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 I wonder if you've ever had one of those situations where you think, who does this person think he is?

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 How dare they say that? How can he possibly get away with it?

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 Well, as we come to our section in Luke's Gospel this morning, we might be tempted to think the same of Jesus.

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 We might even think it's a bit confusing all that's going on.

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 I know that I did when I first opened it.

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 Well, as I prepared for this this morning, it was really helpful listening back to what Graham said last week.

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 And he helpfully reminded us that in this part of Luke's Gospel, we're in Jesus' school of discipleship.

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 We are following Jesus to the cross. That's our Gospel foundation for all that he says.

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 And the big question is, what does it mean to follow this King?

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 We saw in the story of the Good Samaritan that there's an external part to following Jesus.

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 Last week with Mary, Martha and prayer is an internal part to following Jesus.

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 And our passage this evening ties together why Jesus is able to make these claims, make these demands on our lives.

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 So if you have a Bible, please come with me to Luke chapter 11.

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 If you've got one of the red pew Bibles, I believe it's page 1043.

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 Let me read for us verses 14 to 28 of Luke chapter 11.

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 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute.

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 When the demon left, the man who had been mute, and the crowd were amazed.

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 But some of them said, by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.

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 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

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 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined.

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 And a house divided against itself will fall.

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 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?

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 I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

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 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out?

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 So then they will be your judges.

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 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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 When a strong man fully armed guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

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 When someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

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 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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 When an impious spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and finds none.

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 Then it says, I will return to the house I left.

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 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

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 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there.

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 And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.

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 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out,

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 Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.

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 He replied, blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

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 I am a woeful writer.

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 Everything I write, my wife Amy proofreads for me.

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 Just last week, I was writing a new CV, an updated CV.

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 And in the skills section, my wife Amy wrote,

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 Craig has a specific skill to add on unnecessary words in sentences just to see if I would spot it.

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 And that struck me as it came here that Luke could not be any different.

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 There is no wasted ink, no wasted words here.

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 Have a look at this amazing description Luke gives of this amazing miracle in verse 14.

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 Luke couldn't be more succinct here on his description.

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 But look at verses 15 to 16.

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 Nothing is said of the reaction of this man.

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 Instead, it's all the reaction of those who witnessed it.

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 People are amazed, they marvel, but they don't like what they see.

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 Some reject Jesus as being from Beelzebul, that is Satan.

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 Others want more, just one more sign, one more sign from heaven.

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 These people are skeptical of what they've seen.

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 They don't doubt that miracles happened,

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 but rather they are doubting how it was able to happen.

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 Perhaps you're here this evening, this morning, sorry, or listening online,

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 and you are skeptical also of Jesus.

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 Let's see how Jesus answers these skeptics,

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 and perhaps it may answer our questions also.

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 We don't know what the sign is that people are looking for,

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 yet Jesus has enough confidence of what we see in verse 14

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 that it is enough to know who he is.

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 As I mentioned, Luke doesn't go into much detail about what Jesus does,

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 but there's two things we can know from it.

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 First off, that Jesus has power of the physical realm.

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 He has a physical man here with a physical issue

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 and produces a physical solution.

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 And secondly, in this verse,

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 we see that Jesus has the power of the spiritual realm.

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 The reason why this man is mute

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 is because he was possessed by a demon,

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 and Jesus casts out the demon,

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 and the demon comes out.

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 Jesus has power over the physical realm

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 and his power over the spiritual realm.

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 Jesus has power over the heavens,

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 and Jesus has power over the earth.

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 He is this God of Genesis 1-1.

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 Jesus is the cosmic king,

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 and the cosmic king has come.

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 But more than that,

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 in verses 17-23,

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 we see the cosmic king has conquered.

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 Some were seeking a sign in verse 16,

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 and I think verse 17 is wonderful.

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 Jesus is knowing their thoughts.

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 They want a sign, he's done a sign,

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 he knows their thoughts,

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 they get another sign for free.

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 It's two for one,

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 but it isn't enough for them.

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 Look down at verse 17,

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 how Jesus responds to this.

