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Amen. That's the story we talk about every week, isn't it?
The story that never can get old to us of that Savior that God has sent,
of what He's done, of how it impacts us. We're going to talk about it again this morning.
We're back in Luke 4 today.
Next week we will take a break briefly from Luke to talk about what God's Word has to say
about some significant events coming up soon in the life of our country.
So you'll not want to miss that, or maybe you will, one way or the other.
But last week in Luke 4 we heard Jesus lay out the blueprint for His kingdom ministry.
It's what Ron was just talking about as he's led us through the service this morning.
Jesus coming to bring freedom, to bring release, to proclaim it, and to provide it.
Word and deed together in His ministry.
Last week Jesus was preaching in the synagogue and the focus was on the words that He was proclaiming.
This week we begin to see some of the deeds, some of the reality of that, the demonstration of the kingdom.
We can talk and Jesus can say, this is what I'm coming to do and this is why I was sent.
And now Jesus starts to show us.
We start to see what it looks like and what it feels like when the King shows up.
Glimpses and tastes of freedom and release.
What happens when Jesus the King begins to move.
I'm going to read beginning in verse 31 of Luke chapter 4.
Notice as I do that most of this story happens in one day.
There's a lot that happens.
But honestly it's just another normal Sabbath day in many ways.
Perhaps like your day today.
Jesus goes to church in the morning.
He has lunch at a friend's house.
And then by evening some more people show up and come over to hang out.
But a seemingly normal day is anything but normal when Jesus is involved.
Into the mundane normalcy of life here, Jesus brings the power of the kingdom.
Follow this story as I read at verse 31 of Luke 4.
God's holy word.
This carefully researched account from Luke.
And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee.
And he was teaching them on the Sabbath.
And they were astonished at his teaching for his word possessed authority.
And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon.
And he cried out with a loud voice, Ha!
What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him.
And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
And they were all amazed and said to one another, What is this word?
For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out.
And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house.
Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever.
And they appealed to him on her behalf.
And he stood over her and rebuked the fever.
And it left her and immediately she rose and began to serve them.
Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him.
And he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
And demons also came out of many, crying, You are the Son of God!
But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place.
And the people sought him and came to him and would have kept him from leaving them.
But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well.
For I was sent for this purpose.
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
Pray with me.
Father, we come to your word and give you thanks for it.
It is indeed the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
The authority on which we can rest.
The place where we can trust.
The truth in which we can have confidence.
And so, Father, we come trusting.
We come expectant.
That when your word is opened and it intersects with our hearts,
that your spirit will do things that we wouldn't have expected could happen.
That you will not merely teach us, but that you will change us.
By your word and by your spirit.
Would you do that now as we look to this portion of your word and we ask it in Jesus' name.
Amen.
I grew up on Disney princess movies, among other things.
At least, I hope there were other things.
But all of those great classic movies.
Great fairy tales where most of which have at the center, like many good stories,
this conflict between good and evil, right?
Constantly.
No matter which one you're watching.
Whether you're watching Belle versus Gaston.
Or Ariel versus Ursula.
Jasmine versus Jafar.
Pick your favorite one.
They're all centered around that kind of idea.
And I would find myself, no matter which one I was watching,
pulling for the good guys, right?
Naturally, you're pulled in that way.
For the good guy to come out on top against the villain.
Some of you may prefer Luke versus Darth.
Frodo versus Sauron.
Sherlock versus Moriarty.
Even Harry versus Voldemort.
Regardless of which one you prefer.
We all know these great stories of good versus evil, right?
That conflict, though, is not merely in movies and fairy tales.
One of the reasons that those stories so resonate with us
is that they reflect the great conflict of good versus evil
that underlies all of history.
It's the battle between a good and holy God
and the fallen angel Satan and his evil spirits.
In this passage, we see in real space and time,
in the unfolding of human history,
a crucial battle in the great conflict.
And what we will see in this story
is that King Jesus demonstrates his unrivaled power
in the great war between good and evil.
Before we look again at Luke chapter 4,
we need to set this passage and that conflict
that I'm talking about
in the context of the greater story that the Bible tells.
So if you turn all the way back to Genesis,
it's at the very beginning of the story
that we will see the battle lines drawn.
What's at issue in this conflict?
You know the story begins with God creating, right?
God makes a good creation
with humanity as the crown of his creation,
created to live in perfect relationship with him,
to reflect his image in his creation,
to rule over the rest of his creation.
