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153:4.1 In the midst of the [[discussions]] of this after [[meeting]], one of the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] brought to [[Jesus]] a distraught [[youth]] who was [[possessed]] of an unruly and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS rebellious spirit]. [[Leading]] this demented lad up to [[Jesus]], he said: " What can you do for such [[affliction]] as this? Can you cast out [[devils]]? " And when [[the Master]] looked upon the [[youth]], he was moved with [[compassion]] and, beckoning for the lad to come to him, took him by the hand and said: " You know who I am; come out of him; and I charge one of your [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:8._THE_UNITED_MIDWAYERS loyal fellows] to see that you do not return. " And [[immediately]] the lad was [[normal]] and in his right [[mind]]. And this is the first case where [[Jesus]] really cast an " [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS evil spirit] " out of a [[human being]]. All of the previous cases were only supposed possession of the [[devil]]; but this was a genuine case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism demoniac possession], even such as sometimes occurred in those days and right up to the day of [[Pentecost]], when [[the Master]]'s spirit was poured out upon all [[flesh]], making it forever impossible for these few [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS celestial rebels] to take such [[advantage]] of certain unstable [[types]] of [[human beings]].

153:4.1 In the midst of the [[discussions]] of this after [[meeting]], one of the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] brought to [[Jesus]] a distraught [[youth]] who was [[possessed]] of an unruly and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS rebellious spirit]. [[Leading]] this demented lad up to [[Jesus]], he said: " What can you do for such [[affliction]] as this? Can you cast out [[devils]]? " And when [[the Master]] looked upon the [[youth]], he was moved with [[compassion]] and, beckoning for the lad to come to him, took him by the hand and said: " You know who I am; come out of him; and I charge one of your [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:8._THE_UNITED_MIDWAYERS loyal fellows] to see that you do not return. " And [[immediately]] the lad was [[normal]] and in his right [[mind]]. And this is the first case where [[Jesus]] really cast an " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS evil spirit] " out of a [[human being]]. All of the previous cases were only supposed possession of the [[devil]]; but this was a genuine case of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism demoniac possession], even such as sometimes occurred in those days and right up to the day of [[Pentecost]], when [[the Master]]'s spirit was poured out upon all [[flesh]], making it forever impossible for these few [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:7._THE_REBEL_MIDWAYERS celestial rebels] to take such [[advantage]] of certain unstable [[types]] of [[human beings]].

153:4.2 When the people [[marveled]], one of the [[Pharisees]] stood up and charged that [[Jesus]] could do these things because he was in league with [[devils]]; that he admitted in the [[language]] which he employed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism casting out this devil] that they were known to each other; and he went on to [[Statement|state]] that the [[religious]] [[teachers]] and [[leaders]] at [[Jerusalem]] had [[decided]] that [[Jesus]] did all his so-called [[miracles]] by the [[power]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub], the prince of [[devils]]. Said the [[Pharisee]]: " Have nothing to do with this man; he is in [[partnership]] with [[Satan]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

153:4.2 When the people [[marveled]], one of the [[Pharisees]] stood up and charged that [[Jesus]] could do these things because he was in league with [[devils]]; that he admitted in the [[language]] which he employed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism casting out this devil] that they were known to each other; and he went on to [[Statement|state]] that the [[religious]] [[teachers]] and [[leaders]] at [[Jerusalem]] had [[decided]] that [[Jesus]] did all his so-called [[miracles]] by the [[power]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub], the prince of [[devils]]. Said the [[Pharisee]]: " Have nothing to do with this man; he is in [[partnership]] with [[Satan]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

153:4.3 Then said [[Jesus]]: " How can [[Satan]] cast out Satan? A kingdom [[divided]] against itself cannot stand; if a house be divided against itself, it is soon brought to [[Death|desolation]]. Can a [[city]] withstand a [[siege]] if it is not [[united]]? If [[Satan]] casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? But you should know that no one can enter into the house of a [[strong]] man and despoil his goods except he first overpower and bind that strong man. And so, if I by the [[power]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub] cast out [[devils]], by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your [[judges]]. But if I, by the [[spirit]] of [[God]], cast out [[devils]], then has [[the kingdom]] of [[God]] truly come upon you. If you were not blinded by [[prejudice]] and misled by [[fear]] and [[pride]], you would easily [[perceive]] that one who is greater than [[devils]] stands in your midst. You [[compel]] me to [[declare]] that he who is not with me is against me, while he who gathers not with me scatters abroad.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] Let me utter a [[solemn]] [[warning]] to you who would presume, with your eyes open and with [[Intention|premeditated]] [[malice]], knowingly to ascribe the works of [[God]] to the doings of [[devils]]! Verily, verily, I say to you, all your [[sins]] shall be forgiven, even all of your [[blasphemies]], but whosoever shall blaspheme against [[God]] with [[deliberation]] and [[wicked]] [[intention]] shall never obtain [[forgiveness]]. Since such [[persistent]] workers of [[iniquity]] will never seek nor [[receive]] [[forgiveness]], they are [[guilty]] of the [[sin]] of [[eternally]] [[rejecting]] [[divine]] [[forgiveness]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

