“When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, “I will return to the house I left.” When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first.”
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Someone may be thinking, “How did the evil spirits (all 8 of them) get back into the man’s house if he swept it clean and put it in order?” I’ve heard lots of people say that they opened all the windows and doors to their home, and they swept out all the evil spirits . . . sending them on their way! Their house was in order! Yet, two days, two weeks . . . maybe years later, it’s all back again!
Once the unwanted guest is gone, you have to invite . . . let me rephrase that . . . you have to accept the invitation of the perfect guest! The Word of GOD tells us that light and darkness cannot dwell in the same place. So when you clean out all the dark places in your life, you have to let the light in! The man only cleaned up to give the evil spirits (all 8 of them) a chance to make a worst mess of his life. But if he would have let JESUS into his life . . . when those wicked spirits came back to kick in the door . . . JESUS would have been standing in the doorway, and the evil spirits would have to flee and never come back again!
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