The Triumphant Church

Distinguishing the Difference Between Oppression, Obsession,
and Possession
yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are
to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or
of obedience unto righteousness?
The Bible teaches that when you yield or submit
yourself to someone, you will eventually become his
servant. Sometimes we only partially yield to the Holy
Spirit, and at other times we are more fully yielded to
Him. I don't know anyone who is totally yielded to the
Holy Spirit. We're all working on it, but we haven't
gotten there yet.
The same thing is true on the negative side that's
true on the positive side. Just as a person can partially
yield to the Holy Spirit, he can partially yield to evil
spirits, or he can fully yield to them. The more a person
yields to evil spirits, the more ground those spirits will
take in him and eventually try to possess him.
I'll give you an illustration of a Christian yielding to
the devil. I sometimes tell about my son-in-law, Buddy
Harrison, who at one time had a problem with yielding
to evil spirits. Today Reverend Harrison is the founding
pastor of Faith Christian Fellowship in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and he is also president of Harrison House
Publishers. But in 1963, he had problems.
Back then, Buddy was unable to stick with anything
for any length of time. He couldn't keep a job; he'd just
quit and walk off. He wouldn't stay in church. One time
we'd see him in church leading the choir, and
everything would be fine. The next time we'd see him,
he would be out of church. And sometimes he'd walk up
to me and blow cigar smoke in my face. I never said
anything to him. I just loved him. I knew in his case it
was the devil influencing him; it wasn't just his flesh
dominating him. He was a "roller-coaster" or "yo-yo"