He’s casting them out by the power of Beelzebul—the ancient Philistine god—the prince of demons.23 When Jesus heard this, He tried to reason with them using parables. Jesus: Listen. How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 A kingdom that makes war against itself will collapse. 25 A ...
Pay close attention to the plural pronouns and how within us the Spirit of Love has been poured out! 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 6 You see, at just the right time...
2. Casting out a demon is a subset of the healing ministry. Notice verse 42b: "But Jesus rebuked (epitimaō) the evil spirit, healed (iaomai) the boy, and gave him back to his father." If we are to have a full-orbed healing ministry, it sometimes must include dealing with the ...
Casting out demons is not a matter of ability, but of authority. One needs no special magical powers to cast out demons. There is much misconception in the secular world about struggle against spiritual forces. Movies are made which introduce concepts of magic which humans can use to overcome...
38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak e...
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of ...
casting out devils, handling poisonous serpents (Mark 16:18), etc., were so commonplace that Celsus scorned these “Christian” miracles as “nothing more than the common works of those enchanters who, for a few oboli, will perform greater deeds in the midst of the Forum. . . . The magi...
Hence, each is Almighty in creation and all kinds of mighty works and miracles, healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, the deaf to hear, curing all manner of diseases, casting out devils, the evil spirits which dwell in the...
At one point, though, the Abrahamic God grew in power and overthrew all others, casting them down into lower astral planes (Atziluth in the original stories, Makai in current continuity) and turning them (and their cults) into demons. For example, Astaroth is literally a corrupted and ...
39 And he was preaching in their synagogues and in all Galilee and casting out devils. 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him and kneeling down, said to him: If thou wilt thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand and to...