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“The Haunted House”
Luke 11:24 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places,
seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
Luke 11:25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
Luke 11:26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than
the first.”
Last night I saw upon the stair a little man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today. Oh, how I wish he’d go away.
We are scared of the wrong haunted houses.
We are afraid of the supposed ghosts in wooden frames when we should be afraid
of the real demons in flesh and blood bodies.
Luke 16:26 (HCSB) Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us
and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither
can those from there cross over to us.’
I. THE HAUNTED HOUSE WAS A DIRTY HOUSE.
Luke 11:24 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, …
These demons do their dirty work in and through people.
Sin is the breaking of a law,
Sin is also the opening of a door.
Ephesians 4:27 Nor give place to the devil.
Luke 11:24 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places,
seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
II. THE HAUNTED HOUSE BECAME A CLEAN HOUSE.
Luke 11:25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
2 Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such
people turn away!
(NLT) They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly.
Reformation, rehabilitation, rededication, renovation, religion doesn’t change the inside.
Someone has well said, “You’ll never purify the water by painting the pump.”
III. THE HAUNTED HOUSE ENDED UP A FILTHY HOUSE.
Matthew 12:44 … And when he comes, he finds it empty …
Luke 11:26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than
the first.”
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.
He was a murderer from the beginning …”
Jesus said about these 8 demons, that “they enter and dwell there.”(Luke 11:26)
This is the last phase of this house:
Luke 11:26 “…and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”
Sin is more than just breaking the rules.
Sin is also choosing sides, it’s picking teams.
Luke 11:23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with
Me scatters.
Either the Lord will come in, or the evil spirits will return.
If we just sweep out the dirt but never let Christ come in, then that is only moral
reformation without spiritual transformation.
When Christ comes in, He doesn’t come to take sides, He comes in to take over
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
