Dictionary of Bible Themes Intelligent beings which exist separately from bodies. God is spirit and he has given human beings a spiritual entity. He has also created a realm of spiritual beings--some have remained good, others have become evil. Evil spirits seek to control and destroy people, but Jesus Christ has the victory over them. John 4:24God is spirit See also Genesis 1:2Job 33:4 Revelation 1:4 fn; 3:1 fn; 4:5 fn; 5:6 fn Proverbs 20:27 Other spirits See also The spirit of human beings Job 32:8Ecclesiastes 12:7 Luke 8:55; 23:46 John 3:6 Acts 7:59 James 2:26 Isaiah 26:14 See also The spirits of the dead Proverbs 2:18Isaiah 14:9 Hebrews 12:23 Hebrews 1:14 See also Angels Judges 6:21-22; 13:20-21Zechariah 6:5 Acts 23:8 Job 1:6 See also Satan Job 2:12 Corinthians 11:14 Ephesians 6:11-12 Revelation 16:13-14 See also Demons Luke 6:18; 7:21Acts 23:8 1 Peter 3:19 Revelation 18:2 1 Samuel 16:14 The role of spirits See also As instruments of punishment Judges 9:231 Samuel 18:10; 19:9 1 Kings 22:20-22 1 Peter 5:8-9 pp 2Ch 18:19-21 See also As instruments of testing to inspire faith in believers Job 1:8-12,22; 2:3-6,10Matthew 4:1 James 4:7-8 pp Mk 1:13 pp Lk 4:2 Mark 9:17-18Evil spirits and humanity Possession by spirits See also Matthew 8:28pp Lk 9:39 Matthew 15:22pp Lk 8:27 Mark 1:23pp Mk 7:25 Matthew 8:16pp Lk 4:33 Casting out spirits See also pp Mk 1:34 Matthew 12:28pp Lk 4:40 Matthew 17:18pp Lk 11:20 Acts 5:16; 8:7pp Mk 9:25-26 pp Lk 9:42 Deuteronomy 18:10-11See also Consultation with spirits forbidden Leviticus 19:31; 20:61 Samuel 28:8-9 2 Kings 21:6 Isaiah 8:19; 19:3 pp 2Ch 33:6 1 John 4:1Discernment and testing of spirits See also 1 Corinthians 12:101 John 4:2-6 Colossians 2:10 Jesus Christ has supremacy over all created spirits See also Mark 1:24-27,34Luke 4:33-36; 10:17-19 Colossians 2:15 pp Lk 4:41 See also 1230 God, the Lord2012 Christ, authority 3015 Holy Spirit, divinity 4110 angels 4120 Satan 4130 demons 4170 host of heaven 4195 spirits 5062 spirit 8230 discipline 8734 evil 8832 testing |
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