EVIDENCES OF DEMONIC OPPRESSION

Mark 5:1-5 (Larger Passage) – Incapacity for Normal Living

“And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.  And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.  Who had his dwelling among the tombs.  Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.  And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”

Mark 5:4 – Extreme Behavior

“Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”

Mark 5:9, 12 – Personality Changes

“And he asked him, What is thy name?  And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.  And all the demons besought him, saying; Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”

Mark 5:5 – Restlessness and Insomnia

“And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”

Mark 5:5 – Inner Anguish

“And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”

Mark 5:5 – Self-inflicted Injury and Suicide

“And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”

Luke 13:10-16 Unexplained Sickness

“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.  And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in nowise lift up herself.  And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.  And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.  And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.  The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?  And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Matthew 9:32-33 – Speech difficulties

“As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.  And when the demon was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.”

I Timothy 4:1 – Doctrinal Error

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of demons;”

Galatians 3:1 – Religious Legalism

“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”