Luke 11:17-18 “But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.”
There’s a lot going on in Mr. Young’s speech so let’s do a quick review! But first as an FYI: the title for this article came from the Journal of Discourses Index under ‘evil spirits’.
1.Jesus tells us in the passage above a house can’t be divided against itself. This simply means an evil spirit can’t reside inside a believer because God’s Spirit already resides there.
2.The term ‘mother earth’ is a term typically used by nonbelievers, especially those in witchcraft. And that even goes for those in Brigham’s day.
3.Where in the Bible does it say evil spirits ‘are trying all the time to get into our dwellings’?
4.Why are evil spirits causing the Mormon people trouble all the time? What are these evil spirits doing?
5.Where in the Bible does it say evil spirits are watching people?
While this may sound like I’ve had to search long and hard for an obscure teaching of Brigham Young, I can assure the reader I have not.
I’m certain I’m not alone when I share my experience at a few of the Mutual meetings I attended in junior high school. My teacher had a fondness for encouraging us to honor our dead ancestors. On more than one occasion we held séances in hopes the dead relative we had been baptized for the previous Saturday would appear and talk to us.
While each girl was given a task for our meetings, I was always in charge of getting the dry ice for special effects simply because I lived closest to the only store in town that carried it.
Be sure to remind your Mormon friends/relatives the comforting words of our dear Lord Jesus.
With Love in Christ;
Michelle