How Does Demon Possession Affect People?
When the devil possesses a soul, that person becomes whatever the demon is. For example, there are murdering devils who desire to kill. They will capitalize on every opportunity to take a person over enough to kill another. You read of hideous crimes and think, “That’s inhuman!” Indeed it is! It’s demonic power. The murderer is operated by a demon or demons. Just as the Holy Spirit controls and possesses a Child of God, evil spirits control and possess ungodly people who give completely over to these spirits. Jesus Christ cast out demons. Matthew 9:32,33, They brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake. Just because a person cannot speak does not necessarily mean that he is demon possessed, but in this case the Bible says he was possessed. He not only had a dumb spirit, but an unclean spirit in his soul. When the demon went out of his soul, the dumb spirit—although not a spirit of the soul—went out also; and he was able to speak. A
