People Aren’t Demons

As an exorcist, I’d encourage everyone to stop calling people demons. We are all facing quite a bit of political stress these days and we do no good for our own minds or the minds of others when we label them as evil entities and make them out to be less than the image of God that they are.

The people groups that make you uncomfortable are not demons. The people in the political group you don’t like are not demons. Even satanists themselves are not demons.

When we typify the other as a “demon” instead of as our “neighbor,” we set the stage for horrors to be done through us. For when people are no longer human, we no longer feel the need to love them like Jesus instructed. Instead, they become a force to be demeaned or extinguished, which lines up perfectly with what demons do: steal, kill, and destroy. That being said, it is a demonic trap to demonize.

While no one is a demon, we do buy into demonic ideologies. But before you go blaming someone for that, remember that the Bible says every single human has cooperated with the demonic in this way. All except Jesus have held hands with Sin and asked for his instruction.

People aren’t demons. And neither are you. Choose love. Choose Jesus.


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3 responses to “People Aren’t Demons”

  1. Thank you for this sharing. Labeling is indeed, a common challenge, and rightly as you’ve said, it’s often borne of indifference. This reminds me of how Jesus was labeled too – not because He was false, but because He unsettled what people had grown comfortable with – things they were unwilling to admit of themselves. His presence exposed pride, fear, and the need to preserve control. Their issue with Him wasn’t even truth – but discomfort.

    Some might point out that Jesus also used strong language – calling Judas “a devil,” rebuking Peter as “Satan,” and confronting the Pharisees (Matthew 16:23; John 6:70-71; John 8:44). But there’s a difference. Jesus saw the heart, thus He named spiritual postures inwardly discerned, and always left room for repentance. His words were meant to restore, not reject.

    We, on the other hand, often label out of fear or pride. We protect our own view, sometimes at the cost of love. We’re, however, called to speak truth with humility, grief, and hope. If we name evil, it should be with the desire to heal; with eyes that still see the image of God – even when it’s hidden beneath pain or resistance.

    Jesus saw the wound beneath the behavior. And He loved through it.

    🙏🏽

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  2. Can relate with the sharing, and thank you.

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