That's how the story starts.
Here's mankind to be in this intimate,
close relationship with God.
And then enter Satan, the serpent,
who we later find out has rebelled against God
and his good authority.
And Satan draws humanity, Adam and Eve,
into his rebellion, doesn't he?
Against God.
He tempts them to distrust God,
to disobey God's commands,
and therefore to disrupt
their good relationship with God.
As a result of this rebellion,
God comes in and God pronounces a curse,
a curse on the serpent,
on Adam and Eve,
and on all of creation,
as a matter of fact.
God's good creation has been marred
by the ones intended to care for it
and rule over it.
Thorns and thistles,
diseases and death
enter the perfect creation.
And so the battle lines are drawn, right?
There they are.
Satan is attacking the world God has made
and the people that he made for himself
to live in relationship with.
Satan would have all of that for himself.
The world and the people.
He wants it.
And God, in pronouncing the curse,
launches a counterattack, so to speak.
Genesis chapter 3, verse 15,
when God is cursing the serpent,
he says,
I'm going to put enmity
between you and the woman.
Hostility.
There will be war
between your offspring and her offspring.
He shall bruise your head
and you shall bruise his heel.
See that conflict between good and evil?
All the way back at the beginning of the story.
The enmity between God and the serpent
resulting in enmity
between the serpent and the woman
and her offspring.
A battle will unfold.
But God promises, even here,
that it's one that he,
and in particular,
a particular offspring of the woman,
will win.
So now fast forward to Luke chapter 4.
With the arrival of the Son of God,
the Messiah,
onto the scene of human history
where this battle has been waged,
this great conflict has been underway now
for centuries,
and he shows up
and it begins to rage much more intensely.
The heat is turned up.
Already we saw a couple weeks ago
at the beginning of Luke 4
that Satan tempts Jesus,
as he did Adam and Eve, right?
To disobey God.
To distrust Him
and His good care for them.
He doesn't have your best interests at heart.
Take another way
rather than God's way, Jesus.
You can get what you want
by this path.
And Jesus faithfully responds
by trusting and following God's Word.
The second Adam, Jesus,
succeeds where we
and the first Adam have failed.
He succeeds three times
in painful,
physically painful circumstances.
Jesus conquers Satan.
And Satan leaves him, right?
Defeated,
but not yet giving up.
Leaves, Luke tells us,
until an opportune time.
The war continues.
Then in the passage we read this morning,
Jesus leaves Nazareth,
His hometown,
and heads to Capernaum.
I love Luke's careful attention
to detail
and historical foundation,
building for us something
that we can trust
and rooting it
in places we know.
Just like Nazareth,
Capernaum is easy to locate.
The eyewitnesses there
could testify easily
to the veracity
of these accounts.
Evil spirits may sound
fanciful to you.
You think,
oh, come on.
You know, evil spirits,
and what is all of this?
This is no fairy tale
of good versus evil.
This is the real deal.
Hundreds of people
are impacted,
perhaps thousands,
by what we read.
They have been there,
many of them,
to tell about it,
to confirm,
did this indeed happen?
You can still see today,
in fact,
the ruins of the synagogue
in Capernaum.
In the top left there
in this picture,
the white limestone,
is ruins of the synagogue
that was built
in the fourth century.
And you'll see down here
the black basalt rock.
That's the material
that was actually used
to build the synagogue
on that exact same site
that Jesus would have preached in.
You can still see portions of it
remaining underneath
the white limestone synagogue.
Right here in human history,
in places you can still go
and see and touch,
Jesus shows up.
And so here we are
in the long day
that I spoke of earlier.
It's Sunday, right?
And Jesus finds Himself where?
Preaching at church.
Notice verse 32.
Even before any of the miracles start,
even before the wonderful things
He's going to do,
His authority is evident
in His words, isn't it?
Just in what He's saying,
they're astonished
at His teaching
for His word possessed authority.
He didn't preach
like the teachers of the law
that the people were used to.
Most of them preached
in the style of the day,
which went like this.
They would open up the scroll
and read the passage of Scripture.
And then when they sat down
to preach,
what they would do
is they would recite
one rabbi after another.
He says this.
He says that.
This guy says
the passage means this.
But this guy,
on the other hand,
takes a different view.
That's the way
that they preached regularly.
Not so with Jesus.
He speaks as one
with authority.
He speaks for Himself,
doesn't He?
