Can a Christian Have a Demon?their thought life. The Bible says, "Neither give place to
the devil" (Eph. 4:27). That means that the devil can't
get ahold of believers unless they let him. They can give
him permission, however. But believers don't have to let
Satan dominate their thinking because we have
authority over him in the Name of Jesus. Satan is not
our lord, and we don't have to let him lord it over us
even in our thought life.
Christians have a will of their own that God never
violates. But Satan cannot violate a person's will either.
Believers don't need to yield to the devil. God has well
equipped and enabled the Body of Christ to be strong in
the Lord by thinking God's thoughts after him. We don't
have to fall prey to the devil and his thoughts because
He is not our Lord, Jesus is. We have victory over
Satan, but we must not only exercise the authority we
have in Christ, we also have to keep the door to our
minds closed on the devil by thinking in line with God's
Word. That's how we give Satan no access to us and
stand strong as members of the triumphant church.