How does God work through prayer if he's sovereign over all things? That's just one of the

questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Hi, this is Bill

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First up today, let's go to a voicemail from one of our listeners.

This is Danny.

My question is, can somebody who has been filled and baptized in the Holy Spirit become the source of the devil working through

them, that's my question, and I'd really appreciate if you were to answer it. Thank you so much.

I guess I would want to know more specifically what you mean by the source of the devil's working.

I don't think that someone who's been born again, a temple of the Holy Spirit can have the evil one, Satan, possess them.

He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. We are the temples of the

living God. Satan has been cast out, if you will, exercised. And so if that's what you mean,

can a Christian be possessed by the evil one? Then the answer I would say is no. If what you mean is

can the evil one influence believers in ways that lead to, in ways that lead to sin, in ways that

lead to confusion, false teaching? Well, I think that the answer is yes, that's what Satan is doing right now.

He's seeking to tempt to deceive, to snatch up.

Peter says that he goes about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour him.

We're called to resist the evil one, steadfast in the faith. Paul talks about

this also in the book of Ephesians. And so it's important for us to distinguish there, though,

because I think for some people, if they assume, well, I'm a believer in Jesus Christ, but that

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