Last week,
today this Scripture
is fulfilled
in your hearing.
You want to know
what this passage
from Isaiah means?
Today it's fulfilled
in your hearing.
Says who?
Says me.
I declare to you
the truth of God
straight from me
on my own authority.
But then Jesus' authority
is challenged
in this passage.
Satan's minions
have entered people
in Capernaum.
And when they encounter Jesus,
they attack,
don't they?
Verse 34 and verse 41,
we hear them crying out
the identity of Jesus.
Jesus of Nazareth.
The Holy One of God.
The Son of God.
These are terms
of attack actually.
Part of gaining
the upper hand
in conflict
is knowing your opponent.
Being able
to identify them.
The demons say,
I know you.
I know who you are.
Did you hear
that declaration of war?
I know who you are
so I can control you.
I'm against you.
What are you coming
against us with,
Jesus of Nazareth?
The demons declaring war,
the attack that's there,
but also doing something else,
seeking to discredit Jesus.
What's the quickest way
to discredit somebody
for them?
Hey,
if the demons
are the first ones
to tell you who he is,
that's definitely
not who he is, right?
If I heard it first
from the demons,
I'm never gonna believe it.
So if the demon yells
he's the son of God,
he's the holy one of God,
that can't be true.
And so Jesus does what?
He silences them immediately.
Both times that they say this,
Jesus rebukes them.
Who's in charge?
Jesus is in charge.
He sends them away
and does not even
allow them to speak.
So great is his authority
over them.
Jesus rebukes Satan
and his demons
and he shows his power
in doing so.
The people notice,
don't they?
Look at verse 36.
What do the people say
about Jesus
when they see him
cast these demons out?
Verse 36.
Verse 36,
they look at him
and they say,
what's going on?
What is this word?
For with authority and power
he commands the unclean spirits
and they come out.
What is it
when he speaks like that?
With authority and power
he commands the unclean spirits.
He speaks with authority
and he backs it up
demonstrating his authority
so that it's undeniable
who's in charge.
The kingdom of Jesus
comes in power.
A king who powerfully
brings freedom
to those in the bondage
of Satan
and he does it
with a word.
This is not just a king
who says things
like what Ron read earlier.
You can have freedom.
You can have release
from your bondage
but it's just wishful thinking.
No.
The king comes with power
and where he shows up
there is freedom.
When he speaks
he acts.
The people are amazed.
What likely amazes them
is the simplicity
and the authority
with which he
casts out the demons.
There were people
who attempted exorcisms
back in these days
and they did it
with a lot of elaborate
tricks and spells.
You would think of
hocus pocus type
stuff that happened.
Jesus doesn't do anything
tricky.
No fancy words.
He just commands
the demons to come out.
Jesus simply
and authoritatively
speaks
and the power
of the king
is evident
in its simplicity
and in its freeing power
that it actually happens
as he says.
Jesus comes
to set captives free
and in order
to do that
if he's going
to set the captive free
as he later explains
you first have to
bind the strong man
holding them captive
and then you can set
the captives free
and so Jesus
does that.
He binds
the strong man
Satan.
The stronger man
Jesus
comes to demonstrate
his great power.
He overpowers
Satan
and then
sets the captives
free
from the demons.
He speaks
the word
they must
obey
and many people
are released
from their bondage
and entirely
unharmed
aren't they?
Protected
by King Jesus.
The demon
comes out of him
and he is not
harmed.
So Jesus
is showing himself
greater
and stronger
than Satan
and his demons.
But he doesn't
stop there.
You remember
the forces of evil
have wreaked
havoc
on God's
good creation
right?
You know
just think about
what's happened
since the fall
of man.
all of the ways
that this curse
on God's creation
has played itself out.
They've brought
all of creation
under a curse
and so even
when Satan
and his minions
aren't personally
present
the evil
of the fall
their trail
of brokenness
and destruction
and disease
persists
doesn't it?
They're limited
in where they can be
but the effects
of what they've caused
run rampant
throughout
the world.
So perhaps
Jesus is too weak
or too late
to be able
to handle
all the destruction
that they've caused.
What will he be able
to do?
Is it possible
that they've brought
so much devastation
that the king
won't be able
to push it back?
No way.
Not this king.
He is coming
as we sang
just a few minutes ago
to make his blessing
flow
where?
Far as the curse
is found
everywhere
all over the place
throughout creation
watch as Jesus
rebukes
the effects
of the fall.
