An Angel Highway?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Jesus tells us something interesting...

Luke 11:24-26
24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Notice that when an unclean spirit goes out of a man it wanders through the "dry places". The word for dry is "anudros" meaning "arid" or "without water". Notice that it seeks "rest". The word for rest is "anapausis". The root of "anapausis" is "anapauo" meaning to be "refreshed".

The implication is that an unclean spirit thirsts and seeks to have it's thirst quenched so that it might be refreshed. What could a disembodied unclean spirit "thirst" for?

Sin.

An unclean spirit doesn't have a body. To experience "sin" the spirit must possess a body. This is why sin isn't merely a danger in the sense that it offends God... it's a danger because it attracts these "things". If an unclean spirit sees you sinning a sin it desires to quench it's thirst... it will seek to take up residence inside of you.

Once inside you it's thirst for sin only grows sending you deeper and deeper into debauchery. The spirit will drive a man deeper and deeper into sin until it kills the man with disease, violence, or reckless behavior. Once the man is dead, it seeks a new host.

This is one reason why it is imperative that one who was possessed by an unclean spirit cease sin.

I agree with this.