Could a schizophrenic be considered demon possessed?
I would say it is probable that a schizophrenic is tormented by the devil. Schizophrenia is certainly an abnormal mental condition. Often the schizophrenic exhibits a dual personality.
Often we know what a thing is by what it does. Does a schizophrenic love God and show it? Is he as sociable as other members of his family? Does he rise to high levels of achievement? Is he a blessing to his community? The answers to these questions help identify schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia has no apparent benefits for anybody. This reveals to us that it is not of God. I've never known a person with a split personality to be a real saint of God.
Except for children born schizophrenic, I do not believe that Satan can get a firm hold upon a person, to the extent of schizophrenia, unless he is permitted to do so. The Bible tells us to resist the devil and he will flee. (James 4:7.) This means that from our youth we should try to be like Jesus in all our actions and to resist the devil in all areas of our lives. In so doing, we discover the secret to a normal mental life.
Some schizophrenics were born mentally maladjusted. Sometimes, especially in the heathen world, certain people are born possessed of the devil. Arlindo, the witch doctor from Brazil, was baptized to the devil in a voodoo worship before he was born. A witch doctor poured warm chicken blood over his mother in the form of a cross and dedicated him to the devil. At the age of three, he engaged in the mystic writing of prescriptions for those who were sick.
There are strange abnormalities, physical and mental, which can come at birth. However, most often a broken personality is the result of decisions which were made by the individual involved.
I would not say that a person considered to have a split personality must necessarily be demon possessed. It might be that he is only oppressed of the devil. Acts 10:38 says: God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
In a case of schizophrenia, the minister would need to possess divine authority to rebuke the sickness for the sick person to be set free.
I know from many experiences that Christ can heal a mental illness as simply as He can heal a physical illness. He designed and created the entire human personality, so no human need is beyond His healing and helping hand.
So, have faith in God. Bring every need to the Master Physician.
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