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Whyte House Daily Devotional Bible Reading Episode #264: 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7, and Job 22. by Daniel Whyte III

Whyte House Family Spoken Novels #14: And Family Drama Just Won’t Stop Chapter 14 by Daniel Whyte III

Christians oppressed in Nigeria's Kaduna State (Whyte House Report 8.16.20) by Daniel Whyte III

TEXT: Matthew 12:22-37

First, let’s look at the response to Jesus’ healing. Matthew 12:22-24 says, “Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.” Our passage today begins with a demon-possessed man being brought to Jesus. We don’t know anything else about this man or who brought him here. Whatever his background, Jesus quickly healed him and dispatched the demon. There were two reactions from those gathered nearby: The people, the common folk if you will, were shocked at His power and asked among themselves if Jesus is the Son of David. The Son of David was a term used by the Israelites for the Messiah who had been predicted in the Old Testament. The Messiah was prophesied to work miracles, like healing the blind and mute, which Jesus had just done. So the people wondered if Jesus could be the Messiah. The Pharisees, on the other hand, had a very different negative reaction. They did not even consider that Jesus could be the Messiah. They instead attributed His power to Beelzebub. Beelzebub is a old name for Satan meaning “Lord of the Flies.” The name may be derived from Baal, the false god of the Old Testament that the Israelites often committed idolatry to. What are the Pharisees trying to do by claiming Jesus was empowered by Beelzebub? They are trying to discredit Him in the eyes of the people. They cannot deny Jesus’ supernatural power, but they do not want to acknowledge that He is from God. So they accuse Him of gaining his supernatural power from Satan.

Class 78 of "The Ramp" to the Highway of Success course for young men by Daniel Whyte III

Whyte House Daily Devotional Bible Reading Episode #263: 1 Kings 4, 1 Kings 5, and Job 21. by Daniel Whyte III

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The Scripture & the Sense Podcast #599: Micah 5:2 by Daniel Whyte III

Whyte House Family Devotional Reading of Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Episode #209 by Daniel Whyte III

Whyte House Family Spoken Novels #13: And Family Drama Just Won’t Stop Chapter 13 by Daniel Whyte III