In working on my paper for Life of Christ there has been alot I learned and alot that has really made me think about the things Jesus in dealing with exorcism. Jesus did so many things that made exorcist of his day just wonder what could possibly going on with this man that he can do such things as get demons to give their names to him without him having to even ask for them. What comes to my mind is what would we think if we were seeing this happen. People in our day would freak out but, even people who had seen exorcism in their days were jumping through themselves when Jesus would do this work. In my opinon I believe the things he did would have made a skeptic like most people had become of his day. It would be hard for me to see theses things and not wonder what was going on, and it scares me to think that I would think that. Because in the end the people that seen these miracles nailes him to the cross.
Andy Miller
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Spiritual warfare is pretty crazy stuff, and at the same time so fascinating. It seems like something from a Tolkein book, but only better.
I think one of the coolest things about Jesus is how he is so unlike the norm. Not only would that have been refreshing, but powerful and even scary. In researching for my paper I learned that Jesus choose to violate, not the Sabbath laws that were constantly debated among the Rabbi, but ones that were never debated in order to emphasize his power. Humans in general fear the unknown, the unmoral, and therefore we turn to skepticism as a defense. However there were those who saw the exorcisms and believed and I'm sure the ex-demon possessed person had few doubts about the authenticity of Jesus' power!
It is funny that Jesus asked those people why they demanded signs when all jesus was doing was throwing signs at them. People are highly experiential and our weak natures demand signs. Jesus surpassing power as a exorcist was a sign. He was a giving them a sign in terms that they could understand and appreciate. It is somewhat uncommon for public exorcisms to take place today. So, as we call to God for a sign He gives them to us everyday in terms we can understand.
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