Luke 11:14-26

Jesus and the ruler of demons -- Luke 11:14-26: Jesus had power over demons. Jesus cast out a mute demon and the man started speaking. The people were amazed. Those who were opposed to Jesus said, "He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils." Others asked for a sign to prove that He was the Messiah. Jesus told them that He did not cast out Demons by the power of Satan because that would have Satan fighting against himself. The fact that Jesus had used the power of God to cast out demons proved that the kingdom of God had come near. Jesus said, "He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth." (Luke 11:23) When the evil is gone from a person's life that life must be filled with something good. Otherwise it might become even worse than it was before. "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 it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first." (Luke 11:24-26)