SIN,
SOURCE OF

THE EXORCISM of Emily Rose is a very interesting movie. It is about a girl possessed by a demon and the attempt by others in the movie to get rid of it. They try everything to get rid of this demon, but the process is difficult because the girl experiences violent episodes when they are trying to exorcise it. Realizing that they need to control her episodes, they give the girl a medication called Gambutrol.

The medicine did its job and calmed her down, but it also caused a different problem. It put the girl in a state of consciousness that blocked their ability to complete the exorcism. The girl was not able to fully function and receive the benefit of the attempted exorcism. The medicine not only fixed her reaction to the demon, but it also kept her from experiencing complete deliverance.

A lot of people settle for stuff that makes them feel better, but that also prevents them from dealing firmly with deeply rooted spiritual issues. They are content to settle for short-term solutions that provide a temporary fix, but don’t get rid of the real problem.862

[Demons; Forgiveness, of Sin; Sin, Dealing with]

MOST of us have seen holes in apples. Most people don’t eat an apple with a hole in it to the core. The reason why most people won’t eat an apple with a hole in it to the core is they’re afraid of what they might bite into. They wonder what exactly bore down in there and created the hole in the apple.

If you ever see an apple with a hole in it down to the core, feel free to eat. The hole to the core is a hole put there by what drilled out, not what drilled in. When the seed was growing, the larvae of the worm got on it and the apple grew up around the “problem.” When the worm hatched, it bore itself out of its situation, eating its way out. The exterior of the bright, shiny apple had contamination inside.

Sin is resident on the inside. What we see on the outside of people’s lives is simply the external illustration or the seed of sin inside.863

Matt. 15:18; 23:25–28; Luke 11:39–40