“The RoseBouquet”

The Pharisees and teachers of their law wanted a miraculous sign from Jesus. He understood their motives in that He called them a wicked and adulterous generation. He said they already had a sign, the only one they would get, and it was Jonah’s three days and nights in the belly of a great fish.

With the benefit of history we can see now how that was a fore-shadow of Jesus’ own three days and nights in the grave, but they will not have caught on just then.

Jesus went on though, to add that the people of Nineveh, who repented when they heard God’s verdict on their sin through Jonah, will be able to point to these people and criticize them for rejecting one who is greater than Jonah.

Furthermore, the Queen of the South (from Sheba, or Ethiopia) will be able to condemn this generation, because they have one greater than Solomon here, and don’t recognize His greatness.

Next Jesus adds a lesson in how spirits operate. When an evil spirit is evicted out of a man, it goes seeking another human body to dwell in. If it returns and finds that the man he left has not been filled with the good, Holy Spirit, that he is spiritually empty yet, it will move in, and other evil cronies to join it. That man’s state will be worse than it was before with just one evil spirit - or bad habit.

Do you see the extreme danger of not filling yourself with good things, and not inviting the Holy Spirit to abide in you?

PRAYER: Oh Lord God, with all haste I want to ask that You cleanse me of any and all evil spirits that may be lurking in me, and fill me right to the brim with Your own precious Holy Spirit. May the fruit of Your Spirit fill every nook, and every moment of my life, so that there is no room for evil spirits to sneak in and find a lodging place in me!

Grant discernment to recognize the influences and activity of evil spirits. I want to be on guard!

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

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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