*EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️
Fri/15th/April/2022
*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach)
_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_
*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (81)*
_And the demons begged Him, saying, "If You cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs." And He said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters_ (Matt 8:31-32). When Jesus Christ was tempted by satan in the wilderness, satan asked Him to do certain things which He denied. But in this account, the demons wanted Jesus to drive them into pigs and He accepted. The herd then ran into the water and drowned. Question: Why did Christ deny one request of the enemy but accepted the other? In reality, Jesus did not come to judge them at that time, so these demons were not in jeopardy of premature punishment. Nevertheless, they didn't wait for Jesus to answer their question. Instead, they moved directly to proposing an alternative to the judgement they supposed was coming. It appears they hoped Jesus would accept the "deal" instead of casting them into the abyss. And Jesus accepted.
Jesus had no reason not to accept their proposal, since it served His purposes. First, it resulted in freeing the men from the demons. Secondly, pigs were unclean animals under Jewish law, so they were a perfect symbol and harmless destination for unclean spirits. Thirdly, accepting their proposal didn't change the demons' eternal fate on the Judgement Day. More importantly, Jesus was not sinning in accepting the demons' proposal. On the other hand, Jesus' confrontation with satan in the wilderness was quite different. Satan made specific demands of Christ, which were intended by satan to lead Jesus into disobedience, had Jesus complied. Therefore, Jesus rebuked satan with Scripture and did not agree to satan's demands. This is the key difference between the two moments. The demons' request here did not lead Jesus to sin, while satan's demands of Jesus in the wilderness were intended to bring Him into sin.
*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️
_It takes wisdom to differentiate between a genuine request and a trick from an enemy._
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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*
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