tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21070055.post8025768365476050996..comments2023-08-27T17:31:51.126+08:00Comments on Singapore Life and Times: Baring FangsEpilogoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968473646396892520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21070055.post-8400727770758110622008-07-12T06:18:00.000+08:002008-07-12T06:18:00.000+08:00The Gospel according to Mark Chapter 9 relates an ...The Gospel according to Mark Chapter 9 relates an incident where some of Jesus' disciples tried but where not successful in casting out a demon - "...And I spoke to Your disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not..." -(v 18). These same disciples asked him later why they had failed ("....Why could we not cast him out?") - (v 28).<BR/><BR/>Jesus answered, "...This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer and fasting." - (v 29).<BR/><BR/>So there are different types of demons and there is no one way to caste out demons. I agree that exorcism practices appear often to be naive today, even clumsy sometimes. Christians must realise that they are dealing with powers which are beyond them and that they must humbly seek the Lord through much 'prayer and fasting'.<BR/><BR/>So I believe that:<BR/>1. demon possession is real<BR/>2. Christians are empowered to caste out demons<BR/>3. they can fail to do soEpilogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968473646396892520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21070055.post-58901505572477359112008-07-10T08:38:00.000+08:002008-07-10T08:38:00.000+08:00Actually if we analyse this case beyond who is gui...Actually if we analyse this case beyond who is guilty, there are certain things which are not known to the general public. For me it has been a personal experience and observationas to what exactly goes on.<BR/><BR/>There are churches and cell-groups especially those that belong to the Evangelistic type or Independent Churches in Singapore. I witnessed one cell-group meeting where ordinary folks who are appointed as cell-group leaders or "the annointed one" pray and do deliverance to people afflicted with personal problems, ill health and what-nots. They utter such words as " In the name of JESUS, Devil you leave this person". Sometimes they encourage other cell-group members to lay their hands over the victim to "slay the devil". The victim falls backwards and manny would say that this is a result of the devil being cast off from the body. <BR/><BR/>In the light of the above, if I am someone who does not really know the difference between exorcism and prayer/deliverance and I am following this court trial, I assume this to exorcism of some kind, don/t you think so?<BR/><BR/>Now as an experienced Christian/Catholic (what ever the label is deemed suitable by others) myself, I keep my distance from such churches and cell-groups because it appears that every person is capable of "slaying the devil". IN this sense are we not dabbling in witchcraft or exorcism ourselves?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com