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Bible Video: A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
Scripture: Mark 3:25, Luke 11:14-26
The phrase “A House Divided Against itself Cannot Stand” was used in a famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln on June 15, 1858 as he was running for U.S. Senate. Lincoln quoted the Bible, which was familiar to his audience. Here is how the well-known phrase is actually written in the King James Bible. Luke 11:17 states, “a house divided against a house falleth”. In Mark 3:25 says, “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand”. In Matthew 12:25 declares, “and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand”. Needless to say, that phrase, originally said by Jesus in the Bible, has become popularized through the speech by Lincoln in 1858. So, what did it actually refer to?
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There was a man possessed by a devil that made him dumb (unable to speak). When Jesus cast out the devil, some of his critics said, “He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils” (Luke 11:15). In other words, He’s using the power of the devil to cast out a devil. That is when Jesus declared, “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand”. In other words, it would be impossible to use the power of the devil to cast out a devil.