Prepare-for-War

This passage was addressed to the Christians at Corinth, so obviously some of them were already unequally yoked. Paul was telling them to clean up their lives. Therefore, I do not think this scripture can be used as a proof text that

Christians cannot have demons. Just the opposite. Many Christians also quote such scriptures as:

"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." I John 5:18

But there is a balance in scripture, the Bible must be taken as a whole. This scripture must be balanced with such scrip tures as:

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and· the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins ... " I John 1:8,9

and,

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous ... " I John 2:1

The normal condition of a truly born again Christian should be that he/she does not sin. But, the hard fact is that as long as we remain in these bodies we will have a struggle with our sin nature. Paul makes that very plain in his remarkable statement to the Corinthians:

"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myselfshould be a castaway." I Corinthians 9:27

Normally Christians are hedged about so that demons cannot get in (even as Job was), but as the scripture in I John 5:18 indicates, CUI the one born of God keeps himself from sin he is protected from the wicked one. Ecclesiastes is very succinct: "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent a hall bite him." Ecclesiastes 10:8

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