Mark 3:22-26 The
teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He (Jesus) is
possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How
can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that
house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot
stand; his end has come.”
The context in which this
exchange occurred was the religious authority of the time, condemning the
practice of God Himself based upon the “letter of the Law”, instead of the “heart
of the Law”. What is the intent? Denominational differences of Christian churches are based upon doctrinal
differences and interpretation of Scripture in peripheral issues to the Gospel
of Salvation and God’s Commandments. They remain united in the main tenets of
Christian doctrine. Fallen mankind is highly susceptible to distractions, the
pursuit of pleasures and secular materialism by existential philosophy. We can easily
lose sight of what is truly important in life.
Matthew 12:25 Jesus
knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against
itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will
not stand.”
President Abraham Lincoln
once stated, “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my
greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.” St. Augustine of Hippo said it well, “In
essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” Trusting in God and His holy Word with unity in Christ must be the primary
guiding precepts. May we strive to be on God’s side and align our thoughts,
words and actions with His righteous Word, Will and Way in a house unity.
In Christ, Brian
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