by Frank Retief | May 9, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 26. “….And the final condition of the man is worse than the first.” I am presuming that as you read these comments you are also reading the Scriptures referred to. In this passage Jesus makes a very important point. It is not enough to have the demon cast...
by Frank Retief | May 8, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 23. “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” The men who accused Jesus of operating by the power of the devil were on the verge of making a final, fatal choice. Jesus, however, was about to let them know that they...
by Frank Retief | May 7, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 20. “But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.” One would think that Christ’s miracles would be unopposed because they were so self-evidently supernatural. But not so. Some people accused him of driving out...
by Frank Retief | May 6, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 18. “If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?” The great miracle of the dumb man being delivered from the demon is an analogy of our own salvation and deliverance by Christ. The illustration of what Jesus does when he saves us is given...
by Frank Retief | May 5, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 14. “Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been dumb spoke.” People who have disabilities always raise within us a sympathy for their situation. But of all possible disabilities think for a moment about a person...
by Frank Retief | Apr 21, 2014 | Thought for the day
Matthew 27 v 24. “When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood,’ he said. ‘It is your responsibility!” You have probably often seen...