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 Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined,

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 and a house divided against itself will fall.

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 It clearly shows Jesus' point, doesn't it?

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 It simply makes no sense for Satan's kingdom

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 to be casting out another.

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 It's divided.

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 It will not stand.

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 It's a formula for failure.

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 By logic alone, it is ruled out.

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 Jesus did not cast out this demon

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 by the power of Satan.

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 And you can imagine the crowd there going,

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 okay Jesus, we get you.

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 But if it wasn't that then,

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 how did this happen?

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 Well, three things Jesus goes on to say

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 to expand his point.

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 Look at verses 18, 19, 20.

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 See the if, if, if there

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 at the start of the verses.

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 Let's see how Jesus draws out his argument.

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 Verse 18.

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 If Satan is divided against himself,

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 how can his kingdom stand?

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 I say this because you claim

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 that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

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 How can the devil have a kingdom

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 working against itself?

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 It won't stand.

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 You can't say that it's a strong

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 satanic force in the world

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 and then say it's fighting against itself.

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 That can't work.

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 It doesn't make sense.

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 So Jesus moves on in verse 19.

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 Now, if I drive out demons by Beelzebul,

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 so whom do your followers drive them out?

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 So then they will be your judges.

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 Who are these followers

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 Jesus is talking about?

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 Or in ESV you might have,

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 who are these sons

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 that Jesus is talking about?

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 If you turn back to chapter 10,

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 verse 17,

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 I think we have our answer,

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 which says,

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 the 72,

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 that is the 72

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 that was sent out by Jesus,

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 returned with joy and said,

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 Lord, even the demons

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 submit to us in your name.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 these disciples,

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 these fellow heirs with Israel,

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 if I cast up demons

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 by the power of Satan,

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 then so do they.

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 And therefore the opposite,

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 if they do it by another power,

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 then so do I.

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 To reject them also means

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 they will be your judges.

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 Do you see what Jesus is doing

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 to their arguments?

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 They make a claim

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 and Jesus draws out the conclusions.

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 If you say this,

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 if this,

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 but if that,

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 leaving us with a final if

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 in verse 20,

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 but if I drive out demons

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 by the finger of God,

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 then the kingdom of God

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 has come upon you.

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 Jesus takes their argument

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 and says,

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 no, it can't be that

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 because that means this.

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 It can't be that

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 because that means this.

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 Therefore,

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 it's got to mean this.

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 And look at his explanation

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 in 21 to 22

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 of what's going on.

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 When a strong man

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 fully armed

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 guards his own house,

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 his possessions are safe.

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 When someone stronger attacks

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 and overpowers him,

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 he takes away the armor

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 in which the man trusted

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 and divides up his plunder.

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 Jesus didn't cast out

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 the demon of verse 14

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 by Satan,

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 but by strength.

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 Jesus pictures here

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 a cosmic war

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 between the power

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 of the kingdom of the devil

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 and the power

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And it's a cosmic war,

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 but it is no struggle.

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 For in these verses here,

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 in this example Jesus gives,

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 he shows us that

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 in Jesus the king,

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 the kingdom of God

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 has come in presence

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 and in power

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 to plunder.

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 I mean,

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 this scene in verse 21

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 is formidable,

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 isn't it?

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 We've got this strong man.

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 He's fully armed.

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 He's in his own palace.

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 He's on his home turf.

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 He knows where

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 every nook and cranny is.

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 Then in comes

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 the stronger man

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 on the offense.

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 And he attacks him

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 and he overcomes him.

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 He takes away his armor

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 in which he trusted

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 and he divides his spoil.

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 Satan has a strong grip

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 in verse 21,

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 but in comes

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 the stronger man,

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 the one for whom

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 the gates of hell

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 could not prevail.

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 And Jesus barges in

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 and he overcomes

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 for he is the cosmic king,

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 the one with the ultimate power,

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 the one with power

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 over the physical realm

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 and the spiritual realm.

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 And with this victory

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 come the spoils of war,

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 distributed to those

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 who fight with him.

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 And what are these spoils

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 Jesus has won for us?

