Luke
11:15-26
When
Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of
Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him,
asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every
kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against
house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For
you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out
demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they
will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons,
then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards
his palace, his possessions are safe. But when
one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on
which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against
me, and whoever does not gather with me
scatters.
“When an
unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for
rest but,
finding none, it says, ‘I shall return to my home from which I came.’ But upon
returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings
back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and
the last condition of that man is worse than the first.”
+ + + + +
+ +
Reflection:
Does
Jesus deserve the accusation that He is a demon? Has he done any demonic
actions to earn the accusation? No Jesus doesn’t deserve the accusation and He surely has not done any actions
contrary to His mission. None at all!
The
crowd’s accusation originates from the deceit and envy in their hearts. And who
planted that deceit and envy? It’s Beelzebul the prince of demons himself! So
it was actually the accusers who were in fact possessed by the demon.
We must
be careful not to allow deceitful/envious and other negative emotions to takes
root in our hearts for these are temptations that originate from the devil. We
should instead fill our hearts and minds with thoughts that are Godly. Of course we must choose to be with Jesus for
this is always the correct choice. If we
are not for Jesus, then we are against Jesus there’s no middle ground.
Why
should we choose to be in the company of the devil when it will not do any good
to our lives? The devil will bring us nothing but problems and perdition. Although he often times disguises his
diabolical intentions and himself through the many attractive things of this world.
We should therefore be discerning because the devil may already be enticing us without us knowing it. How would we able
to discern if the devil is already laying his enticement upon us? We have to be
close to Jesus and should not walk away from Jesus, for this is the only way that
we could discern the presence of the devil. The same devil who always seeks to destroy us by
trying his very best to snatch us away from the love of Jesus.
Let us
therefore always align ourselves with Jesus and let us never compromise with
anything that is wrong and evil. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
No comments:
Post a Comment