But it was the child who had the demon, not the believing father. And even if it had been the father, he was a brand new believer. IMHO, Christians can be oppressed by demons, but not possessed, unless they allow themselves to be, at which point, are they still Christians? Many Christians ARE oppressed, usually through a lack of knowledge, or disobedience. Of course, the devil tries to tempt the devout Christian, who is prayed up and full of God’s Word, but we are overcomers, if we will hold fast.
Re my previous posts on this thread:
I never said Christian believers are possessed by demons/devils/evil spirits. Nowhere in the Bible is the term “possessed BY devils used.
One reason believers (and others) use this argument is that the KJV uses the term “possessed WITH devils/unclean spirits”. Which in old English, was the term to indicate that the person HAD devils/demons/unclean spirits.
Not that they were possessed by them.
The term “possessed with” occurs 11 times in the Bible, here:
Mt 4:24, 8:16, 8:28, 9:32, 12:22, Mark 1:32, 5:15,5:16, 5:18, Acts 8:7, 16:16.