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"Demon Possession"
Bv J M Littlp
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In our last study on the
·'Demon Possession" we look
ed briefly at the "Maniac of
Gadara" in the fifth chapter of
Mark. At this time we want to
look more particularly at
some of the classes of demons
that we find in the Word of
I God. I don't know if you had
ever thought about it or not
but there are different classés
of demons taught in the Scrip
tures
The first class of demons I
want to call your attention to
is a demon of Super Natural
Strength. In the fifth chapter
of Mark in verses 3 and 4 we
find these words. "Who had
his dwelling, among the
tombs; and no man could bind
him, no. not with chains:
Because that he had been
often bound with fetters and
chains, and the chains had
been plucked asunder by him,
and the. fetters brokel) in
pieces : neither could any^nan
tame him." Fetters were ins
truments of brass and iron
used to hold the feet of prison
ers. This poor heavily demon
possessed man, having in him
demons of Klinor natural
strength, broke the fetters in
pieces. He also was bound
with chains, he plucked them
off. A Jiuman being alone
could not do such as this poor
soul was doing wifién he was
bound. Today they have what
is known as a "straight jac
ket" to put individuals in when
ι they are uncontrollable
Here you may have an
elderly person who has been
sick a very long time. They
may be bed-ridden. After a
long period of illness they may
drop to less than a 100 pounds.
Then one day you may try to
move their leg or arm, you
st^ggle with them but find
that you and others cannot
move the leg or arm of that
sick person. If you didn't know
the agents behind it, you'd
scratch your head gray trying
to figure out why you can't
handle a very sick and feeble
person who has been bed-rid
den for months or even years.
My friend, such a soul who
manifests super natural
strength as that is demon
possessed wun a demon ol
super natural strength. That
soul who has been weak for
years may suddenly be able to
lift their own bed. That may be
shocking to some of you. Ev
ery soul out of Christ is
demon-possessed.
The maniac of Gadara was
in such condition no man could
tame him, yes he was wild: We
saw in our last study that his
dwelling was in the tombs.
What a place for a human to
dwell. My heart goes out to
you who are demon possessed.
I weep for you. I too was once
heavily demon possessed. As I
told you in my last study I was
possessed with a host of de
mons.
Verse five brings us to two
more classes of demons; "And
always, night and day, he was
in the mountains, and in the
tombs, crying, and cutting
himself with stones." There is
a Demon Spirit of Crying. A
Demon Spirit of Crying is the
second class of demons I call
your attention to. Night and
day in the mountains and in
the tombs he was crying. Have
you ever seen a person just
break out crying for seeming
ly no reason at all? I have
many times And I know that a
demon spirit of crying can
make a soul do that. I've seen
it time after time. My friends.
I'm telling you that of which I
Know. A soul possessed with a
demon spirit of crying may
burst out crying and you know
that cry is different from other
crying It's one of the saddest
things to listen to. I wish I
could tell these things like I
know them. A soul may sit
around day and night as this
poor man of Gadara did and
just cry and feel sorry for
themselves
Then we see in this same
verse (5) he was cutting him
self with stories.Here is the
third class of demons I call to
your attention; Λ Demon Spi
rit of Self Murder He was
cutting himself with stones,
the demon was making him
do it. No man in his rigHt mind
would try to take his life. The
demons were trying to take
this man's life. Oh look at the
suicide numbers today in our
land. Only by the grace of God
am I alive to tell the story that
I'm telling now I'll never
forget the two times in my life
I thought of taking my life,
just HilHpg myself The first
time was several year ago'. I
believe it would have been in
1962 For years I had lived
with a deep emptiness in my
heart I knew from that day I
made that first profession
when I was a lad of about 8
years that there had been no
change on the inside I tried
every major religion in Hie
J. M. Little
woria trying to fil] the aching
void in my heart. My heart
was tender and moved by
religious services, 1 never
went to hear a preacher to
criticize him. I went to get to
hear him tell me what was
wrong, why was there the
emptiness in my heart. I
searched high and low trying
to find the answer. So after all
those years I was so mis
erable. Every soul who is
saved knows what I'm talking
about. I believe it was in 1962 I
became so miserable I didn't
know what to do. I remember
very well one Sunday after
noon I was sitting on my
aunt's front porch alone. I was
so miserable I didn't know
what to do. Satan whispered to
me; "You may as well be
dead, you are so miserable,
just go ahead and kill your
self." And there I was that
Sunday afternoon there on the
front porch thinking of taking
my own life. I said;"I mayas
well go on and kill myself, I'd
rather be dead." And there I
was thinking of how to take
my life, I was willing to do it.
But suddenly the phono rang
and I was napped out of that
-i" "v; ■ · "■ ""· *
to answer the phone. I told
the party who was calling me,
"I don't know why you called
me but I'm so glad you did." I
now know it was the Lord in
his good providence that di
rected that phone call that
interrupted me from Killing
myself. Praise the Lord for
His grace and mercy. And
some of you marvel why 1 love
to talk about my Lord and my
Saviour. You let the Lord to
talk about Christ. I am not
ashamed of my Lord. Then
there was the second time I
considered taking my life in
1963, that Fall. It was again
that I was so miserable I said:
"I'd be better off dead." Yet I
could not see beyond the
grave. The Lord again in His
good providence stopped me.
It's only by the grace of God
that I'm saved and alive to tell
the story today. You may
come back at me and say;
"Bro Little you ought not to
tell that story." I've got to tell
it, I feel constrained to do it.
I'm talking about the Lord of
au mercy who has kept me,
such'a sinner like me who
deserved nothing but Hell,
how He over the years before
Effectual Calling kept my soul
from the Fit. Oh the love of
God that kept me. But for the
grace of God I'd be in Hell
tonight with my loved, ones
who are there. It's Christ my
I^ord who has kept me and
saved me.
Look around you tn y
friends, see the multitudes
falling into Hell every day? No
you don't see it do you? If you
did you would not go planning
to live for a thousand years as
you are doi"g. Wake up bro
ther! Judgement is coming.
I've wept for you souls '.ere,
you don t see the danger you
are in but I do I know the Pit
you are headed for. How many
of you are sleeping your way
to Hell! You are just as
unconcerned as an ostrici,
with her head in the sand
Judgment is coming my bro
Iher. Oh I would that you could
see the danger you are in
Look at the multitudes ol
church· members going tc
Hell' Can't you see some of it?
I am only b"re by the grace ol
God. I have been on vacation
for a'most 17 days. The very
first Monday I was off my
cousin and his wife were
drowned in the Pee Dee River
I know that but for the grace ol
God that would have been me
Several years ago I went witli
him and his wife down on the
river fishir;,. The, were in
stantly cut off My friend, how
old are you goi ig to be wher
you are cut off' It was stated
that he was 34 and his wife 28
I'm 29. if I live to see Septem
ber Mh I'll be 30 You young
folks are gong on planning
to live another thousand
years. You care nothing about
Christ at all Some of you
elderly people.
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"During the crusade, we'll
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