Being born again of the Holy Spirit does free you from sin and the Wicked one. ( including evil spirits)
1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and
that wicked one toucheth him not.
There is no darkness in the Light.
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But if a believer believes the lie that they can receive the Holy Spirit "again" apart from salvation after a sign, God will permit that strong delusion to occur. That is what they get for going after the rudiment of the world like mediums do in receiving spirits again and again and again, rather than after Christ. So even the filling of the Spirit notion as if Ephesians 5:18 is not just a call to remain sober when it actually just is, when Ephesians 5:18 is misapplied as thinking one can continuously fill themselves up with the Holy Spirit after salvation supernaturally, God will permit that strong delusion to occur for believing that lie.
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,..........
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. <---- new age rudiment of seeking to receive spirits in spite of the faith the Holy Spirit is in us... so the restraining ceases.
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
To be left behind to die but their spirits will be with the Lord in Heaven awaiting for heir resurrection after the great tribulation is where the vessels unto dishonor comes from that are in His House, vessels of wood & earth.
The reproof as the reminder of when we had actually received the sanctification of the Spirit & the belief of the truth was at the calling of the gospel when we had first believed and no other time.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Thus the warnings below in regards to keeping the faith which is the good fight.
2 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2 Corinthians 11:1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
It is hypocrisy to seek to receive the Holy Spirit again and yet say also that He is in them since salvation.
Colossians 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
So there is no more filling of the Holy Spirit but there is sowing to the fruits of the Spirit which is by faith in Jesus Christ rather than by seeking a phenomenon.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:...
....11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
The defense for the faith rests in Jesus Christ. May God cause the increase.
It should be noted that if a Christian sought to become a medium, God will permit that spiritual adultery and thus an abomination to happen also.