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 Well, I think it's everything

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 that is wrapped up

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 in salvation,

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 forgiveness of sins,

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 the coming of the spirit,

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 his gifts,

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 union with Christ,

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 eternity with the king.

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 Jesus' work means

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 that Satan

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 is no longer in control

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 and that's the point

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 of these miracles.

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 They are audiovisual testimony

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 that Satan

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 has ultimately lost.

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 That Christ

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 is the one who reigns,

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 that he is the one of power,

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 that he is the king.

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 The presence

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 of the kingdom of God

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 is seen not

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 in good advice,

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 but seen in power

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 that overcomes evil.

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 Now how is this

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 power that overcomes

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 evil seen today?

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 What we see

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 in verses 21 to 22

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 is something

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 that is literally true

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 of those

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 who are demon

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 or are demon-possessed.

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 But it's also

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 an image

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 of every person

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 that has ever lived

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 who has ever come

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 to know

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 In Paul's letter

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 to the Ephesians

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 2,

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 he speaks about

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 how everyone

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 who is not with Jesus

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 is under the rule

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 of Satan,

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 the prince of power

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 of the air

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 to use Paul's language

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 in Ephesians.

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 So if verse 21

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 is true of everyone,

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 how does Jesus

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 break in

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 and defeat Satan?

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 I think it's Paul's letter

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 to the Colossians

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 really helps us here.

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 From 1.13

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 he says,

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 For he that is Jesus

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 has rescued us

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 from the dominion

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 of darkness

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 and brought us

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 into the kingdom

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 of the Son

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 he loves.

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 And chapter 2

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 verses 13 to 15

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 he goes on to say,

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 When you were dead

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 in your sins

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 and in the uncircumcision

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 of your flesh

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 God made you alive

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 with Christ

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 he forgave us

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 all our sins

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 having cancelled

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 the charge

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 of our legal indebtedness

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 which stood against us

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 and condemned us

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 he has taken it away

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 nailing it

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 to the cross

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 and having disarmed

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 the powers

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 and authorities

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 he made a public

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 spectacle of them

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 triumphing over them

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 by the cross.

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 What Paul speaks of

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 in Colossians 2

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 is exactly what

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 Jesus is doing

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 in this journey

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 on the way to Jerusalem.

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 He is travelling

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 to the cross

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 to do these things

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 for it's at the cross

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 where Jesus stood

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 toe to toe with Satan

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 and won his great victory.

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 It's at the cross

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 where we see the power

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 of the gospel.

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 It's at the cross

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 where we hear

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 of this crucified Christ

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 and the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 comes to those

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 who believe in him.

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 This is how we know

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 the power of Jesus today.

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 This is how we see

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 the power of Jesus today.

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 This is why Paul

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 could say

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 at the beginning of Romans

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 in 1.16

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 for I am not ashamed

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 of the gospel

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 because it is the power

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 of God

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 that brings salvation

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 to all who believe

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 first the Jew

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 and then to the Gentile.

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 The gospel

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 is the power of God

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 for salvation.

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 The power of God

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 where Jesus

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 takes the house

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 by force

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 where he keeps it

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 and he rules it

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 and he reigns over

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 what was rightly his.

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 So that means

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 when we tell people

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 about Jesus

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 as we do evangelism

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 we are infiltrating

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 enemy lines

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 in one sense.

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 As the Holy Spirit

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 uses the gospel message

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 we share

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 to break down

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 the rule and reign

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 of Satan

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 in that person's life

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 and set in throne

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 to Christ there

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 as a rightful king

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 over what

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 is rightfully his.

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 that means

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 that small conversation

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 you have with a friend

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 about Jesus

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 was anything

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 but insignificant.

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 That stumbling

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 sharing of the gospel

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 with a colleague

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 with a neighbour

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 was anything

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 but weak.

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 That means

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 that church's plan

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 for some people

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 to commit

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 middle class

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 social suicide

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 and move to a housing scheme

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 is anything

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 but foolish.

