Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
Doctrine of Enemyship, Part 17. The seance that worked.
Thursday, January 4, 2000
“deceived” Piel imperfect of ramah to cause one to be deceived; to betray.
No one becomes demon-possessed without his or her volition allowing it to happen.
Once the demon is gone the woman recognizes that it is Saul.
She specialized in deceiving others and now she is upset that she is being deceived.
When an unbeliever is demon-possessed or a believer is demon oppressed i.e., being under demon influence, they are not normal.
ra`ah elohim –”I see gods.”
The departure of the demon now causes the woman to think more clearly than she has been thinking.
Doctrines of demons and demon-influence in a believers life will cause the believer to become irrational and illogical.
REV 2:4 “But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”
Seeking happiness in pleasure, ECC 2:1-11.
Building a reputation, Ecc 7?
JOH 6:67-68 “You do not want to go away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.”
No one has ever seen Elohim, JOH 1:18; JOH 6:46; 1TI 3:16; 1JO 4:12.
Whenever God is seen in the Old Testament, its always Jehovah, TLJC, the second person of the Trinity.
The woman is now thinking, Saul is thinking, the demon is gone and Satan and all the forces of evil are now held back.
When God interrupts anything in life it gives those involved the chance to think.
AMO 3:6 If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
God the Son does it in REV 3:20 by knocking at the door of our souls.
God the Father does it through intensive discipline, HEB 12:5-6, PRO 3:11-12.
God the Holy Spirit does it through the sin unto death, PSA 118:17-18, PHI 3:19, ACT 5:1-10.
The souls and spirits of those who are dead cannot communicate with the living or return from the dead, 2SA 12:23; LUK 16:27-31.
I am your authority in the teaching of the word of God, 1CO 16:15-16; 2CO 10:8; 1TH 5:12-13; HEB 13:7,17.
2PE 3:17 “You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness,”