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Introduction:
Power and Authority.
We mentioned these terms last week but didn’t fully define them.
Today we are going to see them illustrated in a mighty way as we see the supernatural works of the Messiah.
Authority describes the overarching divinity of Christ.
There is no one higher than Him.
This authority has less to do with what He taught and more to do with who He is.
His power is shown through His actions.
His power is shown to us in our Scripture today as He triumphs over demons and sickness.
We see His authority confirmed by His powerful and divine workings.
Some may claim authority.
But it is only by seeing power manifested that confirms that authority given.
Consider law enforcement.
They have authority given to them by the government.
But without the power of their technology and weapons, their authority would lack power and backing.
In a similar way, my preaching only carries authority when it is the actual Word of God being preached and applied.
The ideas and traditions of man are religious in nature and have no real power or authority to change lives.
It is only the teaching of the inerrant and all-sufficient Word of God that can change lives and hearts and comes with authority and power.
Let’s jump in and read about the power and authority that Jesus Christ showed while on earth.
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Today we will see three domains in which Christ shows His power and authority.
The first is…
I. Jesus Has Power and Authority Over Demons (31-37)
Here is a map of Galilee.
As you can see, Capernaum is northeast of Nazareth.
Again, as was his custom as we saw in Luke 4:16, Jesus is teaching on the Sabbath in a synagogue.
As we mentioned last week, the people were astonished by His teaching because it possessed authority.
He was unlike any of the other religious leaders of His day.
Look at a parallel verse in Mark 1:22:
We see Mark delineate the authority of Jesus’ teaching compared to the scribes.
You see, the scribes had much of their teaching originating from tradition and man’s ideas.
But Jesus came with the very Words of God-made-flesh.
Everything He said came with complete authority because there is no higher authority than God Himself!
I realize that our world today wants to disagree with that statement.
But friends, the authority of God given through His Word - the Bible - has no match of authority.
No matter how powerful someone on this earth seems or appears, it is only God who commands with all authority.
This is why we see Christ referred to as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Jesus Christ has all power and authority.
And we are about to see it played out as we move forward in the following verses.
In this place designated for the worship of Yahweh and the reading and teaching of Scripture, there is a demon-possessed man who shows up.
For those of you who don’t think Satan and his demons show up in our churches, I pray that you take note here.
Sadly, I think it has become apparent that in many of our churches in America, demonic forces have not only shown up at church, they have infiltrated the leadership of many churches.
But moving back to our account, this is where it gets interesting.
It must have been a terrifying situation for those present.
Here is this demon-possessed man who is challenging Jesus.
However, in the midst of this terrifying situation, we must note that the demon realizes and articulates the power of God over him.
Have you come to destroy us?
This demon knows that one day all evil will be destroyed and cast into Hell for all eternity.
He even fears that before that, Christ might throw Him into the Abyss which is a holding place for some of the worst of the worst of the demon world (2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 20:1-3, Revelation 9:11 and Luke 8:31).
Luke 8:31 clearly articulates this holding place for some demons:
Interestingly, after questioning whether Jesus was ready to cast him into the Abyss, this demon does something remarkable.
In the process of this interchange, this demon actually proclaims that Jesus is the Messiah!
It is interesting that most of Jesus’ followers haven’t even grasped this yet!
Some don’t seem to grasp it fully until after His resurrection!
This is an important fact for us to realize.
You can know and believe that Jesus is the Messiah and not be saved.
Listen to James, the half-brother of Jesus write on the subject:
Even the demons believe and shudder.
A true saving faith does not just believe the right facts correctly, it requires submission to the authority of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
And this comes by confession of sinfulness, acknowledgement of Christ’s sinless death on the cross and resurrection, and repentance and turning away from sin.
So many people today are like these demons, they know the truth but they don’t know the Truth.
Let me repeat that and have you read the slide along with me:
They know the truth, but they don’t know the Truth.
You see, knowing the truth that Christ is the Messiah and that He is fully God and fully man - that He lived a sinless life and died on the cross - that He rose from the dead.
Knowing and believing all of that is not enough to save you.
Sadly, many pastors that are well-meaning have preached a false Gospel that following Christ is easy.
Salvation is most certainly simple but it is not easy.
You must personally know the Truth - namely Christ as your Lord and Savior.
You must also repent of your sins and submit to Christ.
And this is the very thing that Satan and his demons refused to do.
And this is also the very thing that many false converts in our churches and our culture refuse to do as well.
They have a head knowledge, but their heart is far from Him.
I pray that you are not like that.
I pray that you don’t hear the phrase, depart from me I never knew you from Christ (Matthew 7:23).
Instead, may you hear well done, good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:23).
Moving forward to the demonic encounter in verse 35…
Jesus rebukes the demon and casts him out.
Not only does Jesus supernaturally cast out the demon but the man - being thrown to the ground by this demon in the midst of all who were there - is left without any harm.
What amazing power and authority is shown here by Christ.
And the crowd obviously notices it as well…
The people are amazed at the power and authority of Christ.
This power has been demonstrated through His works.
This obviously is a catalyst for the news about Jesus to spread even more rapidly.
The people had seen a great work of Jesus.
He has shown His power over the forces of evil.
For quite some time, the people had lived in fear of demon-possessed men such as this one in the synagogue.
And now they found a Savior who the forces of evil were no match for.
Jesus has power and authority over demons.
He also…
Scripture References: Luke 4:16, Mark 1:22, Revelation 19:16, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 20:1-3, Revelation 9:11, Luke 8:31, James 2:19, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 25:23
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Jesus Has Power and Authority Over Debility (38-39)
The word debility means a state of being weak, feeble, or sick.
Christ is about to show his power and authority over illness and debility in this account.
After this amazing interchange between Jesus and a demon, He goes to Simon Peter’s house.
This is Peter the disciple.
His mother-in-law was very ill and Luke asserts that she had a high fever.
This seems to be more of a life-threatening illness because of urgent context given to us by Luke.
The ‘they’ that appealed to Jesus likely refers to her family including Simon Peter as well as possibly friends.
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