The Answer Book

184 Pages·2014·2.86 MB·English

by  Lester Sumrall

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken
from the King James Version (kjv) of the Bible.
Scripture quotations marked (RSV) are from the Revised
Standard Version Common Bible © 1973, by the Division of
Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission.
DEMONS: THE ANSWER BOOK
Lester Sumrall
Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association, Inc.
P. O. Box 12
South Bend, IN 46624
ISBN: 0-88368-329-6
Printed in the United States of America
Copyright © 1993 by Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association,
Inc.
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New Kensington, PA 15068
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Contents
Introduction 7
1 Bitten by Demons 9
2 Who Is the Devil and What Are Demons? 31
3 How Jesus Dealt with the Devil 45
4 How I Learned to Cast Out Demons 57
5 Where Satan Dwells 63
6 Proven Ways to Recognize Demon Power 79
7 Going to the Devil, Step by Step 103
8 Can a Christian Have a Demon? 127
9 Satan's Subtle Snares 137
10 Taking Authority over Demons 155
Names for Satan and Demon Spirits in the Bible 177

Introduction
It is a pity that in a great country like ours, with
its freedom of the press and millions of Bibles,
books, and magazines, people know less about
demon power than do citizens of Africa or Tibet.
Possibly through gross neglect the ministers of our
generation have not informed the people of the
reality of demon power.
There are three sources of power common to
human understanding. (1) The divine power, or
power that proceeds from the omnipotence of God;
(2) satanic power, or power coming from Lucifer the
fallen archangel (Isaiah 14); and (3) human power, or
the power of man. This third power is a neutral force
that can be directed by the heavenly or demonic
powers.
God has given man the authority and right to
choose his lifestyle and destiny. He created man to
rule and have dominion over the total creation (Gen.
1:26,27).
The devil wishes to enslave man. On the
subjection of Satan's power, Jesus said that a woman
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whom the devil had bound should be loosed (Luke
13:16). Christ sent his disciples to loose the human
race.
The purpose of this book is to reveal the actual
powers operating in our world and our lives.
Lester Sumrall
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Bitten by Demons
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"Master, I have brought unto thee my son,
which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he
taketh him, he teareth him."
—Mark 9:17,18
On May 12, 1953, the Daily Mirror in Manila
carried a highly unusual story under the headline
"Police Medic Explodes Biting Demons Yarn."
A city jail inmate puzzled police and medical
examiners with her tale about two devils biting
her ... Sergeant Guillermo Abad, detailed with the
city jail last night, said the girl claimed she was
bitten twenty times and she shouted every time
she was hurt.
In the jail last night she talked and answered
questions weakly, but sensibly, before a crowd of
observers. Suddenly her facial expressions would
change to anguish and horror as if she were
confronted with "The Thing." She would look
around wildly and then scream and struggle and
hit her arms and shoulders. Then her strenuous
resistance would cease and she would collapse
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into the arms of those holding her, weak and half-
conscious.
After regaining her senses, she said that one
of the devils was big and dark with curly hair on
his head, chest and arms. He had large, sharp
eyes and two fangs. His voice was a deep-echoing
sound. He was shrouded in black.
She was bitten for the last time on the right
knee. That was the first bite on the lower part of
her anatomy. Other bite marks appear on her
neck, arms and shoulders. Observers insist that
they are within sight all the time.
The following day the Manila Chronicle reported
further news of the young woman, Clarita
Villanueva:
At least twenty-five competent persons,
including Manila's chief of police, Col. Cesar
Lucero, say that it is a very realistic example of a
horrified woman being bitten to insanity by
"invisible persons." She displayed several bite
marks all over her body, inflicted by nobody as
far as the twenty-five witnesses could see.
Villanueva writhed in pain, shouted and
screamed in anguish whenever the "invisible
demons" attacked her.
Fr. Benito Vargas (Roman Catholic) ... who
witnessed Villanueva in her fits said it was not his
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