Can a Truly Born Again Christian Be Demon Possessed?
1) Direct Answer
No. A truly born-again Christian cannot be demon-possessed. When the Holy Spirit comes in, He takes ownership of that life. The devil cannot cross the Blood, cannot share that temple, and cannot possess the soul that is sealed by the Holy Ghost.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says believers are “sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise… until the redemption” (Ephesians 1:13-14). A sealed life is not an open house.
- “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). The One inside is greater than any spirit outside.
- “Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost” (1 Corinthians 6:19), and “what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?” (2 Corinthians 6:16). God doesn’t share His temple with demons.
- We have been “delivered from the power of darkness” (Colossians 1:13). Delivered is not half-owned.
- “Whosoever is born of God… his seed remaineth in him” (1 John 3:9). God’s life remains; the enemy can’t take that throne.
- Jesus spoke of an unclean spirit returning to an empty house (Matthew 12:43-45). The key word is empty. The born-again life is not empty; it is indwelt.
- Jesus described the “strong man,” but said a “stronger than he” comes and takes over (Luke 11:21-22). Christ, the Stronger One, occupies the believer.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Possession means ownership and control of the inner man. That cannot happen where the Holy Spirit dwells and seals.
- Oppression is different. A believer can be harassed, tempted, or afflicted in body or mind. Scripture shows a “daughter of Abraham” whom Satan had bound physically (Luke 13:16), and believers are told, “Neither give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27). So attacks are real, but ownership is not.
- The Bible’s order is clear: repent, submit to God, and “resist the devil, and he will flee” (James 4:7). He may knock, but he cannot take the house that the Lord has sealed.
Short Reinforcing Statement
The Holy Ghost does not cohabit with demons. The believer’s soul is sealed; the enemy may battle from the outside, but he cannot possess what the Blood has purchased and the Spirit indwells.
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Thy House
61-0808 §47
...nts that you noticed on the chart Sunday... Now, the early Pentecostal brethren, or the late Pentecostal brethren, don't give those back churches room enough there, I don't believe. But I believe that every born again Christian... And how are we born again? When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, see. Except... Now, I don't believe just because you say in your mind you believe. I believe your life tells whether you're really a Christian or not. You say ... today the lady down there said something or other about b...
Earnestly contending for the faith once delivered
53-0614A §35
And just as sure as we're born of a woman, we're full of sorrow, and few days, and die. But every man that's born by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has everlasting life and will be raised up again in the last day. But it mustn't be an impersonation, it must be a genuine Holy Ghost, regenerated birth, that makes a new creature out of him. It can't be just a make-belief, or some theology. It must absolutely be a supernatural birth. Just as there was pains and groaning in the first birth of natural, there will have to...
You must be born again
61-1231M §79
...ou die, ever what shape that soul is in, that's the way it goes. It goes to its destination. You couldn't pull it up, no matter how much you'd do for it. That soul's got to be changed here, born again. You say, "What about the Holy Ghost, Brother Branham?" The Holy Ghost baptizes you into the body for service, but you believe unto eternal life. "He that heareth my words and believeth on Him that sent me, has eternal life," see. Then you're baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body for manifestations of the gifts an...
Ye must be born again
58-0619B §12
...r, meeting, and he said, something another, said, "I talked it over with the Lord a long time ago. And I told Him if there's anything wrong with me, let me get it right now because I don't want no trouble at the river." I think that well expresses what I'm trying to say, "Let's talk it over now so we won't have no trouble at the river, because you can't backtrack then, see. Let's be more sure right now." And so when Jesus said to this great ruler, "Ye must be born again." Then, "Why must I be born again?" That's wh...
You must be born again
61-1231M §99
...y do? Tonight they're in a ... they're out yonder in the... Like some of these fellows that they got, like certain people that I could call names, but I don't want to do it because this is on tape, but they're in a nightclub tonight with a guitar, beating it; and tomorrow morning they're standing in church somewhere, beating that same guitar. Filth! The Bible said in Isaiah, the twentieth chapter, "All tables are full of vomit. As a dog goes to its vomit and a hog to its wallow, so do they." Why? They're still dogs...