Verse 38
He arose
and left the synagogue
and entered
Simon's house.
Simon's mother-in-law
was ill
with a high fever
and so they
appealed to Jesus
on her behalf
and he stood
over her
and rebuked
the fever
and it left her
and immediately
she rose
and began
to serve them.
I said Jesus
rebukes
the effects
of the fall
which may sound
a little odd
or strange
to you.
It seems to make
them personal
that he's speaking
to them
and rebuking them.
It's because
he uses
the exact same
word here
as he does
when he rebukes
the demons
twice in this passage.
He rebukes
the fever
here
and it
leaves her.
While it may be
a fever
an effect
of the fall
rather than
a personal
enemy
Jesus sees
the two
as connected
in the great
conflict
doesn't he?
This may not be
the personal
enemy
Satan
and his demons
but this is part
of what they have
brought
into this
creation
and again
Jesus demonstrates
his power.
This is a
serious
fever
perhaps
even malaria
related
that Dr. Luke
carefully
diagnoses
for us
and it is
no match
for King
Jesus
that dear woman
is so
freed from
her fever
that she is
immediately
up and
serving
right away
fully
functional
back to
her healthy
self
immediately
but Jesus
is not
finished
with one
fever
verse 40
when the sun
was setting
all those
who had
any who
were sick
with various
diseases
brought them
to him
and he
laid his
hands
on every
one of
them
and healed
them
not just
the one
fever
but now
the sun
goes down
on the
Sabbath
and the
people are
able now
again
to carry
people
that they
weren't allowed
to carry
on the
Sabbath
and so
they begin
to bring
them to
Jesus
over and
over
person
after person
they bring
the sick
to him
and with a
personal
touch
Jesus
heals
them all
that was
uncommon in
this culture
you didn't
touch
the sick
in order
to heal
and Jesus
reaches and
touches and
heals
though many
people are there
they're not mere
numbers to
Jesus
he's not just
trying to
increase his
count
and how
impressive it
is
no he
cares
personally
he rules
over all
these effects
of the fall
many various
diseases
to bring
freedom
and to bring
it to
particular
people
that he cares
about
specifically
and personally
freeing them
from the
darkness
that they
are living
under
and restoring
them
to health
see this is
what happens
when the king
shows up
isn't it
this is what
the kingdom
looks like
and feels
like
good starts
to push
back
evil
light begins
to drive
out
darkness
blessing
starts
overcoming
the curse
wherever it
is found
when Jesus
and his
kingdom
show up
somewhere
Satan
is run
out of
town
the effects
of the fall
are reversed
people
experience
freedom
listen
this is not
a fairy tale
this is not
just a nice
story
friends
this is
Jesus
this is
the king
we know
and serve
this is
our older
brother
the one
who is
alive
and ruling
and working
in our
lives
by his
spirit
so I
say to
those of
you who
are weary
in the
fight
who feel
like you're
losing the
battle
like darkness
is closing
in
be of
good cheer
listen
in your
life
for the
soft
footsteps
and the
strong
voice
of the
king
and have
hope
because of
him
we do
indeed
have an
active
personal
enemy
Satan
who is
constantly
waging
spiritual
warfare
against
us
we do
live in
a world
where the
effects of
the fall
and the
power of
darkness
are all
over our
hearts
and our
world
day in
and day
out
we're
confronted
with it
it looks
different
for each
of us
you may
be suffering
under the
bondage
of
pornography
you may
be suffering
under the
bondage
of
bitterness
and
unforgiveness
the
bondage
of
addiction
the
bondage
of
oppression
many of
those
that we
we confessed
our struggle
with
and our
bondage
to
earlier
in our
world
these
kinds
of
bondage
often feel
inescapable
don't
they
you've
felt
that
before
there'll
be no
end
to this
captivity
but know
this
while the
struggle
may be
hard
King
Jesus
rules
over
all of
these
in order
to bring
freedom
the
struggle
may
persist
even
to help
you
lean
more
upon
his
strength
and
trust
him
more
deeply
trust
his
love
for
you
but
don't
lose
heart
King
Jesus
fights
and
wins
for
you
and
he
will
Southwood
as we
seek
to bring
the
kingdom
to bear
in
Huntsville
we
should
expect
King
Jesus
to bring
freedom