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 For the gospel

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 is the power

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 of God

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 for salvation

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 and the gates

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 of hell

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 will not prevail

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 over it

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 for Jesus

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 has attacked

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 he has overcome

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 and he has conquered

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 Satan.

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 Now don't want to leave

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 here thinking

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 that Satan

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 is a complete weakling

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 because that's not true

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 just read the start

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 of Job.

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 Just remember

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 verses 21 here

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 he is the strong man

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 but the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is the one

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 who is even

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 stronger

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 he is the cosmic king

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 and that's why

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 Jesus draws

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 this line in the sand

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 the bottom line

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 of this cosmic result

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 one on the cross

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 where Jesus is heading

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 in our passage

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 look at verse 23

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 whoever is not with me

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 is against me

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 and whoever does not

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 gather with me

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 scatters

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 in a cosmic war

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 there are no spectators

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 as one commentator

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 says in a cosmic war

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 there is no Switzerland

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 you are either

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 for

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 or against

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 Jesus has shown us

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 who he is

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 and he says

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 who do you say

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 I am

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 in response

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 he leaves us

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 no wiggle room

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 no grey area

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 and the point is clear

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 do you stand

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 with Jesus

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 and help gather

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 in those

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 who also stand

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 with him

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 praying for his work

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 making the most

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 of the opportunities

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 we have

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 or do you go out

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 and scatter

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 and influence others

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 not to come to him

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 or to put more starkly

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 are you with Jesus

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 in the kingdom of light

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 or of the devil

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 in the kingdom

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 of darkness

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 there is no in between

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 and Jesus calls us

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 to make a decision

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 the cosmic king

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 has come

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 the cosmic king

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 has conquered

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 and the cosmic king

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 calls

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 for a response

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 Jesus draws this line

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 at the end of verse 23

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 and then in verse 24

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 and 26

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 it's as if he peels

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 back the scene

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 giving us

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 some sort of insight

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 into the spiritual realm

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 going on behind

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 possibly explaining

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 what's happened

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 since verse 14

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 remember

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 we don't know

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 this man

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 at the beginning

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 has repented

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 and believed in the Lord

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 all we know

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 is that he had a demon

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 removed by him

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 by the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and in verse 24

