Sin is a deserter that puts us into bondage. The intrigue and intricacies of deliverance and the casting out of devil today makes people doubt if they are really true. In our Churches today, both in the Catholic Churches and in the protestants churches, we see how people deceive each other in the name of possessing the power to cast out demons. This, in most times causes doubts in the minds of most people.
In the gospel, “Jesus was casting out a devil and it was dumb; but when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? – Since you assert that it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be your judges then. But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you” (Luke 11:14-23).
The Kingdom of God can come upon us in a variety of ways. The line from today’s Gospel above comes in the middle of a story of Jesus casting out a demon from a man who was mute. Once the demon was cast out, the mute man began to speak, and all were amazed. And though some were amazed and grew in faith as a result, others turned their amazement into irrationality.
Dear friends, we are encouraged today, to believe in Jesus who can set us free from the bondage of Satan and be strong in virtues. Let us try harder to be united in faith and be close to Jesus, because he can set us free from the bondage of sin. Peace be with you.
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