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1 | matthew 12-43 | Matthew | mrchadly | 29320 | ||
what does the verse matthew 12-43 mean? It is very confusing. thanks to all in advance! | ||||||
2 | matthew 12-43 | Matthew | prayon | 29338 | ||
Greetings Mrchadly, When you look at a verse for its meaning you must look at the entire passage to get a true meaning. This is another one of Jesus' parables. Here Jesus again raises the subject of Satan. Jesus is describing the attitude of the nation of Isreal. Verse 43 describes the reformation. Upon exile from both Egypt and Babylon, the Jews gave up all their idols made of wood and stone. The unclean spirit of idol worship had gone out of them. Verse 44, however, tells us that they had not replaced this idol worship with true worship of the living God. Verse 45 tells us that with their lives empty of worship it left plenty of room for Satan to reenter the body bringing plenty of demons with him. Their sin against God was far worse than their former sins of idolatry for now they chose to reject the very person of God Himself. We can also follow this pattern when we become saved and then don't change our life to live a life for God. Whenever we turn to Jesus or make a Godly change in our lives we must fill the void the sin left with Godly things or Satan will reclaim that empty space. prayon |
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