Day 53 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 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.”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 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. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 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.”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 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. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
February 22nd Breaking the stronghold of reasoning
“Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’shouse.” ACTS11:12
You cannot obey the Lord and be a reasoning person. This is because a reasoning mind will always find a reason why we should not obey the Lord. What if one day the Lord in your spirit told you to do something you had never done before? What if inwardly you were restrained by the Spirit from doing what you had always done? Would this not cause your mind to reel? Would you not begin to think and reason — Why should I not do this? What reason is there behind this? Why would the Lord be speaking to me this way? But a person who knows the Lord would not question if the Spirit spoke in such a way. For example, when the Lord wanted to pour out His salvation upon the Gentiles, He told Peter to do something that he had never done before. He spoke to him to eat unclean foods (Acts 10:11-16). Later, Peter testified that what he had done in going to the Gentiles was in obedience to the Spirit, without doubting or reasoning (Acts 11:12).
It is reasoning that prevents us from obeying. We have reasons why we do not obey, reasons why we do not deal with certain things. The Spirit has been speaking for years, but we have our reason, we have our proof, we have evidence, as to why we do not obey. We can even support our disobedience with spiritual successes in other areas of our lives, in which we have touched the spirit and obeyed the Lord. We have all kinds of reasons for not obeying the Lord over the matter He has spoken about. I remember one of my first experiences of the Lord’s dealing with me over my reasonings. Specifically, He was touching me about the sermons I had prepared when I was in a denomination. These messages were all typewritten. They were even used to bring people to the Lord. They were biblical and expository. Yet the Lord told me to burn them. I discovered that with obedience, there is no room for reason. If the Lord said it, that is good enough. There does not have to be a reason, especially when the Lord is breaking the stronghold of reasoning in our lives. In our mind, we want reasons. But when He deals with us to overthrow strongholds, He does not give reasons.
Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)
A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Cameron-God's plan for her life, Cassie, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford, and Willie
Health and Healing
Vonetta's mom and Willie
Support and Comfort
Ivette and family
Praise Alert
Kyle has recovered!
Kyle has recovered!
National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Conflict between citizens and police officer.
International
Israel and Palestine
Iraq
Iraq
Syrians
Ukraine
Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17eWXuUTq5s
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17eWXuUTq5s
No copyright infringement intended
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