[ The Nature Of Demons ]

1: Demons are disembodied spirit personalities that are in need of a body to house them.
2: They are not angels; for angels are Servants of God, except the fallen angels who serve Satan.
3: They are not human; for they possess humans and can be cast out.
4: They are not animals; for they can possess animals and can cause them to act strange but
still can be cast out.
5: They are earthbound Unlike angels that can come and go. It is hard for us to entertain the idea of a creature or person without a body but Nevertheless, even though demons have no bodies, they have all the normally accepted marks of personality as listed below.
(a) They have a Will
(b) They have emotions, feelings, and desires
(c) They have intellect and great knowledge
(d) Self-awareness and are individuals
(e) Ability to speak
(f) They have faith
(g) They have fellowship
(h) They have doctrines
(i) They have miraculous powers
(j) They also have other soul and spirit faculties

[ The Works Of Demons ]

(a) They possess people and at times also animals
(b) They cause deafness and dumbness (muteness)
(c) They cause blindness
(d) They cause lunacy and mania
(e) They cause uncleanness (these are called unclean spirits)
(f) They cause supernatural strength
(g) They cause suicide and fear
(h) They cause convulsions and torments
(i) They cause lustfulness
(j) They cause error to take place
(k) They produce counterfeit worship and deceptions
(l) They cause lying and heresies
(m) They cause sickness and diseases
(n) They are leaders of witchcraft
(o) They cause all forms of wickedness, bondage, discord, violence, betrals, jealousy
(p) They cause people to be lovers of the world and it's ways
(q) They cause persecution and oppression
(r) They produce false prophecy
(s) They produce every kind of evil to work against man and God
(t) They can speak and teach humans false things and people will believe what they say
(u) They can become fierce and wrathful, fight, and steel
(v) They can be friendly and tell fortunes (these are called familiar spirits)
(w) They go out and come back into people as they want (unless cast out and rejected)
(x) They can verbally imitate departed or dead family members and friends, but can not appear to be them.
(y) They can do unlimited things if permitted to possess a body to operate through

[ Other Names They Are Known By ]

(a) They are called devils
(b) They are called familiar spirits
(c) They are called unclean spirits
(d) They are called evil spirits
(e) They are called seducing spirits

[ General Facts About Demons ]

(a) They are subject to Christ and made subject to believers by the atonement, the name of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
(b) Thousands can enter into one body at the same time for they are numerous
(c) They must be discerned, tested, resisted, and rejected even by believers
(d) They have more than ordinary intelligence
(e) Their rightful place is in the abyss for they are Satan's emissaries
(f) They can enter into both human and animal bodies since they are always seeking an embodiment
(g) Demon possession and demon influence are different
(h) Demons know their fate and fear God and recognize those who have power over them
(i) They can cause physical maladies in human and animal bodies such as birth defects
(j) They love to make war against the saints of God
(k) All unbelievers are more or less in league with them
(l) The only resources against them are prayer, bodily control, and the whole armor of God
(m) Traffican or associating with demon spirits is forbidden in both bible testaments

There are demon spirits for every sickness, unholy trait, and doctrinal error known by man. They must be cast out and resisted in order to have relief from them. Disease germs are allied with unclean spirits and are living forms of corruption which come into a human body and cause death. Just as refuse breeds maggots, so man in his fallen state of corruption breeds germs through unclean living and contact with corruption in this fallen world. They are agents of Satan, corrupting the bodies of his victims.