untainted by the thinking of man, and are certainly untainted by human desires and motivations.

Eastern Lightning | What is the difference between a good servant and an evil servant?

What is the difference between a good servant and an evil servant?

What is the difference between a good servant and an evil servant?

Relevant Words of God:

Those who serve God should be God’s intimates, they should be beloved by God, and capable of the utmost loyalty to God. Regardless of whether you act behind people, or in front of them, you are able to gain the joy of God before God, you are able to stand firm before God, and regardless of how other people treat you, you always walk your own path, and give every care to God’s burden.

Eastern Lightning | What is the difference between wheat and tares?

What is the difference between wheat and tares?

Eastern Lightning | What is the difference between wheat and tares?

Relevant Words of God:

As I have said, Satan has sent those who do service for Me to interrupt My management; these service-doers are tares, yet wheat does not refer to the firstborn sons, but rather to all the sons and the people who are not the firstborn sons. Wheat will always be wheat, tares will always be tares; this means that those of Satan’s nature can never change. So, in short, they remain as Satan. Wheat means the sons and the people, because before the creation of the world I added to these people My quality. Because I have said before man’s nature does not change, wheat will always be wheat.

from Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning