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HEALING BY CASTING OUT DEVILS
A symbol of the dispelling of illusions, and the
driving forth of delusions.
"And he was casting out a devil which was dumb. And it came to pass,
when the devil was gone out, the dumb man spake." - LUKE xi. 14.
This signifies a restoration to spiritual vision, perception of
truth and ability to express the same in thought and action.
"The Pharisees said, This man doth not cast out devils, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the devils." - MATTHEW xii. 24.
The literalist state of mind is illogical, as the spiritual teaching
shows it to be. Literalists are nothing if not thorough-going, and
so they accuse the Christ-soul of using means the very reverse of
that which is really employed.
"If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them
out?" - MATTHEW xii. 27.
This is the retort of One who could see further than the literalists
and formalists. The sons of the Pharisees" cast forth illusions, -as
they imagine and suppose,-by condemnation of the "evil," which of
course shows that they believe in the "evil" as real, and therefore
indirectly they are instrumental in encouraging error and delusion.
Christ casts evil forth by doing right in thought and action.
"That was the Christ who went from haunt to haunt of the devils and
bade them flee; and they, the devils of hatred, cruelty, lust,
selfishness, brutishness, superstition, they all fled at His
presence." - PHILLIPS BROOKS.
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