Unity in the Spirit #2 - Casting Out Demons
During my morning Bible reading, I came across this verse: " I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him." Matthew 17:16 (NASB) Apparently, the disciples whom Jesus gave power and authority to cast out demons and heal the sick in Matthew 10 ; 1 were struggling to continue to do so later on in Matthew 17:16 , but, why? I know that most Bible scholars teach that Jesus rebuked the "demon" and therefore the demon came out of the boy. But, what if they are wrong and God actually rebuked the boy for the sin that gave the demons a foothold. Repentance would have destroyed the foothold and required the demons to vacate the premises. This certainly is not the most popular interpretation of the pronouns used in this passage, but popularity does not equal validity. So, let's take a closer look at the possibility of this alleged reality. The book of Matthew was written several years after Jesus asc...