Luke 10:20 — Community Reflections

LUKE 10:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.”

However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven — the corrective: the superior joy is not the authority over demons but the security of the names written in heaven. The authority is temporary and functional; the registration in heaven is permanent and relational. The joy of belonging exceeds the joy of power.

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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago

Names Written in Heaven

However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. The seventy-two return from their mission amazed that demons obey them. Jesus redirects their...