today's Lent meditation is "The Lord Reigns!"
Look at the Prayer part...
"grant me grace to stand up to mine (stand up against evil)"
i was thinking, wasn't many church leaders telling us not to purposely kacau or challenge those evil spirits, like going to a temple and say 'i cast u... i cast u...'. But what about this? Didn't Jesus already overcame evil?
So should we or should we not overcome them straight, anytime or anywhere when we sense them?
Or do we wait until the Enemy comes & pounce on us, then only we stand up against them?
What do you say?
The only instance from the Bible i remember is the case of the 7 sons of Sceva in Acts. Seven of them didn't know Jesus but used His name in vain to cast out demons. They had their own selfish motives. As a result, they were wounded and ran away naked.
We are not like them. We know Jesus. We know the power of His name. But why can't we just go to a shrine and cast the evil spirits away and destroy their stringholds?
What do you think?
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deep.. anyway, i think Jesus overcame evil in our lives (the lives of believers), but He has yet to banish evil completely. So, if it(evil) collides with us, then we rebuke them. Above all, this is only my opinion la, it may be agreeable to some and not for others. Just voicing out. =)
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