How Can Satan Drive Out Satan? – Brad Jersak

Jesus makes a good point. Fresh after his baptism (about age 8?), my firstborn was immediately inspired to dive into the Scriptures. With curiosity and devotion, he read through all of the Gospel of Matthew in two evenings. I remember hearing him down the hallway, tucked in his bed, chuckling out loud. When I popped my head in his room to ask what he was chortling about, he said, “Jesus makes a good point. ‘Satan can’t drive out Satan,’ [chuckle chuckle]. Good point!” [chuckle, chuckle]. He sure does, son. Here’s the Evangelist Mark’s version with a little more context: Mark 3 22 And the teachers of the law who came ...