1869. As this is a circumstance of life both with spirits and with people on earth, it follows that to those who have faith in the Lord, evil is not accounted, for they are held by the Lord in the belief that the evil is aroused by evil spirits, which is most true, consequently in the truth of faith. Therefore, whatever enters does not defile a person [Matt. 15:11, Mark 7:18]. Likewise evil spirits sometimes arouse an act, which is also not accounted, for the same reason, but this happens very rarely, and for reasons to be discussed elsewhere, as the Lord sees fit [see 2944-6].