2009-08-19T11:11:36-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/evil+spirit/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2010:1&version=NIV 2009-08-19T11:11:36-05:00 Jesus regularly cast out evil spirits and in this verse in Matthew he gives the power to his disciples as well along with the gift of healing disease and sickness. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012:43-45&version=NIV 2009-07-28T11:30:09-05:00 Jesus here warns about the decaying spiritual state of society. When people don't adhere to the faith, they find themselves caught in sin even more firmly than they were before they believed. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=30 2008-01-18T14:23:52-05:00 A powerful evil spirit that works for Satan. Demons can sometimes control people. But Jesus has power over demons. He can make them come out of people. (Mark 1:21-28; Mark 9:14-29; Acts 16:16-18; Ephesians 6:10-18)