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Can a Christian/Saint Have a demon?
The answer is emphatically yes! If you have been taught that this is not so,, then please
keep reading and let the Holy Spirit guide you in this matter.
I am aware that there has been much teaching to the effect that Christians cannot have
demons, but from my own experience in ministering during the past fourteen years I
have found that to be totally incorrect.

Correct Translation
In the first place, we should understand clearly that you can have a demon without
being demon possessed. The King James Version incorrectly translates the word
'demonized' as 'possessed' and this leaves people with the impression that if they have
a spirit attacking them, or if they have a demon, then they are possessed by a demon.
There is nothing in the Greek translation to support the word 'possessed'. Scholars
make the point that the use of this word has frightened many people who think that if
they have a demon, then they are 'possessed'. There can, of course, be a true demon
possession when a person's whole personality and being is given over to the influence
and total possession by demonic forces, but in my experience, this is comparatively rare.
The more correct translation is shown in Scriptures such as:
'Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; ... ' (Mark 1:23)
Another correct form is to describe a person as 'having a demon':
'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He has a demon." '(Matthew 11:18)
'For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him, and she came and fell at his feet.' (Mark 7:25)

Some people recoil at the thought that our body can simultaneously be inhabited both
by the Holy Spirit and by a demon. Only God knows the true state of a person's heart,
and although many profess to have totally yielded their lives in every respect to Jesus
Christ, nevertheless at times we find that certain sinful attitudes persist within believers
and this gives ground for Satan to have a foothold.

Spirit-Filled Believers
I have ministered to thousands of Spirit-filled believers of many years standing who
have been attacked by and were under the influence of forces which they could not
understand. For example, a Pentecostal pastor of some twenty years' experience, in
good standing in his church, came to me on one occasion because of a breathing
problem. As I prayed with him, the Holy Spirit indicated that the source of the problem
was a demon. As I came against this demon of affliction in the name of Jesus, the spirit
spoke out of this man and said that it would not leave him as this had been his house
for over thirty years. In response to further ministry, the demon finally left with a great
scream, but not before it was identified as the demon of the monkey god. This particular pastor came from a Hindu background and this monkey god which his ancestors had
worshipped over many years had followed him and entered his body at conception, with
the result that it had brought with it a spirit of sickness. After further prayer, the pastor
was completely delivered from the spirit and was set free from the asthmatic problem
which had bothered him for so long. This man had been born again and preached the
gospel for many years, having been baptized in the Holy Spirit at a young age and was
leading a good life. However, this demonic power had found a place in his body from
before birth.
On another occasion, I was invited to speak at a conference of a Spirit-filled organization
involving members from many denominations from all around that country. On the first
evening I made a call for repentance and among the people who came out was the
secretary's son, aged 33 years. The father came to me afterward and rejoiced that his
son had responded to the repentance call. He said that his son seemed to have
problems which would not yield to ministry. His son had been brought up in a
Pentecostal church from birth but there seemed to be some intractable problems
binding him.

Experiences at Conventions
There were two of us ministering at this convention, and as the other speaker finished
the following night we stood together at the front of the platform prepared to minister to
those in the convention. Without warning, a dreadful sound started up from one side of
the meeting and I looked over to see the 33-year-old son of the secretary manifesting in
a terrible manner. His arms and legs were flying about and he was screaming in an
incoherent fashion. Suddenly he seemed to leap in the air and travel in a supernatural
way some ten metres towards us at about two metres off the ground. The other
preacher yelled out to me, 'Get out of the way, Bill!' We jumped out of the way and this
man fell on the ground in the very place where we had been standing. Some eight men
jumped on him to try to hold him down as these dreadful noises came from him
The other speaker told me that I should minister in this situation, so taking authority in
the name of Jesus, I asked the men to get off this young man and I commanded the
demon to be quiet. The man lay there and, as I prayed for him his eyes became tightly
closed because the demons did not want to see me looking at him. By forcing the
eyelids up, I could clearly see the demons in the man's eyes. He then began to wriggle
backwards like a snake in front of 400 people who were assembled. He disappeared
under various chairs and tables but, during the following hour, he was completely
delivered. The only person objecting to the deliverance was a woman spiritist who had
heard me speak on a radio programme earlier in the day. Without invitation she walked
into the meeting during the course of the deliverance, obviously drawn by the spirit
which was within her. She objected violently to the ministry but I soon found that she
was a spiritist, and told her to keep quiet.
Finally, the man was delivered and stood up praising God, knowing that all the demon
power had left him. The next morning, he stood before the convention and gave his
testimony. He knew he was now free from all the forces which had been operating
within him and twisting his life and tormenting him. I subsequently prayed for nearly
every local leader in that organization as they all sought deliverance from spirits binding them and keeping them hostage. 

Following that particular convention, I was invited along with the other speaker to attend
a similar convention held in another part of the same country. This convention also
consisted of Spirit-filled Christians, all of whom claimed to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
There were some 500 people present. As we arrived, we were told that the topic for this
particular convention was to be 'Freedom from Oppressive Spirits'. We felt that we had
seen enough of demons for a while but now we were being called to minister again in
this dimension.
Following a two-hour teaching session, when we described the effect of demonic
powers on people and how demons operate, a number of people came to me and
asked whether I felt that they were bound by oppressive spirits. I suggested to the other
speaker that, at the conclusion of his talk, we should perhaps have a mass prayer for
deliverance. In due course, he completed his talk and then invited those who felt that
they had problems to come forward. Approximately 100 of those present came and
stood at the front of the meeting. The other speaker had to leave immediately due to a
further engagement, and I was left with these people waiting for help. I called on the
Lord Jesus Christ to guide me and was given clear direction to take authority over the
demon powers, renouncing them. As I did so in the name of Jesus, many of the people fell
to the ground with demons manifesting in a dramatic way. Some slithered as snakes,
others were screaming, and altogether it was an incredible sight.
I stood in front of groups often at a time and commanded the demons to be bound in
the name of Jesus. With some people, the Lord clearly indicated the source of the
problem, namely wrong relationships and wrong attitudes to parents, and the demons
left screaming as we took authority in these areas.
Due to the shortage of time, we were able to minister to the people for only about one
hour, but fortunately there was a brother there who had experience in this ministry and,
to the best of my knowledge, he was still ministering to some of these people several
months later.
All of these people came from Spirit-filled churches which claimed the baptism in the
Holy Spirit but you can be sure that their local churches no longer teach that Christians
cannot have demons.