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Catholic Questions & Answers Some people comment that some retreat preachers speak out the names of healed, the colour of their dress etc. by the help of demons. Is it true?
Some people comment that some retreat preachers speak out the names of healed, the colour of their dress etc. by the help of demons. Is it true?
No, some people may get the gift of vision (Revelation) 1 Cor 14:26) or prophecy (1 Cor 12: 1 0). Such preachers will be able to reveal or predict what has happened or what is happening to a particular person in the congregation. Since we cannot find a rational explanation for it, we shouldn't condemn as the work of devil. Because devil can never associate with Christ's work. "None can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor 12:3). When, Jesus was accused by his enemies, that he was casting out demons by Beelzebub, Jesus' retort was, "If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his Kingdom stand" (Lk. 11 :18). Since Satan will not work detrimental to his own existence, the visions of the retreat preachers are not the work of devil, but of God. We shall no feel envy when God reveals his secret to his servants, the prophets (Am. 3:7). However there could be false visions, which we have to detect properly and detest earnestly (Acts 16:16-18).