Luke 11:18 · World English Bible
Luke 11:18 Meaning If Satan Also Is Divided Against Himself
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
What does Luke 11:18 mean?
Every mind holds forces that pull in opposite directions. When one dark impulse is set to fight another, nothing solid can stand, because the whole personality is spending its strength against itself.
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Every mind holds forces that pull in opposite directions. When one dark impulse is set to fight another, nothing solid can stand, because the whole personality is spending its strength against itself. A house at war inside its own walls falls in.
A person who tries to drive out his worst side by force soon finds that the force he uses belongs to that same side. Nothing is truly cast out this way. The warring parts only wear each other down. Real steadiness comes when these opposing forces are joined and made to work together, not from one part endlessly fighting another.
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Live Luke 11:18 today
- When a craving or a bad mood shows up today, stop fighting it for two minutes and just stay with it, breathing, until it moves on its own.
- In the next tense exchange with someone, drop the part of you that wants to win and ask a real question instead. Watch what happens to the tension.
- Under pressure, when you catch yourself gripping harder, loosen deliberately. Put the phone down, unclench your jaw, slow your breath, then act.
Which habit have you been trying to beat out of yourself with the very force that feeds it?
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