OUR FATHER WHO SENT HIS SON TO FREE THE CAPTIVES

Mathew chapter 9 verses 32 - 34 records Jesus' encounter with a man who was brought to him who could not speak and was demon possesed.

32 As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. 33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!”

34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

The demon was cast out and the man was able to speak revealing that a demon can be the cause of specific physical pathologies.

This astonishing intervention by the Lord Jesus created a stir among the people who had never encountered power like that.

The religious establishment, beginning to sense that they were losing relevance in the face of the  dramatic miracles performed by Jesus, issued an explanation for the miracle claiming that Jesus' authority to expel demons came from the ruler of demons.

Later in Mathew chapter 12 verses 26, Jesus counters that accusation against him by asking;

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Amen.

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