Luke 11:24-28<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 12:43-45<\/p>\n
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This is a very striking passage.<\/p>\n
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On one level, we see it fulfilled all the time. \u00a0People who return to the sins that they had once forsaken often sink lower than they had been before. \u00a0They surrender. \u00a0They give\u00a0themselves over to the \u201cdark side.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Relapsing addicts not infrequently die. \u00a0Relapsing dieters binge.<\/p>\n
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Some apostates \u2014 I don\u2019t say all \u2014 become more hostile and more vicious than those who\u2019ve never accepted the Gospel and never taken covenants upon themselves.<\/p>\n
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I see it illustrated daily.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s very human. \u00a0It\u2019s very sad.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Luke 11:24-28 Compare Matthew 12:43-45 \u00a0 This is a very striking passage. \u00a0 On one level, we see it fulfilled all the time. \u00a0People who return to the sins that they had once forsaken often sink lower than they had been before. \u00a0They surrender. \u00a0They give\u00a0themselves over to the \u201cdark side.\u201d \u00a0 Relapsing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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