Of Demons, Kangaroo Courts, and the Presence of Jesus to Each

Have you ever been in a kangaroo court?

You understand Jesus was brought to one, right?

And it is neither too bold nor remiss to say if Christ is in you now, you are now in one.

All manner of false charges are prepared against you, and being prepared, in vain hope of maneuvering you away from Him. And make no mistake, though the demons may be far more persuaded of the fact of the resurrection than some, even believers, are; yet they have no access to is the truth of it. Truth of matters is off limits to them.

This is reserved to His alone.

This is why demons so frantically and furiously labor and strive under burden only of fact(s), never knowing nor understanding the further significance of them. For even in their knowing of appointment to torment, fixed, assured, and without controversy; they are still provoked to mindless fury burning themselves up.

They besought the Lord to send them into the swine, for their only delight is in inflaming a host, and He did. He allowed for what they asked.

This and these facts would be strange indeed. Is Jesus being merciful to demons? But what do His see?

His see that apart from a stronger hand preserving a host by His choosing, death alone is immediate result. The flesh has no resistance in it or to it to their fury. “Self preservation” is entirely overridden.

This is caution to us who may be inclined to think the demon ridden, the most foul practitioner(s)…(who we may see continuing) are being kept, but only by the hand of God. And whether they are being preserved to wrath and judgment or salvation…we may not know…but we can know apart from the power of God in their keeping for whatever His purpose, they would quickly dispose of themselves.

Even those demons who provoked the man to cut himself with stones knew their restriction, so that in God’s due time the mercy of His Christ would deliver him. And it would be known. And known to be understood in truth…yet not as those who besought him later in all fear…to “leave them alone”.

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

One may consider how demons are always ready to inflame, abet, assist, and provoke further any sense of self righteousness found present.

No, it is not being said anyone is particularly possessed, anymore than we find Jesus casting a demon out of Peter when his own sense of what ought to to be as opposed to the Lord’s declaration of what is and would be was rebuked by Peter. Jesus knew who and what was taking occasion to speak through him (Peter).

Peter’s sense of “what is right” was offended by the Lord (and who of us does not know that experience?), yet nowhere is Peter described as possessed. Yet we may consider that if left unaddressed (even with, or by strong rebuke) where such self righteousness may lead. This is both caution and preservation for us.

Whether early and immediate (as in Peter’s case) or later when we may feel a sting of rebuke, it is far better to hearken to it than deny.

And I could regale you with instances and attitudes made known to me (yet always clear to the Lord) that in “coming back” to a more sober mind cause a cringing in their exposing and provoking to a repentance and clear confession as sin.

Here we may find comfort in words once obscure. And an experience I am persuaded the apostle writing did not drawn from “thin air”.

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

No, for those who understand and know something or anything of this as opposed to any who might yet find these words obscure…it is not Christ bringing up past sin or sins, or throwing them in our faces to shame. It is in His housecleaning, His touch upon attitudes once obscure to us, His being of that living word that divides soul from spirit and is discerner of the hidden thoughts and intents of the heart.

And if you have not yet had once precious attitudes and motives brought up for the reviewing in His light of clarity displaying what they truly are in that light…about all that can be said is be ready for the Lord’s appearing.

For the Lord’s appearing by His presence is very provocational [sic]. To some it is salvation, to some a further inflaming.

And the Lord was dragged (as appointed) to a kangaroo court.

And in all appearing and right speaking he was present to the high priest. Those around brought false witness, those around brought accusation, those around demanded answer whereby, in their maneuvering and thinking they could, manipulate Him to give something self condemning they could use against Him.

And when finally speaking, and speaking truth, truth had clear effect upon hearer(s), in particular the high priest. Do you think Jesus did not know Leviticus 21:10?

How that by such doing the high priest had not only abandoned any seat of judgment he might have had claim to in abrogating the law and now himself needing offering for sin, but was himself, in his rage effectively removing himself from that seat (as he had to to make room for another, and “better).

One could suppose if one were able to drag Caiaphas into the light (God knows, he may already be there, I do not know) and able to search out the incident the plea of “I could not help myself, His claim too outrageous, too insulting to God, far too enraging in its blasphemy (to me)…that yes…it both merited such severe reaction…and I could not help myself”…might be made.

That happens doesn’t it? An overstepping and into sin when we “feel” so very provoked by a righteousness we, at that time, may assume is the Lord’s working through us to such indignation and outrage…till it is made clear it has been no more than our own self righteousness we feel struggling for breath in the Lord’s presence.

Yes, Jesus could have easily said…”You have no right to judge me, your seat is empty by your doing” but He understood what was being accomplished and how that a corrupt house has in itself all of judgment necessary to its own demise.

And I have flubbed, fluffed, failed and been frustrated in so many attempts at self defense as to be, if God so choose, a prime example of all and how one should not proceed. If it pleases God to do so…who could resist anyway?

Even as I may assume Caiaphas may have had some plea, I am no different, nor have been when in all rebuke by the presence of Lord’s righteousness. I cannot help myself.

I too have known a raging and very angry man.

Even made more so by assumptions of his own righteousness.