The question will be asked… How can one tell the difference in just being tempted in the flesh and being driven by demons? Temptation in the flesh generally is stimulated by the senses. If a person in reading a girlie magazine, feels overcome with lust, it may be just the flesh. But if he is attempting to pray and read the Bible and is suddenly overcome with a desire to commit adultery, that is demonic. If someone provokes you with an insult and you respond with hatred, that is flesh. But if you hate someone without a cause, that is demonic. The flesh can be yielded up to the Cross for crucifixion, but demons must be rejected and driven away by the Name of Jesus and the authority of the Blood. You cannot cast out flesh or crucify demons.
- Conrad Murrell, Practical Demonology
