R.S. Helms Commentary

A House Divided Jesus, at a point in His ministry and being harassed by the Pharisees, (as was normal) and when they seen what He was doing, they said “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, (Satan, or ‘Lord of the Flies’).  That is like the liberals of today, making accusations about conservatives and Christians without any fact or foundation, just to make someone look bad, nevertheless, Jesus points to the facts, then covertly accuses them, by way of their sons, of the very same thing in the form of a question, followed by a truism.      Matthew 12: 25b – 27.    v.25). “But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.  v.26).  “if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself.  How then will his kingdom stand?”  v.27 “And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by who

Integrity, According to secular terms 1)     Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. a.         The state of being unimpaired; soundness. b.         The quality or condition of being whole or undivided, completeness . According to religious terms 2)     Integrity, comes to us in the Hebrew and is found many times in the Old Testament. And is translated from the Heb.<Tome> (tum-mah) which is the fem. of (tom) – tome – a.     Innocence, Innocent, b.     Completeness, full, fullness, upright,                                     i.     Doing right, living righteously, accepting  no evil or wrong,                                    ii.     Sincerity, sincere, honest, and of a moral character. 3)     The word integrity is not used in the New Testament, however, the word virtue is used in it’s place. “Virtue” comes to us from the Greek (Arete), and has a simple translation.  Al