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Mark 11:15

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15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

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Speaking to the Enemy

By Todd Beiswenger


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There are times to pray, but there are also times to act. The disciples couldn't cast out a demon because they lacked faith, which is to say they lacked conviction. When we speak to our demons, we don't ask them nicely to leave, we need to command them to leave.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 968; Mark 11:12-24; Matthew 17:14-20; Zechariah 4)

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Matthew 17:15

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15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.