“The RoseBouquet”

A demon-possessed man was brought to Jesus, who was both blind and mute. Jesus healed him so he could both see and hear. The astonished witnesses asked each other, “Could this be the Son of David?” This referred to the prophecy that the Messiah, the Son of David would come with such holiness that miracles would come easily to him.

But when the Pharisees heard about it, they tossed it off as only by Beelzebub, or Satan.

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?”

Jesus went on, “if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do you drive them out? So then they will be your judges. But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”

He was directing them to think through their charge to it’s natural consequence. If He drove out demons by Satan’s power, by implication, they were too, weren’t they? On the other hand, Jesus pointed out, if He did this by the power of God, then they had to admit that God’s kingdom and authority had come with Him.

Jesus goes further to teach that you can’t take something from the head of a house or kingdom without first disabling that authority. This He applies to taking something or someone in Satan’s grasp, such as a demon-possessed person. Furthermore, whoever is not on Jesus side, is against Him and is hindering (scattering) rather than helping or gathering with Him.

PRAYER: Lord, I see tremendous principles in this; we need to recognize the source of our spiritual power, learn how to bind the evil strong man, so we can snatch away his captives, and we need to be whole-heartedly on Your side. Help me to apply these more consistently from now on. Amen.

+++++Jesus is my King+++++Jesus is my King+++++

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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