I did have almost an 8 year porn addiction out the last ten years. There was a period where I didn’t watch or masturbate at all for almost two years, and then I gave into temptation again and only almost three months now, I’ve been free of it again. I have a sense that Satan is trying to enslave me. I’ve been mostly stuck in my house on my bed for a year, with only a few times leaving the house. I thought maybe if i stopped watching porn things would change but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I have been listening to scripture to try and build my faith again.
I am happy to see that you named this thread "Demonic influence" because that truly is your problem. According to scripture, Satan and demons have lusts or desires, and if we give place to them in our lives, then they are going to seek to fulfill their ungodly desires through our members that we have yielded to them.
Jhn 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
Jhn 8:38
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
Jhn 8:39
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Jhn 8:40
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Jhn 8:41
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father,
even God.
Jhn 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Jhn 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech?
even because ye cannot hear my word.
Jhn 8:44
Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Jhn 8:45
And because I tell
you the truth, ye believe me not.
Jhn 8:46
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Jhn 8:47
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of God.
Here, Jesus told those who were seeking to kill him that they were doing the deeds of their father Satan, or that they were doing the lusts of their father Satan. In other words, because they were in league with Satan, Satan was seeking to fulfill his lusts or desires through them. Hopefully, you can see this. When it comes to us, we need to strongly consider what Paul said here.
Rom 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Rom 6:13
Neither yield ye your members
as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members
as instruments of righteousness unto God.
While writing to born again Christians, Paul had to admonish them to not let sin reign in their bodies or to not yield their members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin. Elsewhere, Paul admonished born again Christians to not give place to the devil.
Eph 4:27
Neither give place to the devil.
Born again Christians can give place to the devil, or they can allow him or demons access into their lives, by yielding their members to him/them. Based upon your own testimony, this is precisely what you have done through pornography. Think of it like this. If there was a knock on your door right now, and you opened your door and allowed a peddler of pornography into your home, then you should not be surprised to find pornographic images in your home as long as the peddler of it is allowed to remain in your residence. If, somewhere down the line, you put the peddler out of your house, then the images that he has been peddling will leave with him. Does this makes sense to you? If it does, then this is precisely the solution to your problem. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, through pornography, you gave place to demonic entities, or you yielded your members to them, and they will continue to seek to drive you to fulfill their ungodly lusts or desires from within you as long as they are allowed to stay there. Basically, what I am saying to you is this.
You need deliverance.
When it comes to the true nature of the battle in our minds, Paul said this.
2Co 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds)
2Co 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Notice that the nature of our battle is not fleshly or carnal. Instead, it is spiritual because we are fighting against demonic entities. Through your extensive use of pornography, a demonic stronghold has been established in your mind which is negatively affecting your imaginations and your thoughts. Thankfully, God has provided us with the spiritual weaponry needed to cast down such strongholds so that we might bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Those imaginations or thoughts are coming from demons with lusts or desires contrary to the will of God. Get rid of the demons, and the ungodly lusts or desires, imaginations, and thoughts will depart with them. Along these same lines, elsewhere, Paul instructed born again Christians of their need to be renewed in the spirit of their minds.
Eph 4:23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Why the spirit of your mind? Because spirits can negatively affect our minds.
I know plenty of born again Christians, including myself, who have been delivered from such demons and their lusts which tormented their minds. I could say much more on this topic myself, but as somebody who has studied this topic extensively, and especially in scripture, I would like to recommend to you what I consider to be a good video on this topic. If you are inclined to watch it, then I believe that it will not only help you to better understand the true nature of the battle that we are all engaged in, but I believe that it will also aid you tremendously in getting delivered from the spirits which are now tormenting you in your mind. Here is the video.
Whether you decide to watch the video or not, know, of a certainty, that the true nature of your battle is spiritual, and it can only be won by using spiritual weaponry.
Eph 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
Eph 6:13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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