Read: Deuteronomy 28:1-68; Luke 11:14-36; Psalm 77:1-20; Proverbs 12:18
I would encourage you to read the blessings out loud over yourself and your family. These are our promises and the reward of obedience. Who wouldn’t want these blessings? Obviously, many people. The curses take up so much more room to write because God wanted to spell it out to them what would happen if they disobeyed and went after other gods. They would be able to see themselves when they read it and know exactly which one they were living in.
In Luke, Jesus cast out a demon from a man that was mute and the Pharisees explained he did this by the power of Beelzebub who was the prince of demons. Jesus pretty much told them they needed to choose sides. They either needed to decide Jesus did his miracles by the finger of God or by the devil. If he did them by the finger of God then the kingdom had come. A kingdom is a government ruled by a king. Jesus was declaring God’s kingdom had come to earth.
Jesus was also teaching them about demons. Demons need a host to live in and prefer to dwell in people. If they get cast out then they will look for a place to live. If they can’t find some place to rest then they will come back to the person he left and bring many more with them. If the person they left has filled the empty space with God, then there won’t be any room for them and they will have to leave again. They will keep coming back but not as often. Satan and his demons are really bad losers so they don’t like to lose their home. But, it’s not their home…we are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit and they are not welcome there.
The religious leaders wanted a sign from Jesus that he was the Messiah. He had already given them a plethora of signs so he told them the only one he would give them would be the sign of Jonah. Jonah was the sign of resurrection from the dead. Then he spoke of the Queen of Sheba who would be at the resurrection condemning them because she believed after she saw the natural things of Solomon. These people had seen so much more than the natural at work; they had seen the supernatural.
Lord, we choose your kingdom! May we be filled up with your Word and your truth.
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