we
come up
against
all
sorts
of
bondage
you
may
feel
like
you're
beating
your
head
against
the
wall
running
into
the
bondage
created
by
unjust
systems
the
bondage
of
generational
poverty
the
bondage
of
power
hungry
leaders
and
money
hungry
payday
lenders
and
you
think
there's
nothing
that can
help
look
again
to
King
Jesus
who
rules
over
all
of
these
two
to
bring
freedom
and
go
forward
with
him
the
bondage
you
can't
seem
to
break
through
is
pushing
you
to
trust
him
more
because
he's
the
one
with
the
power
so
don't
lose
heart
King
Jesus
fights
and
wins
for
you
and
through
you
his
church
where
King
Jesus
is
proclaimed
and
promoted
Satan
evil
and
all
the
effects
of
the
fall
are
pushed
back
before
King
Jesus
angels
prostrate
fall
demons
shudder
Satan
himself
flees
and
all
of
creation
rejoices
in the
power
of her
king
that's
what
happens
when
the
king
shows
up
that's
what
happens
in
your
life
that's
what
happens
in
your
neighborhood
in
your
friend's
life
in
your
spouse's
life
in
your
kid's
life
when
Jesus
shows
up
that's
good
news
it's
been
quite a
day
for
Jesus
right
the
kingdom's
been
power
going
out
from
him
all
over
the
place
it's
not
surprising
perhaps
the next
morning
we find
him
alone
and
Mark
tells
us
in
his
gospel
that
he's
praying
look
at
the
end
of
our
passage
when
it
was
day
he
departed
and
went
into
a
desolate
place
and
the
people
sought
him
and
came
to
him
and
would
have
kept
him
from
leaving
them
but
he
said
to
them
I
must
preach
the
good
news
of
the
kingdom
of
God
to
the
other
towns
as
well
for
I
was
sent
for
this
purpose
and
he
was
preaching
in
the
synagogues
in
Judea
can
you
blame
the
people
in
Capernaum
I
mean
after
all
the
great
things
that
he's
doing
hey
hang
around
Jesus
stay
a
while
I
like
how
this
feels
you
know
neat
things
happening
if I
ever
need
a
doctor
it
seems
to
go
pretty
quickly
this
is
wonderful
stay
around
they
would
have
had
him
stay
but
Jesus
is
no
localized
domesticated
miracle
worker
is
he
you
can't
tame
this
king
he
must
go
the
kingdom
is
not
for
any
one
ethnic
group
or
any
one
geographical
region
Jesus
must
go
elsewhere
because
this
is
why
he
was
sent
his
mission
is
bigger
than
Capernaum
isn't
it
the
good
news
of
his
kingdom
the
freedom
the
release
the
forgiveness
the fact
that it
is
now
jubilee
for
everyone
because
the
king
is
here
that
needs
to
be
shared
elsewhere
the
fight
against
evil
must
be
carried
on
more
must
be
brought
in
to
hear
and
taste
and
feel
the
kingdom
now
Jesus
has
certainly
lodged
some
resounding
initial
victories
here in
Capernaum
on this
one
day
but
this
reminder
I
think
at the
end
of the
passage
is
here
particularly
to help
us
remember
that it's
not
over
the
mission
for which
he was
sent
is not
yet
complete
Jesus
says
the
conflict
with
evil
not
yet
over
and that
points us
to where
it's all
headed
you see to
this point
Jesus
has merely
been
declaring
and asserting
his authority
over Satan
and his
demons
right
pronouncing it
with a word
that he is
in charge
he declares
his power
over Satan
and the
demons
that he
as they have
correctly
identified
the holy
son of
God
rules over
them
by divine
right
and fiat
he speaks
and they must
obey
his righteous
word
but he
couldn't just
pronounce
for us
eternal
victory
over Satan
could he
he had to
procure it
he couldn't
just say
that we
win
and it
be a
reality
because
there's
something
wrong
with us
see
when I
think about
watching all
of those
movies
with good
versus evil
in them
I said
I always
end up
rooting for
the good
guys
right
and part
of that
is really
good and
true
because
who always
wins
the good
guys
because
that story
reflects
this story
and so
you like
to root
for them
we like
to root
for the
winning
team
but I
think
along
the way
I
convince
myself
that
it's not
just
that I'm
cheering
for the
good
guys
to win
but I'm
one of
them
I'm on
the good
side
like
I mean
after all
I'm in
church
right
I mean
obviously
this is
the good
side
we naturally
assume
that we're
on the
side of
good
but remember
the beginning
of the
story
you remember
when this
conflict
was first
played out
back in
Genesis
we have
rebelled
against
God
we've
joined
the
rebellion
having
