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(1 Thess. 2:9–14; Luke 11:14–23) “When a strong man guards his house with arms, then his property is safe; when his strongest attacks him and defeats him, then he will take all his weapons in which he hoped and divide what was stolen from him” (Luke 11:21-22). This allegory explains how the Lord destroys the power of demons over souls. While the soul is in sin, it is possessed by its own evil spirit, although it does not always clearly show this. He is stronger than the soul, therefore he is not afraid of rebellion on its part, he dominates and tyrannizes over it without resistance. But when the Lord comes into the soul, attracted by faith and repentance, then he breaks all satanic bonds, casts out the demon and deprives him of all power over such a soul. And while that soul works for the Lord, demons cannot prevail over it, for it is strong in the Lord, stronger than them. When the soul makes a mistake and recoils from the Lord, the demon again attacks and overcomes, and it, poor thing, is worse than before. This is the universal invisible order of phenomena in the spiritual world. If our intelligent eyes were opened, we would see a worldwide battle between spirits and souls: first one side, then the other, wins, depending on whether the souls communicate with the Lord through faith, repentance and zeal for good deeds or lag behind Him through negligence, carelessness and coolness towards good. You might be interested in: