From d3d45cb6c2eb12a60b9ccc17db1bb1192c71b01c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 10:00:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 11:14-25 --- content/bible_journal/luke_11:14-25.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_11:14-25.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_11:14-25.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_11:14-25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e994f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_11:14-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 11:14–25" +date = "2022-12-10" ++++ +[ +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk11.14-25) + +Jesus's enemies are still upset at the good things He is doing. They are jealus +of His popularity and offended by the rebukes He has given them. Preiviously, +they had put His knowledge of the Law to the test, but they couldn't find +anything wrong with His answers. Now they attempt to discredit Him with +accusations of being a Satanist. Others keep asking for a sign from heaven to +validate His ministry, as if they haven't heard the reports of people being +healed, the five thousand being fed, the raising of at least two people from +the dead, and whatever else has been lost to history. (As John says, there +aren't enough books to tell us all the things Jesus did.) + +Jesus shows them that their accusations are baseless. If Satan wishes his +demons to torment people, he wouldn't also then allow a person to command them +to desist. Jesus then asserts that He is casting out demons the same way the +Jews do: through prayer for God's power and authority. He compares a demon to a +strong man protecting his own palace, but God is able to overpower him and take +away even the weapons and armor he would have used in his defence. There is no +neutrality between God and Satan. You are either working for one or the other, +even if it feels like you are your own person. + +Just because an unclean spirit is cast out from a person, if there is +transformation in them to join God's kingdom, there is nothing to stop the +spirit from coming back to torment the person again. + +* * * + +We praise You for ruling with absolute authority even over the spiritual powers +that hate You. None may fight against Your decrees.