rebelled
we are
in bondage
to sin
by birth
by nature
all of us
the Bible
says
enemies
of God
not
not on
his side
naturally
but his
enemies
and so
Jesus
has to
rescue
us
he doesn't
just
declare
something
he has
to go
do
something
in order
to address
our
problem
to do
that
to rescue
us
he doesn't
just assert
his unrivaled
power and
authority
which he
clearly
has
no he
does
what
he lays
down
his
very
life
on the
cross
the
strong
one
the
mighty
one
before
whom
no one
could
stand
and whom
no one
could
bind
becomes
seemingly
weak
willingly
is held
on the
cross
in order
to rescue
us
and set
us
free
and remarkably
in so doing
when Jesus
goes to the
cross
he actually
achieves
ultimate
victory
over Satan
and evil
Colossians
chapter 2
how does
Paul say it
when you
are dead
in your
sins
and the
uncircumcision
of your
flesh
our
problem
right
we were
dead
God
made you
alive
with Christ
how
he forgave
us all
our sins
having
cancelled
the charge
of our
legal
indebtedness
which stood
against us
and condemned
us
we were
doomed
he did
it
how
he took
it away
nailing
it
to the
cross
and having
disarmed
the powers
and authorities
Satan
and his
demons
he made
a public
spectacle
of them
triumphing
over them
by the
cross
triumphing
over them
when
when was
it clear
when was
the decisive
blow
delivered
on the
cross
at great
cost
to himself
when the
almighty
king
humbled
himself
to the
point
of death
even
death
on a
cross
he achieved
for us
what he
already
had
for himself
victory
power
over
Satan
and all
the effects
of evil
in our
world
sin
death
and the
grave
no longer
rule
over us
in fact
death
starts
working
backwards
the effects
of the fall
begin to be
reversed
in our
lives
and in
our
world
I love
the way
the valley
of vision
prayer
says it
Jesus
strides
forth
as the
victor
conqueror
of death
hell
and all
opposing
might
he bursts
the bands
of death
tramples
the powers
of darkness
down
and lives
forever
he
my
gracious
surety
apprehended
for payment
of my
debt
comes
forth
from the
prison
house
of the
grave
free
and
triumphant
over sin
Satan
and death
show me
herein
the proof
that his
vicarious
offering
the one
in my
place
the one
that if
he made
it
and he
came forth
free
and victorious
shows that
I will
too
show me
that offering
is accepted
that the
claims of
justice
are satisfied
that the
devil's
scepter
is
shivered
that his
wrongful
throne
is
leveled
King
Jesus
reigns
you
can't
tame
this
King
he
will
reign
forever
and ever
and because
he does
no throne
or power
or ruler
or authority
can rival
him
can stand
before him
or before
us
his people
because we
will reign
with him
because his
power lives
within us
by his
spirit
the mighty
king
reigns
with
unrivaled
power
and the
mighty
king
with
unrivaled
power
takes
our
place
of
weakness
pays
our
debts
which
were
great
redeems
us
from
our
sins
which
were
many
so that
we
might
live
and reign
with
him
forever
completely
forgiven
from a
debt
that we
could
never
repay
completely
free
from
bonds
that we
could
never
break
in fact
back to
the beginning
back to
a restored
creation
the way
God created
it to be
and most
importantly
back in a
perfect
relationship
with God
the way
he made
us to be
the desire
of his
heart
for us
and Jesus
brings us
back there
amen
let's pray
Jesus
thank you
what
what more
could we
say
for what
you our
king
have done
we are
those who
are weak
who are
are not
able
to rescue
ourselves
we're in
bondage
even when
we're not
aware of
it
we
battle
against
sin
and
Satan
foes
that on
our own
we're
powerless
to
defeat
but
foes
that in
Jesus
we have
already
conquered
and we
are more
than conquerors
through him
who loves
us
and will
never be
separated
from us
with whom
we will
reign
forever
and ever
Lord
Jesus
would the
confidence
of seeing
your
power
at work
give us
hope
not in
ourselves
we have
no hope
there
but in
you
may give us
great confidence
this week
as we battle
wherever you
have placed us
and in whatever
difficult place
you have us
that King
Jesus can
conquer there
and will
conquer there
may we
trust him
every moment
of every day
we give
praise to
him
amen
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