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- According to the Bible, an empty house represents a state of spiritual desolation and emptiness. It signifies the absence of God’s presence and blessings, often associated with disobedience, abandonment, and spiritual decay.
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- Introduction
- The Parable of The Empty House Shows The Nature of The Evil Spirits
- The Parable of The Empty House Shows The Need For Regeneration
- The Parable of The Empty House Shows The Dangers of Religion
- Implications
- Conclusion
Today I want us to consider the parable of the empty house. To put my message in perspective I would like to share briefly a story I found while preparing this sermon. That story was about a house that sat empty because its owner lived in a houseboat. He abandoned his old residence and bushes and trees grew up around it in a short time. Very soon i...
I. The Jews believed that demons occupied dry places. A modern interpretation would be demons occupying places where God isn’t present. II. They are driven by a strong desire to harm God’s creation, including us. They can’t rest until there’s an opportunity to carry out their evil plots. III. The parable of the empty house, shows they tend to revis...
I. Upon his return, if the demon finds the body he left is not occupied by the Holy Spirit, he will cause more havoc by introducing his allies into that body. II. This indwelling of the Holy Spirit is not parallel to deliverance from demon possession. The person must be regenerated. III. Regeneration is the process of transformation the Holy Spirit...
I. Jesus said it will be the same with this wicked generation. He was referring to the entire nation. Not just the religious leaders of the day. II. The observation of religion was seen by Jews as the only path to righteousness. Anything higher or more spiritual (Jesus) was condemned. III. Like the man in the parable, Judaism as a religion was good...
The Parable of the Empty House dispenses some very familiar and powerful yet not so well received implications for us today. Let’s consider these truths and their relevance to us living in the 21st century.
The parable of the empty house shows that Jesus regarded demons and demon possession as real phenomena and not just contemporary superstition. This is a very important fact because there are churches that don’t believe demons are real and they possess a personal interest in every individual on earth. We learn that Apparently demons (or at least som...
The Empty House reveals that houses never remain long unoccupied... Matthew 12.43-45. "But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any. 44 Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out.
By the absence of the evil spirit the house is represented as unoccupied, or "empty, swept," and "garnished;" that is, while the evil spirit was away, the man was restored to his right mind, or was freed from the influence of the evil spirit. Garnished - Adorned, put in order, furnished.
Jesus then gave what has become known as the parable of the empty house: “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none; but when a man speaketh against the Holy Ghost, then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth him empty ...
1 The Empty House. Matthew 12:43-45. This parable is also recorded in Luke 11:24-26. The subject of the parable is a house occupied by an an undesirable tenant. When the tenant vacates or is evicted, the house is swept and made neat and clean. However the house is left unoccupied.
He 6:4-6. -- In such a case, how true the statement: "The last state of that man is worse than the first"! [How important it is, then, that we do not let the home of our heart remain empty and thus invite worldly things to take up residence. To avoid this, here are some thoughts on...]
