But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” Mark 1:25
When
Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean
spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of
him and enter him no more!” Mark 9:25
Often,
when we confront a demon spirit, we say, I rebuke you. But saying this
does not translate into a rebuke. Jesus never did this, when He
confronted demons, the Bible will say that "Jesus rebuked the spirit,
saying..." What He said to the devil was the rebuke. For example, at one
occasion, He said, "Be quiet." When He rebuked the storm, He didn't
just say, "I rebuke you" He rebuked the storm, saying, "Be still." It
was always a charge demanding a specific response from the object of the
rebuke.
To only say, I rebuke you, as many of
us do, is meaningless. No wonder we don't often get the expected
result. When we rebuke the situation, it must be something that we
specifically demand of the object of the rebuke. If I rebuke the spirit
of infirmity, it is to issue a specific order that I expect to be obeyed
by the spirit being addressed.
Toni
