SOURCE - Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4195 spirits
Dictionary of Bible Themes ” 4000 Creation ” 4100 Supernatural beings ” 4195 spirits
Intelligent beings which exist separately from bodies. God is spirit and he has given human beings a spiritual entity. He has also created a realm of spiritual beings—some have remained good, others have become evil. Evil spirits seek to control and destroy people, but Jesus Christ has the victory over them.
God is spirit
John 4:24 See also Genesis 1:2; Job 33:4; Revelation 1:4 fn; Revelation 3:1 fn; Revelation 4:5 fn; Revelation 5:6 fn
Other spirits
The spirit of human beings
Proverbs 20:27 See also Job 32:8; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 8:55; Luke 23:46; John 3:6; Acts 7:59; James 2:26
The spirits of the dead
Isaiah 26:14 See also Proverbs 2:18; Isaiah 14:9; Hebrews 12:23
Angels
Hebrews 1:14 See also Judges 6:21-22; Judges 13:20-21; Zechariah 6:5; Acts 23:8
Satan
Job 1:6 See also Job 2:1; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Ephesians 6:11-12
Demons
Revelation 16:13-14 See also Luke 6:18; Luke 7:21; Acts 23:8; 1 Peter 3:19; Revelation 18:2
The role of spirits
As instruments of punishment
1 Samuel 16:14 See also Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 18:10; Samuel 19:9; 1 Kings 22:20-22 pp 2 Chronicles 18:19-21
As instruments of testing to inspire faith in believers
1 Peter 5:8-9 See also Job 1:8-12; Job 2:3-6; Matthew 4:1 pp Mark 1:13 pp Luke 4:2; James 4:7-8
Evil spirits and humanity
Possession by spirits
Mark 9:17-18 pp Luke 9:39 See also Matthew 8:28 pp Luke 8:27; Matthew 15:22 pp Mark 7:25; Mark 1:23 pp Luke 4:33
Casting out spirits
Matthew 8:16 pp Mark 1:34 pp Luke 4:40 See also Matthew 12:28 pp Luke 11:20; Matthew 17:18 pp Mark 9:25-26 pp Luke 9:42; Acts 5:16; Acts 8:7
Consultation with spirits forbidden
Deuteronomy 18:10-11 See also Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; 1 Samuel 28:8-9; 2 Kings 21:6 pp 2 Chronicles 33:6; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3
Discernment and testing of spirits
1 John 4:1 See also 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 John 4:2-6
Jesus Christ has supremacy over all created spirits
Colossians 2:10 See also Mark 1:24-27 pp Luke 4:41; Luke 4:33-36; Luke 10:17-19; Colossians 2:15
See also
1225 God as Spirit
2012 Christ, authority
3010 God, the Holy Spirit
4110 angels
4120 Satan
4130 demons
4165 exorcism
4190 spiritism
5062 spirit
8228 discernment, examples
8734 evil
8832 testing