Men Possessed by Ill Spirits
There is a strange episode in the Bible.
Christ Jesus met a wild and mad man chained in tombs.
Christ drove out demons from the mind of this horrible man. Then the guy came to himself. But he did not follow Christ Jesus. We don't know what became of him afterwards.
Christ Jesus told people to live with faith in God and love for God and neighbors. He cured the sick and taught how to think and pray. And He drove out ill spirits from suffering people.
Probably 2000 years ago, those haunted by devils must have been clearly identified. Such people must have horribly shouted, hurt others and themselves physically, and looked so devilish. As today we seldom see such people, the episode looks so strange.
Today those possessed by evil spirits must not horribly shout, hurt others and themselves physically, and look so devilish. They might work, say, in Wall Street, as ordinary persons. But an evil inside the mind of such a person must really have a terrible influence on him. The evil would make him arrogant and greedy. Consequently such a Wall Street guy would not realize how sinful it is for him to earn such a big reward for his manipulation of financial goods. While there are so many poor people in the US and the whole world, those guys never arouse their compassion to those poor people.
So, if demons are driven out from their minds, half of greedy workers in Wall Street might repent and stop working in the financial district. But others might not change their behaviors. In this case, they must become devils themselves. Even Christ Jesus would not be able to bring them to their senses.
Of course, an ordinary man must be under the influence of a devil to a various degree. If he wants to be free from the devil, he can rely on Christ Jesus whose power can expel the devil out of the victim. But a man so completely linked to a devil might be tough enough to survive.
So, when the end of the world should come and devils should leave victimized persons who would follow Christ Jesus, such 100% devilish guys will still walk around Wall Street like devils.
Now how can we avoid being possessed by evil spirits. It is said that prayer is effective. While we are praying, our mind doe not float and is not attracted by money and worldly luxury. So, it is reasonable for us to pray five times, 10 times, or 20 times a day. At least, while we are walking in Wall Street, we had better chant words of prayer all the time.
The life and death of Jesus were one long fight against the powers of evil. He fought disobedience with obedience unto death, pride with humility, hatred with love; and behind the relatively feeble attempts of human beings to be evil, an evil mitigated by an apalling ignorance of the things of God, Jesus saw a reflection of Satan's presence: he saw it in human sin and even in human illness and death, and he set out to save humankind and to utterly conquer the devil.
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Mar 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
Mar 11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Mar 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
Mar 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.