Reading:
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to
pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people
wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through
Beelzebub the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him,
sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts,
said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
desolation; and a house divided
against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself,
how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils
through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom
do your sons cast them
out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger
of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Commentary:
By this miracle of casting out devils, the people should
have believed Jesus was the Son of God come with power to save. His
power over the devil here should give our hearts great comfort, for
we need not fear the devil with Christ on our side. Satan's power
over us was broken when Christ redeemed us by the cross. When people
nevertheless spurn and despise such a great Savior who came with
grace to save all, their fate in this world is terrible. They go
from bad to worse. The more they resist and reject the Gospel, the
greater Satan's hold upon such grows. "Then
goeth he, and taketh to
him
seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and
dwell there: and the last state
of that man is worse than the first." Let us be sure to see
Christ as He is and proved Himself to be, the very Son of God with
power to cast our devils, by the preaching of the Gospel. Though His
miracles were impressive and powerful, His Gospel is just as
powerful, for by it we are delivered from Satan's power, and made the
children of God. "As many as received Him, to them gave He
power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on His name: Which were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
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