247th Post Jesus Said on Evil Spirits Con't. - Matthew 12:43 - 45

Matthew 12: 43 - 45; Luke 11: 24 - 26. Spoken by Jesus about 2 years into His earthly ministry.
When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, "I will return to my house from which I came." And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation.
This passage has a lot to say, lets see if we can unlock it in parts. First an unclean spirit goes out of a man. This does not happen with out help from God. We will leave the man, and follow the spirit. The spirit seeks dry places seeking rest. What does this mean? Jesus says "He is the living Water." The dry places mean in the absence of God. Finding no one to enter, the spirit says he will go back to the man he was drawn out of. Now we will pick up the man again; the spirit finds the man's heart empty, swept, and put in order. This means that the man did nothing to improve his situation after the evil spirit was cast out. God did something good for him and he did not try to follow God; if he had, the spirit would not have been able to enter again. I am running out of space again, so to be continued next blog.