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Lk. 11:14-26

(from Chuck Swindoll)

 

Satan and his demons are real.

Though we cannot see them, they exist.

Though we may not know their strategy, they operate under a very direct control of an intelligent force at work at all times.

Though you may not know their destination, they do.

And their hope is to bring every person they can possibly bring to the destination with them.

Satan and the demons are real.

God and His angelic hosts are real.

Though we cannot see them, they exist.

Though we may not know their strategy, they operate under a very direct control of an intelligent force at work at all times.

Though you may not know their destination, they do.

And their hope is to bring every person they can possibly bring to the destination with them.

These two opposing forces are at war and at work against one another and it is relentless.

It never lets up.

If we could have the scales removed from our eyes so that we could see the supernatural world we would be struck dumb by what we would see.

Barnhouse called this the invisible war.

There is constant cosmic conflict.

It never lets up.

"Not even modern wars are fought with great intensity at every moment.

WWII had preliminary months that were called the phony war.

The interval between WWII and the inevitable WWIII has been called the Cold War.

From the human point of view it may appear that there are similar phases of relaxation of intensity in the invisible war, but in this realm as in the realm of character, man looketh upon the outward appearance.

There is no truce in the invisible war.

There is no armistice in the invisible war.

What may appear to be only a skirmish, may in reality be a major engagement.

There are hundreds of millions of battles being fought every day.

The field of battle is the heart."

-Donald G. Barnhouse.

Some of you today are engaged in a battle that no one else knows.

Perhaps it is going on for months now, maybe years.

Perhaps the battle has destroyed more than one marriage in your existence.

You may battle when you open the Word of God to take in the truth in a way that transforms your life.

There are battles in sensual realms.

Thoughts you have that are so wrong that you wouldn't tell your closest friend or your mate.

\\      Battles of revenge

     Battles of anger

          Even though you are a Christian, you would have to admit that you entertain thoughts that are horribly non-christian.

I am not saying that all of those thoughts are demonic; I am saying that some are.

It is those realms that we are addressing today as we storm hellish gates through the ministry of Jesus Christ.

*                        Kingdom of Light  *

*     Ultimate authority* - living God, Maker of heaven and earth, Supreme Being, God the Father in the Godhead, The One who sent His Son.

     God is the one who directs the affairs of the kingdom of light; Satan is the one who directs the affairs of the kingdom of darkness.

*     Ultimate destination (goal)* - eternal bliss with God, a place of sheer light, never darkness, no more tears, no more death, no more threat of enemy invasion, no more war or rumor of wars.

This place of eternal bliss is the destination of the redeemed.

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*     Strategy* - Redemption.

The Kingdom of light wins.

The kingdom of darkness loses.

The strategy of redemption is a plan wherein the God, the Father loved this world so much that He sends us His Son.

His son lived on this earth 33 years and more and then was nailed to a cross where he gave up his life and his blood continues to wash away the sins of the world.

Jn.

3:16 Believers will be redeemed from the realm of darkness and death.

*                   Kingdom of Darkness*

*     Ultimate authority *- devil, Satan, Lucifer, Son of the Morning, angel of light, Baalzebul,

 

*     Ultimate destination* -  eternal place of punishment and torment; It could be called a place of despair, of lasting memories.

A place of pain that is never relieved.

We cannot imagine a place of eternal pain, but such it is.

It is called a place "prepared for the devil and his angels; the lake of fire"

*     Strategy*- Ultimate destination of doom - a place that awaits those who do not know Christ as their Lord and Savior.

It is a place where good people will go.

People who are lost nevertheless.

It is a place where intelligent people will go.

People of all colors, races and nations will go.

It is Satan's plan to draw people from all over the earth into that eternal destiny of doom.

The Scriptures clearly set forth that there is no hope apart from Jesus Christ.

Talked to people who have given themselves to the kingdom of darkness.

They know misery, bondage and horror like most of us could never imagine unless we have been there.

They speak of things that they cannot control.

Things that they have permitted that have now grown into such a state that they cannot break with them.

They long to find relief.

Some are finding that the only hope is in Jesus Christ.

His power is greater than the power of the kingdom of darkness.

Now, you can imagine when Christ was on this earth how he must have brought from the pit of hell the most incredible demonstrations of hatred toward Him, and how He must have proven Himself again and again the victor over them.

Lk.

11:14-26

(two parts)

     14-20 Jesus casts out a demon and then it is discussed between Jesus and those who disagreed with his source of authority

     21-26  -a deeper discussion about demonism

 

     1.

(14-20)

     A man has been demonized by a demon

          a demon is able to go into a demon and control that individual's vocal chords, will (casting into a fire)

          a demon can bring a person all the way to suicide

     Jesus perceives that it is a demon and casts it out.

*     *

*     a.

Demons would have us believe that they are all powerful, they are not.

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     They must be subject to the name and authority of Christ.

The demons must submit and do exactly as they are told.

There may be a fight, resistance, but they must ultimately obey.

The demons will obey.

Lk.

10:17 they were delighted that the demons were subject to them in Jesus' name

     Jesus warns them (v.20) to not be demon-centered.

Don't become a witch hunter.

ill.

demons of nicotine, nagging wives, stubborn wives, lust,

     Wait!

There are demons and they are at work.

But, they are not in every sickness.

They are not in every stubborn will.

They are not in everybody who disagrees with you.

They are not in every psychological disorder; they are not in every seizure.