Numbers 14 & 15, Luke 4: 14-37, Psalm 48: 9-14
Luke 4: 33-34 (ESV)
“And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of
an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do
with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the
Holy One of God.”
In verses 33 and 34 from Luke 4, the spirit of the unclean
demon recognized Jesus Christ as a holy person and called out to him. I find it
so interesting that the unclean demon knew who Christ was and recognized him as
a Holy person, and the Pharisees would not believe that Christ was who he said
he was. The Bible tells us that detailed reports were given to Pharisees about
the miracles that Christ performed, so I am going to assume The Pharisees would
have read what the demons said about Christ. The Pharisees had evidence that
even the demons knew who Christ was, yet they still refused to recognize Christ
as even a Holy person. I was in a class at my church today and we talked about
why the Jewish people did not want to believe that Christ was the Messiah. One
person suggested that people in Christ’s time thought the Messiah would be someone
who would free them from the occupation of the Romans. When they found out
Christ came to free them sin instead, they could not accept it. But if you
think about it Christ may not have freed the people of Israel from the Romans during
his lifetime, but the people who had faith in Jesus Christ would conquer the
Romans and religion of Christ would become the official religion of Rome. I think
Christ did conquer the Romans, but not till years later. So Christ did what the
people of Israel wanted a Messiah to do, just not in the way they wanted.
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