It is not enough to turn from evil. One must turn to God.
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Published November 19th, 2017
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Jesus accuses the Jewish leaders of "redemonizing" their generation because they are "leaving the house empty" and not turning to God after Jesus has exorcized exiting evil.
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Matthew 12:43-45
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“ a Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man,
it passes through waterless places
seeking rest,
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and does not find it.
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Then it says,
‘I will return to my house from which I came’;
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and when it comes,
it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself,
and they go in and live there;
and a the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
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That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”
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Matthew 12:43-45
Demon Returns - Judgment
“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man,
it passes through waterless places seeking rest,
and does not find it.
Then it says,
‘I will return to my house from which I came’;
and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself,
and they go in and live there;
and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”
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