keep it!

A house divided against itself can not stand!

Have you ever been there?

Luke 11:14-28 tells us the story we heard from Mark last Sunday of the reason Jesus can cast out demons according to the Pharisees and the scribes is because He does it by the chief of demons… Yet a house divided against itself can not stand. So if demons are casting out demons then the house of demons will fall. This is not only true for the house of demons, but also for the house of God…

Have you ever been involved in a congregation where there were struggles and fighting inside amongst the people that should be united under the cross of Christ?

We get hung up on knowing the full truth and making sure that everyone else knows this truth as we have discovered it… But is this really what the gospel is all about?

Jesus said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Now what does this mean?

You see we are so ready to share what we think the word of God means, and look for those who believe the same as us, so that we can help others see the truth of the error of their ways… We use the information we have been given through the gospel to help others see how wrong they are. But Jesus said to keep the word of God. To store into yourself and allow it to change your life, and then that will show others how much Jesus loves them… And that will change them, and allow them to be changed and bring them into relationship with Jesus. Not us telling them how wrong they are, but keeping the word of God in us and allowing it to change us and that will change others!

So keep it!