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Friday, October 30 2009
The word "infection" may be defined as "an invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms causing inflammation." The same principle applies to humans being infected by unclean spirits.
"6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed." (Luke 6:17-18 KJV)
"They that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed"
As referred to in the Scripture quote above, those who were healed of demon possession were often also cured of a physical or psychological ailment that the demon-possession had caused, either by organic damage or through self-damaging behavior e.g.
"13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity." (Luke 13:11-12 KJV)"12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw." (Matthew 12:22 KJV)
The Christ also commanded His servants to do the same as He did, as again made possible by the Holy Spirit:
"10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." (Matthew 10:7-8 KJV)
Sometimes, "exorcists" attempted to cure demon infection without the power of the Holy Spirit, with painful results.
"19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded." (Acts 19:13-16 KJV)
Fact Finder: What is the difference between being infected with an unclean spirit and having "familiar spirits"?
See Familiar Spirits
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This Day In History, October 30
130: The Roman emperor Hadrian officially founded Antinoopolis, Egypt.
1270: The Seventh Crusade ended with the Treaty of Barbary. The eighth Crusade then began. See The Crusades
1340: During the Spanish-Muslim Wars, an army under Alfonso IV of Portugal defeated the Moors under Abu Hamed at the Battle of Salado.
1485: Henry VII of England was crowned.
1536: Denmark adopted Lutheranism as the official state religion.
1697: The Treaty of Ryswick ended the war between France and the Grand Alliance.
1918: At the end of World War 1, Turkish acceptance of an armistice marked the end of the Ottoman empire.
1918: The Slovaks agreed to a union with the Czechs under the national name Czechoslovakia.
1938: Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused panic among thousands who misunderstood it be a genuine invasion from Mars.
1939: At the start of World War 2, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on partitioning Poland between them.
1941: Two months before the U.S. entered the Second World War conflict, the American destroyer Reuben James was sunk by a German submarine off Iceland.
1990: Engineers digging the Channel Tunnel from both directions connected Britain with the European continent for the first time since the Ice Age when they linked up under the seabed of the English Channel.
1995: Quebec separatists narrowly lost a referendum that would have made Quebec a separate country apart from Canada.
