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Spiritual Rebuke

Mark 1:21-26
21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 "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." 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.
As we are approaching the last 5 weeks of this year, we are also entering the final leg of the Year of Transformation which is concluding to our Revival. Reviving ourselves is our utmost desire with the help of Christ, which is then leading to divine transformation in the body of Christ.
But before we jump into this experience of revival, a very important process we need to abide to prepare ourselves for the great works of the Lord as he leads and directs us. We have to submit to God’s spiritual rebuke as He moved in His compassion to us for freedom from any bondage of unclean spirit.
Why Spiritual Rebuke?
The unclean spirit can be anywhere. Mark 1:21-26 is even telling us that this kind of spirit is in the synagogue all along even while Jesus is preaching. It seems to me that no one is noticing such person with an unclean spirit. This is not an obvious evil spirit possessed. The Gospel shows us many obvious characteristics of an evil spirit possessed man.
Mark who plainly recorded the Gospel of Jesus in the simplest word he has, told us that it “was” with them even when Jesus is teaching. But Jesus knew such unclean spirit is there. Though not violent and loud in His presence initially and seems to be a normal person in crowd of listeners in the synagogue, Jesus noticed his need for freedom from living with unclean spirit.
Jesus Has Finally Spoken!
Jesus gave His Commands and such unclean spirit came out of that person. Jesus show us the most effective way to revive us who unknowingly live with unclean spirit is through His teaching. Only when Jesus teachings reaches our ears that we will be able to recognize that we possessed an unclean spirit as this lifestyle will make itself loud and will cry out as Jesus words destroying it in pieces, either slowly or instantly.
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When Jesus commanded the unclean spirit, such person were thrown into convulsion as a true sign that there is an unclean spirit and is truly living for quite a while in that person. The feeling of pain and anxieties burst out as it rebels to leave its host self-fed by the unnoticed sinful desires. With the loudness of cry of convulsing person, it is now revealing itself and begging for mercy as it can no longer stand the presence of Christ in front of him.
Let Jesus and His teachings speak boldly to us every single day as we commune with Him daily in our lives, in all aspects and areas of us, that every unclean spirit will depart from us and live a holy life that God wants for all of His people. Let everyone of us thank God that He has spoken and commanded the hidden unclean spirit in us to came out of us. This is our spiritual rebuke. This is the beginning of divine transformation in the lives of all believers.
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