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 we see that the spirit

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 goes wandering

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 seeking rest

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 and it finds none

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 so it returns home

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 that is

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 the body

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 from which

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 it was removed

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 as the spirit returns

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 it finds a man

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 in good order

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 morally upright

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 life has been tidied up

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 but still open

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 to demons

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 there's nothing

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 protecting it

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 no stronger force

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 nothing has replaced it

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 no protection

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 from God

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 to the Holy Spirit

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 dwelling in that man

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 this is a picture

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 of a man

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 who had a demon

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 removed by God

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 sorted his life out

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 began to live

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 an upright life

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 but ultimately

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 was not

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 saved

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 he had not acted

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 on God's goodness

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 towards him

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 he had not received

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 the Holy Spirit

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 the spoils

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 that came from

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 Jesus

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 defeating the strong man

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 and so he's left

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 himself open

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 to more demons

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 and it's a tragic

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 picture

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 truly tragic picture

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 and it's the most

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 direct way

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 of talking about

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 the activity

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 of demon possession

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 but what can we learn

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 from this

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 we don't learn

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 that everyone

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 who's a Christian

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 has the Holy Spirit

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 dwelling within

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 and everyone

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 who isn't a Christian

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 has a demon

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 dwelling within them

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 that's not true

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 and that's neither

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 the point

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 of this text

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 but I think

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 we see a picture

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 of someone

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 who's trying

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 to clean up

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 their life

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 trying to do better

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 trying to live

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 a moral life

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 and perhaps

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 may even have

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 succeeded

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 perhaps this person

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 to many of us

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 may look like

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 a Christian

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 but they aren't

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 they may not

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 be demon possessed

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 but they aren't

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 a spiritual vacuum

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 either

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 Christ is not

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 dwelling in their

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 hearts

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 Satan still reigns

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 over them

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 they are not

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 on the side

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 of Jesus

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 so that's how

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 verses 27 to 28

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 fit in with this

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 as Jesus was

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 saying these things

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 a woman in the crowd

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 called out

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 blessed is a mother

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 who gave you birth

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 and nursed you

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 and he replied

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 blessed rather

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 are those

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 who hear the word

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 of God

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 and obey it

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 this woman

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 struck by what

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 she's seen

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 struck by what

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 she's heard

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 just blurts out

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 this praise to Jesus

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 the point of a blessing

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 is not to eulogise Mary

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 but instead Jesus

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 and Jesus agrees

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 with the blessing

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 he says yes

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 that's true

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 but

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 and he raises

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 the bar up

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 to a greater blessing

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 he raises the bar

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 up to a more

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 specific

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 particular blessing

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 he says yes

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 but

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 blessed rather

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 are those

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 who hear the word

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 of God

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 and keep it

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 this is what

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 it looks like

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 to be

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 on the side

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 of Jesus

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 to hear his word

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 and keep it

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 let's take a step back

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 let's see

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 how this fits in

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 with what we've seen

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 in Jesus'

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 school of discipleship

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 so far

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 remember we are

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 following Jesus

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 on his way

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 to Jerusalem

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 Jesus is off

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 to bear the wrath

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 of God

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 for our sin

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 off to transfer

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 all those

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 who will believe

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 in him

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 from the domain

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 of darkness

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 into his kingdom

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 of light

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 he is off

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 to defeat

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 the strong man

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 and take his spoils

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 this is our gospel

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 indicative

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 our gospel foundation

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 for all that Jesus

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 says in this passage

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 in Luke's gospel

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 and as he travels

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 there to the cross

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 to Jerusalem

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 he is teaching

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 what it looks like

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 for us to follow him

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 that is to hear

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 his word

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 and keep it

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 and that's our

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 gospel imperative

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 our gospel

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 actions built

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 upon that

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 gospel foundation

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 think back

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 to chapter 10

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 where we see

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 that teaching

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 about the Samaritan

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 and the Mary

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 and Martha

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 and prayer

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 three examples

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 of following Jesus

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 on his way

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 to Jerusalem

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 in story

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 of the Samaritan

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 obeying God's word

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 looked like

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 care for others

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 external

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 with Mary

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 and Martha

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 looked like

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 obeying God's words

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 looked like

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 attention

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 to Jesus

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 internal

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 and on prayer

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 dependence

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 to God

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 obeying God's word

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 praying to him

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 as father

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 again

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 internal

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 as we heard

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 last week

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 and in our passage

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 I think Jesus

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 ties all this together

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 obeying God's word

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 looks like

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 believing who

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 Jesus is

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 that he is

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 the king of all

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 the one who

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 created the heavens

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 and the earth

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 so

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 obey him

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 to hear God's word

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 and to not obey it

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 is in the language

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 of verses 21

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 and 22

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 like

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 having Jesus

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 the stronger man

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 dwelling within us

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 but at the same time

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 hearing the whispers

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 of Satan's strong man

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 at the back door

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 trying to sneak him in

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 up the stairs

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 into the spare room

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 I think

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 why would we do that?

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 Why would we try

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 to welcome Satan

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 back in?

