| Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Weekday | ||
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Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."
So, are we amazed today? It seems to me that we have a tendency to downplay, or even reject the notion of evil spirits, or demons, or for that matter, even the devil. We too easily lump regular everyday sin in with evil and thereby dissolving evil from our awareness.
So what? Well, I think that there is a difference between sin and evil. The terms, evil, sin, and suffering all tend to get lumped together. I think this is dangerous.
First, suffering is not necessarily sin or evil. Sin is not necessarily evil. Sin gives opportunity to evil, so we must fight sin so evil has no place to enter into us. But I think that if we fail to identify evil and we blend it all together, the devil will be happy about that. It kind of camouflages him and allows him to more easily sneak up on us.
Some might say that this man was epileptic, or some other explanation. Again, the devil is happy when we disguise his work and intentions. I think that if we deny that a demon actually came out of this man, then we have a lot of trouble accepting the truth of other scriptures as well. Again, I think that makes the devil happy.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to rightfully discern my sin and acts of evil, so that I do not give evil an opportunity.
Amen
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