A solemn warning is issued to the opponents of Jesus (especially in His position as the Christ) that if they are so blind to call Good "evil", and attribute to Beelzebub the work of the Holy Spirit,
"Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven."
then they are against Jesus , and opposing God's plans for them personally, and for the salvation of the world. He would not allow them to remain "sitting on the fence."They must decide for or against Him, and take the consequence of their decision. There can be no nuetrality in the spiritual in the spiritual warfare between Jesus and Satan. He also issued a warning to those who are healed. It's not enough to have evil removed from your life and just remain empty. A basic principal of life is that nature abhors a vacuume. The refusal to change leaves an opening for an even greater infesation of evil
"Luke 11:24-26 "When an evil[a] spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' 25When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first."
Jesus' healings and exorcisms are not magic, but require the active cooperation of repentance and change of lifestyle.
Jesus addresses a nation now, calling it a wicked generation
"Luke 11:29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah."
The disciples knew that if they hear and obey the Word of God, they will produce signs by the power of the Spirit working thru them
"Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name."
In Luke's usual manner he balances a story of a man (Jonah) with a woman (Queen of Sheba) Both characters had made a long journey, one to preach and the other to hear, and both recieved what God wanted to give them. God sees to it that we're not shortchanged b/c of the weakness or sinfulness of the messenger.
"Luke 1:23-25 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25"The Lord has done this for me," she said. "In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people."
God in His justice will take into account the oppurtunities each person and nation had for hearing the Word of God. For those to whom much was give, much was expected. The generation that refused to take God's Word from the greatest witness of them all, the Son Himself, could expect the severest Judgement.
The light of Jesus Himself is clear for all to see. Neither He nor His message is hidden.
"The Lamp of the Body
33"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light."
If we still remain in interior darkness, prisoners of Satan's Kingdom, we cannot percieve the light of Christ all around us. But if we allow Jesus to set us free, He will lighten up our whole body, and the day of judgement can be faced w/o fear, for it will be a journay into the fullness of eternal light.
"35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you."
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