O5
We are not to cast demons out of persons who, through their lack of faith or repentance, are unable to maintain the deliverance.
Category: Evangelizing & Preaching
Type: Negative
Form: Implied
Source dataset: Old Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Not specified
Literal Application: Not specified
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Luke 11:24-26
- Matthew 12:43-45
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 16:16-18
- Acts 19:13-16
- James 4:7
- Luke 4:33-36
- Luke 8:1-2
- Luke 10:17
- Mark 1:23-25
- Mark 9:20-21
- Mark 9:29
- Mark 9:38
- Mark 16:16-18
- Matthew 12:22
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Matthew 17:14-20
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
In Matthew 10:5-8 we read of how Yeshua's disciples were sent out to minister to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel" with Holy Spirit power that included power to cast out demons. Earlier in the Scriptures, we see numerous examples of Yeshua casting out demons and expecting his disciples to do the same. For example, in Matthew 17:20 ( verse 21 in NKJ) we read of how, after seeing Yeshua cast out a demon, his disciples were perplexed by not being able to cast it out themselves: And he said to them: "Because you have such little trust! Yes! I tell you that if you have trust as tiny as a mustard seed, you will be able to say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there!' and it will move; indeed, nothing will be impossible for you!" In another Scripture ( Mark 9:28-29 ), we read: After Yeshua had gone indoors, his talmidim asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" He said to them "This is the kind of spirit that can be driven out only by prayer." Because the Holy Spirit is with us today as he was during and after the time of Yeshua, we too have the power to cast out demons in Yeshua's name. That notwithstanding, we are cautioned by the Scriptures that underlay this Mitzvah not to do so if we perceive that the person who is the subject of the ministry cannot hold the deliverance due principally to lack of faith or continued or un-repented sin.
Classical commentators
This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the classical commentators.
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