Satan entered Judas (Luke 22:3) because Judas yielded through his decisions. Judas did not die possessed by Satan, he rather died as one defeated and devoured by Satan through his transgression, Matthew 27:3-5.
If the Devil cannot devour a saved person because they are indwelled by the Holy Spirit, then there would be no need of God warning against this happening, see 1 Peter 5:8.
Devils don’t destroy themselves, they seek to devour others, especially God’s children. If Judas had been some Satanic being incarnate in human flesh (which there are none), then why would he go out and destroy himself after he had successfully betrayed Christ? He would have rather rejoiced with Christ’s enemies. Plus, had Judas been some demon incarnated into human form, to destroy his human body would not have brought about his perdition, but just released him from bodily confinement.
The Devil cannot deceive and ruin a child of God in innocence before God, see 1 Corinthians 10:13. God will not allow it. But a Christian can yield to temptation,, temptation will conceive and bring forth sin, and “…sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:14-15. All of this can and does happen to saved people who yield to sin, even when indwelled by the Holy Spirit. This is clearly seen in Judas’ case. Being indwelled by the Holy Spirit does not sanctify us in the flesh to the extent that we cannot yield ourselves unto Satan as he tempts us to sin.
Judas had not been resisting temptation, but had rather been yielding to temptation on a rather regular (backslidden) basis, before his sin brought forth his death.
John 12:6 Judas had been yielding to temptation to steal for some time, being very deceitful about it, all by choice. He also had other spiritual problems: John 6:70 “a devil” = a descriptive word, in this case, “diabolos”, meaning “an accuser, a slanderer”. Judas, by choice, let himself think and say things about others, in a way that yielding unto the Devil would bring forth.
King Saul yielded himself unto temptation to sin, and when his sin finished, it brought forth his death. His yielding “quenched” the Holy Spirit.
Ananias and Sapphira (both indwelled by the Holy Spirit) yielded themselves to Satan by their decision, thus allowing Satan to fill their heart to lie to the Holy Ghost (Acts 5:3-5) and their sin brought forth their death.
Not by innocence, but due to yielding, Satan can both enter and fill the heart of a child of God, who is indwelled by the Holy Spirit, quenching the Holy Spirit, and motivating them to commit terrible sin, even unto their own self destruction (perdition). BEWARE!
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