Demon Possession？ 鬼附身？

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A man of science confronts demonic possession | CNN

by T.A.

Do we still have demon possession nowadays? 

現在還有魔鬼附身嗎？

I don't think so because we clearly don't have miraculous power to cast out demons today. Demon possession as mentioned in the scriptures seems to have occurred during the life of Christ on the earth and in the early days of the Apostles' work. We don't read of it much except in the gospel accounts and the book of Acts. My opinion is that the demons were allowed to possess men so that the awesome power of Jesus and the Apostles could be demonstrated. It showed that God is more powerful than the devil. Nobody has miraculous power today since only the Apostles could transfer this power to others(Acts 8:18). When the last apostle died(or maybe before-1st Corinthians 13:8), this power was no longer available to mankind . 

It is not logical to believe that demons still possess people against their will and God not supply people with the power to cast them out. Denominational people (and sometimes, members of the church) are interested in the spectacular such as demon possession and their so-called "rapture theory ". Mankind desires to know the future more than being concerned over what he should do in the present to prepare for the future. Demon possession is a thing of the past. Of course , people can let the devil into their hearts by doing evil,but demon possession was something that happened to people against their will. They had no control over it.

我不這麼認為，因為我們今天顯然沒有神跡的力量來驅除惡魔。聖經中提到的魔鬼附身似乎發生在基督在地上的一生和使徒工作的早期。除了福音書和使徒行傳之外，我們讀到的不多。我的觀點是，魔鬼被允許附身於人，這樣耶穌和使徒們的驚人能力就可以得到展示。它表明神比魔鬼更強大。今天沒有人有行神蹟的能力，因為只有使徒才能將這種能力轉移給別人（使徒行傳8：18）。當最後一位使徒去世時（或者也許在哥林多前書13：8之前），人類不再擁有這種能力。

相信魔鬼仍然違背人的意願附身於人，而神卻沒有提供將他們趕出去的力量，這是不合邏輯的。宗派人士（有時是教會成員）對諸如惡魔附身和他們所謂的“被提理論”之類的奇事感興趣。人類渴望了解未來，而不是關心他現在應該做什麼來為未來做準備。惡魔附身已成為過去。當然，人們可以通過作惡讓魔鬼進入他們的內心，但惡魔附身，是違背他們的意願發生在人們身上的事情。（過去有附身的情況時）人們無法控制自己的意志。（現在我們有完全的自由意志。）

We decide whether to do good or evil, whether to allow evil to control us. As you said we have free will and each of us determines our destiny by our words, thoughts and actions. We have personal responsibility.

我們決定是行善還是作惡，是否讓邪惡控制我們。正如你所說，我們有自由意志，我們每個人都通過我們的言語、思想和行動來決定我們的命運。我們有個人的責任。



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