Speaking to the Enemy
Nga Todd Beiswenger
Për të vazhduar shfletimin ndërsa dëgjoni, luani audion në një dritare të re.
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.
(Referencat: Arcana Coelestia 968; Mark 11:12-24; Matthew 17:14-20; Zechariah 4)
Matthew 17:14-20
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When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,
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"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.
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So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
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Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
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Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
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He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will Move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
