Was the 1st generational church involved in exorcism and deliverance?
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Demon means- hairy goat or idol
Devil means- slander, accuser
Satan means- Adversary
There is no supernatural being other than God
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Read Acts Peter and the rest of them went around driving out demons
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Yes
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Yes, absolutely
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Yes but NEVER as a touring sideshow ”come watch an exorcism or healing” as some modern preachers and televangelists do.
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Yes they always have
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Expel the demons Inside of you,(resist your passions,)and they will flee from you
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People need to learn spelling and grammar…
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I think that there were several exorcisms in the bible.
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Deliverance is the Christian term used. Exorcism is a Roman catholic term and it means the same thing.
Yes, the 1st century church did.
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling. She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose. But Paul called out loudly, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house. At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.
Acts 16:16-18, 25-26, 28, 30-33 NET
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Preternatural covers demons, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. They are other than and not above us.
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Biblically, only SOME did. People have issues with this truth.
Capital “P” Prophets; Capital “A” Apostles ( the New Testament names all of them); and the Messiah. No one else is mentioned performing these works. This is a very small and select group within the “People of God” which is itself within the Billions of human beings who have walked this Earth. A very small select group. -
Have you read the bible?
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Exorcism is the Christian ritual of expelling demons who are possessing a human being.
Jesus expelled demons, as recorded in the Gospels. In perhaps the most famous instance, he expelled a “legion” of demons from a man and permitted the demons to go into a herd of pigs (see Gaderene Swine). Jesus also cautioned some sufferers of demonic possession that if one demon was exorcised, seven more might want to “enter” the “clean house”.
Opponents of Jesus accused him of casting out demons “by the power of Beelzebub”, a charge generally dismissed by Christians.
The countless number of successful exorcisms documented over the centuries since the time of the apostles has been cited as a mark of the authentic Christian faith of the Catholic Church.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils…
—Mark 16:17b KJVVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
—John 14:12-14 KJVCatholic exorcists perform authorized exorcisms in the “Name of Jesus Christ the Lord” with permission of the local bishop after careful investigation of discernment has been conducted to make an informed determination of the case.
In determining whether a person is possessed by the devil or his demons, the Church would first make sure he underwent thorough physical and psychiatric examinations. Eliminating these natural causes, Church officials would seek other signs: unexplainable physical phenomena, such as levitation or the uncaused movement of objects; displaying strength that surpasses one’s condition; the knowledge and usage of archaic languages that the person would have no way of previously knowing, such as speaking Aramaic; and the secret knowledge of a person’s life, particularly the exorcist, which no other person would know. Another sign is the vehement aversion to God, the Blessed Mother, the saints, the crucifix and sacred images, demonstrated by blasphemous remarks or sacrilegious actions. The devil also reveals his presence by acts of anger and violence, and through blasphemous, sacrilegious, profane and obscene remarks. The bishop would authorize an exorcism only after serious examination and a careful weighing of all of the evidence, and thereupon appoint a priest to perform the exorcism.
The prayers and ritual of exorcism have recently been updated, and the ancient form as set forth in the older Rituale Romanum is still used by permission. Prayer is addressed to God the Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Invocation of the name of Mary has been found to be very effective, along with recitation of the Rosary, and calling on the help of St. Michael the Archangel. See
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Acts 8 & 16. Next question?
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