Bob Larson
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who roam the earth looking for ways to bring about the purposes of evil. A simple illustration I've given many times is that the devil's disembodied. All spirits are disembodied.
Okay. So the devil is a time, space, place being.
Okay. So the devil is a time, space, place being.
Okay. So the devil is a time, space, place being.
So he gives the appearance of omniscience by sending forth his demons, highly regimented and under command in his name, to go out and do these things. So they have specific assignments to attack so-and-so, to attack so-and-so, to do this, to do that, on various strata. Which could be political, which could be cultural, which could be highly personal.
So he gives the appearance of omniscience by sending forth his demons, highly regimented and under command in his name, to go out and do these things. So they have specific assignments to attack so-and-so, to attack so-and-so, to do this, to do that, on various strata. Which could be political, which could be cultural, which could be highly personal.
So he gives the appearance of omniscience by sending forth his demons, highly regimented and under command in his name, to go out and do these things. So they have specific assignments to attack so-and-so, to attack so-and-so, to do this, to do that, on various strata. Which could be political, which could be cultural, which could be highly personal.
And then they seek to bring about their plans and they're looking for victims. And the question is, does someone want to be a victim or are they an unwitting victim? That's also part of the exorcism process.
And then they seek to bring about their plans and they're looking for victims. And the question is, does someone want to be a victim or are they an unwitting victim? That's also part of the exorcism process.
And then they seek to bring about their plans and they're looking for victims. And the question is, does someone want to be a victim or are they an unwitting victim? That's also part of the exorcism process.
Well, first of all, you have to understand that every religion has some type of of ritual or belief system about expelling evil.
Well, first of all, you have to understand that every religion has some type of of ritual or belief system about expelling evil.
Well, first of all, you have to understand that every religion has some type of of ritual or belief system about expelling evil.
This was not new to Christianity. It was certainly not new to Judaism. And it's there with every single religion. And, you know, you can just pick the most basic ones of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. And they have rituals for expelling demons. And they believe in a cosmology of demons. Right. Okay. So that's not unique to Christianity. It was not unique to the Jewish faith.
This was not new to Christianity. It was certainly not new to Judaism. And it's there with every single religion. And, you know, you can just pick the most basic ones of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. And they have rituals for expelling demons. And they believe in a cosmology of demons. Right. Okay. So that's not unique to Christianity. It was not unique to the Jewish faith.
This was not new to Christianity. It was certainly not new to Judaism. And it's there with every single religion. And, you know, you can just pick the most basic ones of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. And they have rituals for expelling demons. And they believe in a cosmology of demons. Right. Okay. So that's not unique to Christianity. It was not unique to the Jewish faith.
What amazed the people in Bible times... is how Jesus cast out demons, because they had all these complex rituals that they went through. So it was about what you did to get the demon out. Jesus came along and said, in my name, by my authority, who I am, you will cast out demons. And that's why the Pharisees were dumbfounded. They said, who is this man? He must be in league with Beelzebub.
What amazed the people in Bible times... is how Jesus cast out demons, because they had all these complex rituals that they went through. So it was about what you did to get the demon out. Jesus came along and said, in my name, by my authority, who I am, you will cast out demons. And that's why the Pharisees were dumbfounded. They said, who is this man? He must be in league with Beelzebub.
What amazed the people in Bible times... is how Jesus cast out demons, because they had all these complex rituals that they went through. So it was about what you did to get the demon out. Jesus came along and said, in my name, by my authority, who I am, you will cast out demons. And that's why the Pharisees were dumbfounded. They said, who is this man? He must be in league with Beelzebub.
That's the only way he could get out, demons. So they were trying to wrap their heads around this and they couldn't do it. I mean, this man just speaks and demons leave. He tells them to go and they go. We can't do that. Wow, this threatens our whole political institution and our religious institution. So in antiquity, We're talking millennia. Right.