The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
Focus:
kjv@Revelation:14:12
( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )
Today's Verse:
kjv@Luke:9:37 kjv@Luke:9:38 kjv@Luke:9:39 kjv@Luke:9:40 kjv@Luke:9:41 kjv@Luke:9:42 kjv@Luke:9:43 kjv@Luke:9:44 kjv@Luke:9:45 (also recounted kjv@Matthew:17:14-21 kjv@Mark:9:17-29) Symptoms (son) - lunatick G4583 , sore vexed G2560 G3958 , ofttimes he falleth into the fire/water, foameth G875 , gnasheth G5149 with his teeth, pineth away G3583 , suddenly crieth out G2896 Evidences (devil) - dumb spirit G216 G4151 , he taketh him G2638 , he teareth him G4486 , bruising him G4937 , hardly departeth from him G3425 G672 dict:all Demoniacs dict:naves Demon dict:tcr Faith G571 The question Smith discusses dict:smith Demoniacs is an important one to consider so as to draw out the matter of certainty. Are these typical physical diseases being left in the non-scientific Jewish vernacular of that time? Are these typical physical diseases that have been brought upon by demons in certain but not all cases? Are these typical physical diseases that in addition have been complicated by/fed upon by demons? Regardless of the origin and possession of unclean demonic spirits, the certainty of the passage rests in that the disciples were unable to do as commanded in at least one particular case. How then to explain Jesus' response? Neither disciple nor beseeching father make a faithless/perverse generation, but either or both or even all can be a product of it. We can amount to that because we don't believe in the possession and effect of demons; or we can be that because that we do. We can be that because we don't believe that other men empowered by Christ's command can do as Christ; or the men themselves can be that because that they doubt the power of such command. The idea is that we are that as a whole, as a generation, because in all ways and various shapes that is in fact our nature; faithless and perverse. It is not an accusation as much as it is a statement of clear sighted direct observation. The complexity and awkwardness of the present in all it's forms is because of the raw simplicity of these two vacated spiritual elements. It is why man is such easy prey and why even having been commanded restoration is not just plain matter. The remedy pointed to in other accounts is much prayer and fasting. Not by the demoniac patient mind you, but for the consecration to God's anointed task by the appointed servant healers. In Luke's account the emphasis is placed on the soon giving of Christ into the hands of men for sacrifice. The two emphasis together paint a larger picture of why and how and in what manner the servant of the Lord is to carry His continued work about. If there is further proof needed as to a faithless and perverse generation, it is that the meaning of these things was still hidden from perception perhaps not so much by individual choice, but the corporate shadow of the present state and generations preceding the work of Christ accomplishing what would be required to lift such a thick mortal fog. Perhaps we should also consider which is the worse, being possessed by an unclean spirit that can be cast out? else being of a faithless/perverse generation with heart hardened to the things of God which cannot? Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:9:37-45
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Study Resources:
kjv@STRING:perverse+AND+generation
dict:tcr Perverse G1294
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Key Messages:
kjv@Matthew:24:34
kjv@Luke:11:50
kjv@Luke:11:51
kjv@Acts:2:40
kjv@Psalms:78:7
kjv@Psalms:78:8
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