OCU C)ISSO C Devotion 03
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MARK 3 – DIVISION
“And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.” Mark 3:24-27
Division is happening everywhere. There is division in the workplace, boss against the employee; In the family, wife against husband, father against mother, children against parents. There is division, even in the house of God, Christian against fellow Christian, pastor against the presbyterian, the presbyterian against the congregation. There is division almost everywhere and with nearly everyone. And the source of this division is no other than satan himself. satan is the accuser, the deceiver, the enemy of man’s souls, the destroyer of relationships, and ultimately, he is attempting to divide the church of God, the body of Christ.
Although Satan is doing everything he can to destroy the creation of God, specifically the house of God, meaning while satan is doing whatever he can to destroy the church, he is already destined to fail and to fail miserably. Why? Because Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” My friend, Satan will fail. Period.
CHALLENGE
Satan is in the camp, dividing the hearts of families, friends, and acquaintances.
satans obsession with dividing means one thing, break the saints, and destroy the church. Breaking the unity of the body means less power in prayer, less power in the saint’s ministry, and less power to fight sin – a power we need to overcome lust, covetous, self-centrality, anger, depression, bitterness, and every moral evil the flesh has been plagued with.
My friend, be of good cheer for the church cannot be divided. Not even the most feared enemy of our souls can change this. Therefore, let us look up and keep our hope in Him that will never disappoint. RPF
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To me this devotional means that God is doing the ultimate thing by protecting his people from Satan. That God made a dedication to free or rescue us from Satan’s power. The saying above for Mark 3:24-27 means to me that nothing can stand forever if it becomes divided by something, not even us. Also, since Jesus is confident Satan will fail up above, this to me means that he can beat Satan and be able to give freedom to those under him. This devotional is kind of confusing to me to understand completely but to me the main point of it is Jesus is stronger than Satan therefore he wins, and that Jesus is freeing his people from Satan’s grasp. Such as this devotional saying that when Jesus builds a church Satan will prevail against it this to me is the meaning of the division between things behind destroyed, but Satan will be the one to fail in this sense.
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I can very much see division now days, a good example would be the modern political sphere. We become more and more polarized everyone fighting for their “team” and disregarding the impact on those around them. But, this seems to happen in everything church, family, social media groups and so on as if we all have forgotten that we are made in the image of God, we do not see each other as human but obstacles.
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