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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
My only issue with your position is that you seem to imply that "possessed" people are unreachable. This is not backed by scripture, in fact, Jesus reached more than one "possessed" person, and left them "clothed, and in their right mind".
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I find that many people in the church system are afraid of people they think may be "possessed". Many consider depressed people of being demonically oppressed. You would be surprised at the number of Christians who will actually shy away from folks with depression.
I've actually had someone tell me the other week that they thought that depression was caused by a spirit. They never thought that there might be a physical cause...that a body can lack certain vitamins, minerals and enzymes essential for proper brain focus and activity.
While this man may or may not be suffering from depression, it is evident that something has and is happening with his thought process. The tattoo on his throat, the child molestation charges...are all symptoms of something gone wrong in his life.
Could he, at some point of time in his life met Christ and turned away from Him? Or has he never met Christ at all? It is possible that one can live in this country with a church on every corner and never meet Christ. Or was he molested himself as a child which caused this bizarre desire to have these type of tattoo markings on his body? Severe mental illness can cause people to desire to mutilate themselves.
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