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Text Box: IN ALL TRUTH, ANYONE WHO IS NOT WITH CHRIST IS AGAINST HIM When Our Saviour cast out from the man, the devil that caused the man to be unable to speak, He gave proof of His Divine authority. But that proof was challenged by those persons who followed Satan, and in their challenge they claimed Our Saviour cast out demons by Satan’s power. Our Saviour pointed out the stupidity of that evil claim, by showing that a house divided against itself will fall; that if those on one side in a battle begin to fight against each other, their common enemy will prevail. Thus it made sense that if He were casting out devils by Satan’s power, then Satan was fighting against himself, and this Satan would not do. It was also obvious that since He, Jesus, was able to cast out devils, and His challengers had not been able to cast this devil out of that man, that His challengers were on Satan’s side, since Satan would not allow one part of his own forces to be defeated by another part of his own forces. Jesus reinforced His teaching in this, by pointing out that it therefore must be by the power of God, that He, Jesus, cast out devils, and His challengers must admit that He, Jesus Christ, was teaching and acing in the Name of God and that what He said and taught was true. In this event we must also comprehend this matter of demonic possession was not a matter of superstition. In other circumstance Our Saviour healed a man born dumb, and also healed uncountable numbers of persons with medical and congenital maladies. And in still other events He permanently cast demons out of people. A clear distinction was made between those with natural maladies and those with demonic maladies. This clearly was an event where the man cured had a demonic malady. Then Our Saviour made two of the most clear statements possible to make. First He said: He that is not with me is against me. (Luke 11:23) If you are not on Christ’s side, totally, completely, in

Text Box: the depth of His love for us, and to teach us. In the Divine plan, it was necessary for Jesus Christ to really, fully, and completely experience His Passion and Death, in the totality of His being, in the totality of His person. It was necessary because of our sins. To obtain the benefit of His Passion and Death, one must fully and completely accept God’s teachings without any attempt to change, modify, slight, or “improve”. And live those teachings. For the ONLY blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it. Ref: Ephes. 5:1-9; Luke 11:14-28 +

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