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• Demon

  In the Bible, demons are evil spiritual beings that oppose God, torment people, and work behind idolatry and false teaching. They appear especially often in the New Testament Gospels.

• Exorcism

  Exorcism is the casting out, in the name of Jesus Christ and through prayer, of demons believed to enter people and do them harm. In Korean churches it is also commonly called chuksa (逐邪, "driving out evil").

• Exorcism

  Exorcism is the prayer and rite performed to drive demons out of a person believed to be possessed by evil spirits. In Korean usage the term guma refers mainly to the official rite of the Catholic Church, while Protestants commonly speak of chuksa ("driving out evil," or deliverance).

• Angelology

  Angelology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the existence, nature, and work of angels, as well as with fallen angels (Satan and demons). In Protestant theology it is usually treated within the doctrines of creation and providence.

• Romans 5:8

  Romans 5:8 reads: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." It is a key verse for the teaching that God's love precedes any human worthiness, and it also figures in debates within the doctrine of the atonement over how the cross is to be understood.

• 1 Corinthians 2:4–5

  A passage in which Paul tells the church at Corinth that his preaching of the gospel was carried out not through eloquence but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. It is frequently cited in discussions of preaching, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the relationship between reason and faith.

• Romans 5:6–10

  A passage teaching that God demonstrated his love when Christ died for people while they were without strength, sinners, and enemies of God, and that those who have been justified and reconciled shall much more be saved. Verse 8 is frequently quoted in evangelism, and verses 9–10 are often cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation.

• Luke 11:20

  A verse in which Jesus attributes his exorcisms (the casting out of demons) to "the finger of God" and declares that they are a sign that the kingdom of God has already come. It is frequently cited as a key text on the present reality of the kingdom of God.

• Berea

  Berea is a theological system taught by Kim Ki-dong (c. 1938–2022) through Seoul Sungrak Church and the Berea Academy. Its doctrine of demons is central, and several Korean denominations, including the Korea Baptist Convention, have declared it heretical.

• Mark 6:13

  A verse recording that the twelve disciples, sent out by Jesus, cast out demons and healed the sick by anointing them with oil. It is frequently cited in support of anointing the sick and of divine healing ministry, and interpreters differ over its relationship to the Catholic sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

• Abyss

  The Abyss (Korean mujeogaeng, 無底坑, "bottomless pit") is a New Testament term for a deep place in which demons and evil powers are confined or from which they ascend, or for the realm of the dead.

• Fallen Angel

  A fallen angel is a spiritual being originally created by God as a good angel who rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.

• Matthew 8

  Matthew 8 recounts how Jesus, after coming down from the mountain where he delivered the Sermon on the Mount, heals a leper, a centurion's servant, and Peter's mother-in-law, calms a storm, and casts out demons in the country of the Gadarenes.

• The March First Movement and Christianity

  The March First Movement and Christianity examines the role Protestantism played in the March First Movement of 1919. Protestants accounted for 16 of the 33 National Representatives, and churches and Christian schools served as bases from which the independence demonstrations spread across the country.

• Yu Gwan-sun

  Yu Gwan-sun (柳寬順, 1902–1920) was a Korean independence activist raised in a Methodist family. She was at the forefront of the independence demonstration at the Aunae marketplace in Cheonan on April 1, 1919. She was arrested and imprisoned at Seodaemun Prison, where she died.

• Acts 28:3–6

  Acts 28:3–6 recounts how Paul was bitten by a viper on the island of Melita yet suffered no harm, so that the islanders' judgment of him shifted from "murderer" to "god." The passage is read as a demonstration of God's providence and protection and is frequently discussed in connection with the sign described in Mark 16:18.

• Jonah 3:10

  This verse records that when the people of Nineveh turned from their evil way, God did not bring the disaster He had announced. It is frequently cited as a text demonstrating the efficacy of repentance, and interpreters differ over how the statement that God "repented" relates to the immutability of God.

• Contest on Mount Carmel

  The contest on Mount Carmel was an event during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel in which the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and demonstrated that the God who answers by fire is the true God. It is recorded in 1 Kings 18.

• Luke 4

  Luke 4 recounts how Jesus, after being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, returns to Galilee, reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth, and is rejected there. It also describes how he begins his public ministry in Capernaum by casting out demons and healing the sick.

• Mark 3:28–30

  In this passage Jesus warns the scribes who had said he was possessed by a demon that "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost" will never be forgiven. What this "unforgivable sin" is, and whether a believer can commit it, are frequently debated questions of interpretation and common sources of spiritual anxiety.