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 the strong man

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 Satan

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 and the demons

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 they're homicidal

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 they're out to destroy you

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 trying to stop you

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 from hearing God's word

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 trying to stop you

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 from obeying God's words

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 and they will not

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 stop coming back

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 so to try to

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 welcome them in

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 to let them in

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 to some small area

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 of our life

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 to go against

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 the word of the

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 cosmic king

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 is a guess

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 spiritually suicidal

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 and for each of us

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 trying to sneak Satan

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 in the back door

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 will look different

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 perhaps things

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 come to mind

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 right now for you

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 as you're aware

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 of the temptation

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 you face

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 to go against

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 the word of Jesus

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 and instead go after

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 the words of Satan

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 I wonder what has

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 your authority

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 in your life

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 in the way you spend

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 your time

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 in the way you use

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 the internet

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 in your giving

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 in your spending

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 in your relationships

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 who is the ultimate

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 authority

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 yet in the face

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 of this great

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 challenge

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 we find great

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 comfort

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 for not one

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 Christian

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:36.060
 will face that

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.720
 daily battle

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.140
 alone

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:39.100
 for dwelling

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.860
 within the believers

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 is the cosmic

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 king himself

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 one of the most

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.400
 wonderful passages

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.960
 I think

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.240
 in John 14

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.840
 23

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 Jesus says

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:51.519
 anyone who loves

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 me

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:53.200
 will obey

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.880
 my teaching

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 and my father

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.320
 will love them

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 and we will come

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 to them

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 and make

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.080
 our home

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:00.100
 in them

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 the same Jesus

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.620
 who conquered

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:04.980
 the devil

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.680
 on the cross

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:07.220
 now dwells

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.720
 in all those

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.440
 who love him

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.539
 who keep his

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.880
 words

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:11.860
 which means

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.420
 that when we hear

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.060
 those whispers

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.900
 at the back door

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.900
 we are able to say

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.980
 no to the strong man

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.400
 because we have one

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.120
 dwelling within us

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.080
 who is far greater

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.480
 than he

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:21.220
 we have one

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.840
 dwelling within us

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.820
 who has transferred us

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.340
 from the domain

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.860
 of darkness

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:25.280
 into the kingdom

00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:25.820
 of light

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:27.760
 we have the one

00:24:27.760 --> 00:24:28.360
 dwelling within us

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.580
 who is the cosmic

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.000
 king

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.260
 who has come

00:24:31.260 --> 00:24:32.720
 who has conquered

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 and now today

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.540
 calls for a response

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 let me pray

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:42.680
 our great God

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.039
 and Father

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.700
 rejoice that we

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.380
 can come to you

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.860
 in prayer

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:46.480
 not based on our

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.920
 sincerity

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.860
 but based upon

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.480
 our status

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.839
 in your son

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 because of what

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.740
 he did

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.900
 on the cross

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.779
 Lord Jesus

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.440
 we thank you

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.380
 and we praise you

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.480
 for the cross

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.960
 for the life

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.460
 that we now

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.339
 have in you

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:02.400
 and yet

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.860
 at the same time

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.240
 we are

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.900
 conscious of our sin

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.200
 of our shortcomings

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:08.880
 forgive us

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.620
 of our sin

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.279
 we ask

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.160
 show us

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.600
 in our lives

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.299
 where we are not

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.460
 following you

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:15.779
 and so in light

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.400
 of all that you

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.799
 have done

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.860
 on the cross

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:19.620
 bring us

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.559
 into your kingdom

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.259
 to a seat

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.080
 at your table

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.160
 to sit at your

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.720
 right hand

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.700
 help us therefore

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.600
 to live in light

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.400
 of who we are

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.200
 in you

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.960
 and as we think

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.500
 over what we've

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.519
 looked at this morning

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.220
 as we go to

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.580
 wherever

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.579
 you have called

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.879
 us

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:37.460
 in this world

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.039
 as we go

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.539
 to seek

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.299
 to tell others

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.899
 about you

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.279
 the great

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.000
 cosmic king

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:47.019
 may you help us

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.480
 to speak

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.199
 your gospel

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:50.000
 in confidence

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.419
 knowing that

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.199
 it is the gospel

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.639
 that saves

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.439
 not us

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:55.139
 help us

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.720
 not be ashamed

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.599
 of this glorious

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.039
 gospel

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.460
 for it is the

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.319
 power of God

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.319
 for salvation

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.259
 to all who believe

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:04.420
 so Jesus

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.000
 help us

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.140
 to live

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.960
 as you call

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.279
 us to

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:09.160
 to be a people

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.619
 who are known

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.160
 by people

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.960
 who love you

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.480
 because they hear

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.000
 your words

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.200
 and they obey it

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.379
 we ask all these

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.279
 things for your glory

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.819
 Lord Jesus

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.119
 and for our joy

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.480
 in you

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.579
 Amen

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:25.179
 you

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:27.119
 you

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.159
 you

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.000
 you

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.699
 you

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.159
 you

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.240
 you

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