153:4.3 Then said [[Jesus]]: " How can [[Satan]] cast out Satan? A kingdom [[divided]] against itself cannot stand; if a house be divided against itself, it is soon brought to [[Death|desolation]]. Can a [[city]] withstand a [[siege]] if it is not [[united]]? If [[Satan]] casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? But you should know that no one can enter into the house of a [[strong]] man and despoil his goods except he first overpower and bind that strong man. And so, if I by the [[power]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub] cast out [[devils]], by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your [[judges]]. But if I, by the [[spirit]] of [[God]], cast out [[devils]], then has [[the kingdom]] of [[God]] truly come upon you. If you were not blinded by [[prejudice]] and misled by [[fear]] and [[pride]], you would easily [[perceive]] that one who is greater than [[devils]] stands in your midst. You [[compel]] me to [[declare]] that he who is not with me is against me, while he who gathers not with me scatters abroad.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] Let me utter a [[solemn]] [[warning]] to you who would presume, with your eyes open and with [[Intention|premeditated]] [[malice]], knowingly to ascribe the works of [[God]] to the doings of [[devils]]! Verily, verily, I say to you, all your [[sins]] shall be forgiven, even all of your [[blasphemies]], but whosoever shall blaspheme against [[God]] with [[deliberation]] and [[wicked]] [[intention]] shall never obtain [[forgiveness]]. Since such [[persistent]] workers of [[iniquity]] will never seek nor [[receive]] [[forgiveness]], they are [[guilty]] of the [[sin]] of [[eternally]] [[rejecting]] [[divine]] [[forgiveness]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

153:4.4 " Many of you have this day come to the parting of the ways; you have come to a beginning of the making of the [[inevitable]] [[choice]] between [[Doing the will of God|the will of the Father]] and the [[self]]-[[chosen]] ways of [[darkness]]. And as you now [[choose]], so shall you [[eventually]] be. You must either make the tree [[good]] and its fruit good, or else will the tree become [[corrupt]] and its fruit corrupt. I [[declare]] that in [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s [[the kingdom|eternal kingdom]] the tree is known by its fruits. But some of you who are as vipers, how can you, having already [[chosen]] [[evil]], bring forth [[good]] fruits? After all, out of the [[abundance]] of the [[evil]] in your [[hearts]] your mouths [[speak]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_12]

153:4.4 " Many of you have this day come to the parting of the ways; you have come to a beginning of the making of the [[inevitable]] [[choice]] between [[Doing the will of God|the will of the Father]] and the [[self]]-[[chosen]] ways of [[darkness]]. And as you now [[choose]], so shall you [[eventually]] be. You must either make the tree [[good]] and its fruit good, or else will the tree become [[corrupt]] and its fruit corrupt. I [[declare]] that in [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s [[the kingdom|eternal kingdom]] the tree is known by its fruits. But some of you who are as vipers, how can you, having already [[chosen]] [[evil]], bring forth [[good]] fruits? After all, out of the [[abundance]] of the [[evil]] in your [[hearts]] your mouths [[speak]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_12]

153:4.5 Then stood up another [[Pharisee]], who said: " Teacher, we would have you give us a predetermined [[sign]] which we will [[agree]] upon as [[establishing]] your [[authority]] and right to [[teach]]. Will you [[agree]] to such an arrangement? " And when [[Jesus]] heard this, he said: " This faithless and [[sign]]-seeking [[generation]] seeks a token, but no sign shall be given you other than that which you already have, and that which you shall see when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] departs from among you. "

153:4.5 Then stood up another [[Pharisee]], who said: " Teacher, we would have you give us a predetermined [[sign]] which we will [[agree]] upon as [[establishing]] your [[authority]] and right to [[teach]]. Will you [[agree]] to such an arrangement? " And when [[Jesus]] heard this, he said: " This faithless and [[sign]]-seeking [[generation]] seeks a token, but no sign shall be given you other than that which you already have, and that which you shall see when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] departs from among you. "

153:4.6 And when he had finished speaking, his [[apostles]] surrounded him and led him from the [[synagogue]]. In [[silence]] they [[journeyed]] [[home]] with him to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. They were all [[amazed]] and somewhat [[terror]]-stricken by the sudden [[change]] in [[the Master]]'s teaching [[tactics]]. They were wholly unaccustomed to seeing him [[perform]] in such a [[militant]] [[manner]].

153:4.6 And when he had finished speaking, his [[apostles]] surrounded him and led him from the [[synagogue]]. In [[silence]] they [[journeyed]] [[home]] with him to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. They were all [[amazed]] and somewhat [[terror]]-stricken by the sudden [[change]] in [[the Master]]'s teaching [[tactics]]. They were wholly unaccustomed to seeing him [[perform]] in such a [[militant]] [[manner]].

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