How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

There are also rare occasions in the life of a believer when a person experiences a dream that he or she prefers not to talk about because the scenes in the dream were very lewd, vile, or seductive. It may involve the dreamer in an act of adultery, in a compromising position, or acting in a manner that the believer would never participate in. These troubling, unclean dreams can simply be called dirty dreams . From a Jewish rabbinical point of view, nightmares and unclean dreams can be the result of a demonic spirit (called a lilin or a night spirit) that is in the room of the person attempting to sleep or in the process of sleep.2 In the New Testament there are several terms used for wicked spirits, including: evil spirits (Luke 8:2), foul spirits (Mark 9:25, KJV ), unclean spirits (Mark 1:27), spirits of infirmity (Luke 13:11), and seducing spirits (1 Tim. 4:1, KJV ). These spirits are types of what Christians call demons. The word demon is the Greek word daimon, meaning “a spirit or something with divine power.” In the New Testament, such as in Matthew 8:31 ( KJV ), the word “devils” is the Greek word daimon . In the Old Testament, demons were associated with idolatry and led people into worshiping idols, as indicated in Deuteronomy 32:17; Isaiah 13:21; 34:14; 65:3.3 If an evil spirit in the atmosphere can send fiery darts (Eph. 6:16) into the mind of a believer sleeping at night, then it is no fault of a believer if they dream some strange and bizarre dream. For many years I have said that believers are certainly responsible when they are awake for what they see and hear, but they actually have no control over their sleep and any dream they may have. Normally, if a person does not watch violent or vile movies