The Spiritual realm knows

 

*The spiritual realm knows* 

The book of Mark opens up with two accounts where Jesus drove out demons / impure spirits from people.

The first account happened in a synagogue, when an impure spirit cried out: 

“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!” “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. Mark 1:23‭-‬26 NIV 

The second account is described where

"Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was." Mark 1:34 NIV 

What is noteworthy is the fact that Mark tells us that the demons knew who Jesus was: 

"I know who you are...” Mark 1:24

"they knew who he was" Mark 1:34 

What the people in Jesus' day didn't know about Jesus, the spiritual realm did... 

For us today, as born again believers in Jesus Christ, we can know what is happening in the spiritual realm. 

Why? Because we have the Spirit of God living inside of us, and He knows all things and can reveal things in the spiritual realm to us. 

Eph 6:12 says "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." 

Sometimes times we trust God for a breakthrough in our lives, and without looking for a demon behind every bush, there might sometimes be a blockage in the spiritual world that we need to know of, so that we can pray specific to God and ask Him to help us! 

Yet even sometimes spiritual breakthrough comes with a simple act of obedience, or in adhering to Biblical principles, for example to love one another and to forgive one another. Physical obedience will cause spiritual spiritual release in our lives. 

In all of these instances, we can rely on the Holy Spirit to guide us, because our lives here on earth are more spiritual than we would like to think...

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18