Rachel Workman: 24 “When an evil[h] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ 25 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. 26 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”
Driving out an evil spirit is only half the job. We can’t just leave ourselves empty. A stronger spirit must be present in order to prevent the evil spirit from coming back and bringing his friends. The only person stronger than evil is Christ. Once we say goodbye to sin and turn from it. We should never turn back to it. Turning back to sin that we've repented for leaves us worse off than we was before. At least that's what I pulled from this reading.
27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!”
28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
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John
Burnett: 24 “When an evil[h]
spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when
it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ 25 So
it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. 26 Then
the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter
the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”
27 As he was speaking, a woman in the
crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the
breasts that nursed you!”
28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed
are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” Blessed are those who hear the word of God and put it into
practice. I am good at hearing the word but my putting it into practice
is not where it needs to be. I am missing out on significant blessings.
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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 11:29-32
29 As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, “This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous
sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah. 30 What
happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What
happens to the Son of Man[i] will be a sign to these people that he was
sent by God.
31 “The queen of Sheba[j] will stand up against this generation on
judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the
wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to
listen. 32 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on
judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching
of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
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