WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE A BELIEVER BUT ARE SINNING? Most people have never read this scripture in the New Testament and I have never heard a pastor ever preach it in a message. It is written by Paul.  1 Corinthians 5:9-13 NLT “When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin. But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that. I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people. It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”” So how many churches are obeying this verse? Most allow anyone who calls themselves…

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING OPPRESSED OR POSSESSED BY DEMONS When a person is oppressed by demons they will hear demonic thoughts in their minds - which sounds like their own thoughts - often thousands of times each day (2005 - the National Science Foundation found the average person has 12,000 thoughts a day and 80% are negative). Some of the thoughts a person has from demons will be true because otherwise you would not believe them, but they will always twist something to get you to believe a lie in order to ultimately hurt you. The demons’ goal is to cause people to believe what they say which causes them to struggle with fear, anxiety, anger, regret, revenge, bitterness, condemnation, jealousy, lust, depression, mental disorders, suicidal thoughts, believing godly people are bad and to not be trusted and to believe ungodly people are good and are to be trusted. The demons want Christians to justify allowing sin to be common in their lives so they will stay walking in their flesh instead of changing to walking in the spirit. The demons ultimately want to take the person to hell by causing them to disobey the Bible and Jesus.  The Lord…