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(Rom. 15:7–16; Matt. 12:38–45) In every person who unrepentantly lives in sin, a demon lives, as in a house, and controls everything. When, by the grace of God, such a sinner comes into contrition for his sins, repents and stops sinning, the demon is cast out from him. At first he does not bother the repentant, because at first there is a lot of jealousy in him, which burns demons like fire and repels them like an arrow. But then, when jealousy begins to cool, the demon approaches from afar with his proposals, throws in memories of former pleasures and calls on them. If only a repentant man is not careful, he will soon turn from sympathy to desire; If even here he does not come to his senses and return himself to the state of his former sobriety, then the fall is not far off. From desire is born an inclination to sin and determination: internal sin is ready, for external sin only convenience is expected. If it presents itself, the sin will be committed. With this, the demon enters again and begins to drive a person from sin to sin even faster than before. The Lord depicted this with a parable about the second return of the demon to a cleaned and swept house. You might be interested in: