UNDAILY - Episode 43
And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” So, Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
MARK 3, 22-30 (NIV)
We begin today with a question that sounds like a riddle: Can Satan truly cast out Satan? We find the answer in the Gospel according to Saint Mark. But before we respond to this question, I want us all to admit something. How many times have one of us heard about someone doing something extraordinary and immediately thought, "This must be some kind of trick!"? Perhaps it was a magician on stage or someone who became too familiar with the intricacies of illusion or card tricks. Human nature is such that sometimes we prefer to believe in tricks rather than miracles...
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