{"id":4725,"date":"2023-11-10T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:33:46","slug":"casting-out-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4725","title":{"rendered":"Casting Out Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jesus speaking:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>And when he cometh, he findeth\u00a0it\u00a0swept and garnished.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Then goeth he, and taketh\u00a0to him\u00a0seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last\u00a0state\u00a0of that man is worse than the first.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Casting out demons is not the answer for the demon possessed.  A decision for Christ is the answer.  If the demon possessed person will receive Christ, the demon must leave and he cannot come back to a house occupied by the Saviour.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>And it came to pass, as he (Jesus) spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed\u00a0is\u00a0the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.<\/strong><\/em>  (<strong>In praise of Mary?)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>But he (Jesus) said,\u00a0Yea rather, blessed\u00a0are\u00a0they that hear the word of God, and keep it. <\/em>Luke 11:24-28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>&#8230;let the word of Christ dwell <\/strong><\/em><strong>(take up its life)<\/strong><em><strong> in you richly&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus speaking: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth\u00a0it\u00a0swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh\u00a0to him\u00a0seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4725\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Casting Out Demons<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}