SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/5/2022 10:20 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
“The Answer”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 12:25-30
Message of the verses: “25 And knowing
their thoughts He said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is
laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand. 26 “And
if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom
stand? 27 “And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast
them out? Consequently they shall be your judges. 28 "But if I cast out
demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 “Or
how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless
he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 “He
who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.”
I have mentioned in recent Spiritual Diaries that
the upcoming SD’s will be shorter, and that is the case for today. As we look at this Spiritual Diary it will be
like an introduction to the next few Spiritual Diaries. Lord willing we will then be looking at “The
Accusation was Absurd” (12:25b-26). Then
“The Accusation was prejudiced” (12:27); then lastly, “The Accusation Was
Rebellious” (12:28-30).
John
MacArthur writes this short “introduction” to these different topics: “Although the Pharisees were speaking to the
crowd beyond Jesus’ hearing, He nevertheless knew their thoughts. Mark tells us that some scribes from
Jerusalem joined the Pharisees in accusing Jesus of casting out demons by the
power of Beelzebul, and that Jesus ‘called them to Himself and began speaking
to them in parables’ (3:22-23). They
would not confront Him directly with their accusation, but He confronted them
directly with its absurdity, its prejudice, and its rebelliousness.”
I
have mentioned in earlier SD’s that once Jesus was accused of doing miracles by
the power of Satan that He would then only speak to the crowds in parables as
it seems to me that He had given up on them because they had gone too far by
accusing Him of working with Satan, which is what is called “Blaspheming the
Holy Spirit.”
2/5/2022 10:35 AM
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