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1 | Was Jesus On A Secret Mission? | Mark 1:34 | Hank | 11462 | ||
The most probable cause for Jesus not permitting the demons to speak was simply that He did not want their testimony to be twisted into charges by His critics that He was connected with the demoniac realm of Satan and his minions. Even so, the Pharisees in Matthew 12 ascribed to Beelzebul Jesus' power to cast our demons, leading to Jesus' discourse about the unpardonable sin........ No where is it suggested that Jesus was on some sort of secret mission. We think of spies or uncover agents when we think of secret missions. Jesus was neither of those. Old Testament prophecies, the announcement of His birth, the proclamation of John the Baptist -- all these said loudly and clearly not only who Jesus was, but what His mission was as well. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Was Jesus On A Secret Mission? | Mark 1:34 | Searcher56 | 11478 | ||
Good, Hank ... Acts 16:16-18 comes to mind. Paul did not want the girl to abuse the truth, Steve | ||||||
3 | Was Jesus On A Secret Mission? | Mark 1:34 | Hank | 11483 | ||
Steve, I believe your reference to Acts 16:16-18 is very germane to this thread, because Paul and the other apostles, not unlike in their reasons to Jesus himself, did not want a cloud surrounding them that could remotely suggest that they were empowered by demons or other satanic influences. The slave girl, while in possession of a spirit of divination kept crying out, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." What she said was true, of course, but how much weight did it carry coming from her, in view of her less-than-desirable credentials? Her testimony could, in fact, do more harm than good. So, the Scriptures tell us, Paul was greatly annoyed, turned and, invoking the name of Jesus Christ, commanded the evil spirit to come out of the slave girl. And one has only to read the rest of this narrative in Acts 16 to find out what consequences befell Paul and Silas in the wake of this incident. --Hank | ||||||