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 Well, have you ever been falsely accused of doing something wrong?

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! It's not a nice feeling, is it?

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! How did you respond in the moment?

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 Did you become angry?

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 Did you give back some accusations of your own?

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 Were you worried that the accusation made against you might stick

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 and that others would hear it and believe it?

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 Well, today as we continue the story of Jesus,

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 we hear about a time when He was falsely accused.

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 And we hear how He responded to it.

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 We're in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 11.

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 Let me just read the first couple verses.

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 We're starting in verse 14 to set the scene for us this morning.

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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 spoke.

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 And the crowd was amazed.

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 But some of them said,

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 By Beelzebul, the prince of demons,

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 he is driving out demons.

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 So, Luke sets the scene for us.

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 Jesus was driving out this demon.

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 And this is not the first time we've heard about Jesus casting out a demon.

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 We heard about it back in Luke, chapter 9,

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 when Jesus cast a demon out of a boy.

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 We heard about it in chapter 8,

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 when Jesus healed that man who had many demons.

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 He cast them out into the pigs.

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 We heard about Jesus casting out multiple demons back in chapter 4.

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 There was the man in the synagogue.

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 And then later that evening,

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 in Capernaum,

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 it says that He cast many demons out of people.

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 And then we've even heard about the disciples

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 casting out demons,

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 using the authority and power that Jesus gave to them.

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 First, the 12,

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 and then the 72.

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 But here Luke wants to tell us about yet another exorcism

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 done by Jesus.

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 And the thing that's unique about this one

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 is that it leads to this sort of false accusation

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 made against Jesus.

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 In many ways,

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 this incident,

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 this little chunk of the book here,

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 is more about the dialogue that happened

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 after the exorcism

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 than it is about the exorcism itself.

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 It all starts with Jesus casting

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 a demon out of a man who could not speak.

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 And the phrasing here is quite interesting.

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 Quite literally,

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 Jesus was driving out a mute demon.

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 And there's some discussion over that wording.

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 Most take that to mean

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 not that the demon was mute,

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 but that it was a demon of muteness.

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 That it caused this man

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 to be mute and unable to speak.

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 Think about that for a moment.

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 Can you imagine not being able to speak?

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 And it's not because your body lacks the ability to speak,

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 but because an evil spirit is inside you

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 and has control of you.

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 What was it like for this poor man?

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 Did he feel as though his mouth was taped shut

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 and all he could utter were sounds and noises?

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 Did he often try to speak

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 and form words,

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 but just no sound would come out?

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 Did this evil spirit torment him

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 or punish him whenever he tried to speak?

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 Maybe threw him into convulsions

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 so that he no longer tried.

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 And when did this first start happening

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 in this man's life?

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 How long has this been going on for him?

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 Well, these details are not included by Luke,

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 but it must have been awful

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 for him to be afflicted like this.

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 Luke doesn't even tell us

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 how Jesus drove out the demon.

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 Just that he was driving out the demon

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 and then when the demon left,

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 the man who had been mute spoke.

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 And then the response of the crowd.

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 They were amazed.

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 The man's ability to speak again,

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 it was clear evidence that he was now set free

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 from this evil spirit.

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 And the first response of the crowd

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 seems positive.

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 They were amazed.

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 But then some in the crowd challenged Jesus

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 and they made this accusation

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 that we read in verse 15.

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 But some of them said,

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 by Beelzebul,

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 the prince of demons,

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 he is driving out demons.

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 Others were suspicious

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 and doubtful.

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 If we just look down to the next verse,

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 16,

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 others tested him

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 by asking for a sign

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 from heaven.

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 And we kind of wonder here,

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 don't we?

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 Isn't healing this demon-possessed man

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 a sign from heaven already?

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 Like, what more do you need?

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 It's almost like they didn't even see it.

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 There was skepticism.

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 There was doubt

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 from some of the people.

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 But let's look at this accusation

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 that some made in verse 15.

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 By Beelzebul,

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 the prince of demons,

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 he is driving out demons.

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 The parallel passages

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 in Matthew and Mark

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 tell us

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 that it was the Pharisees

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 and the teachers of the law

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 who said this.

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 No surprise there.

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 This was their attempt

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 to explain

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 how Jesus was able

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 to get the evil spirit

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 out of this man.

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 And so we notice there

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 that they didn't deny

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 that he had got

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 the evil spirit out.

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 They didn't deny that.

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 That much was obvious.

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 But how did he do it?

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 They couldn't explain that.

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 They accused Jesus

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 of casting out the demon

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 by the power

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 of Beelzebul.

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 Who is Beelzebul?

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 Well, the short answer,

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 we can find it right

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 in the passage here,

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 the Pharisees identify him

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 as the prince

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 of demons.

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 the one who is ruler

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 over all of them.

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 And if we just glance

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 down the page a little bit

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 to verse 18,

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 we see that Jesus,

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 as he responds,

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 understands

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 that they are referring

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 to Satan.

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 In Jesus' response,

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 he uses the names

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 seemingly interchangeably.

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 Beelzebul is another name

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 for Satan.

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 This name is thought

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 to have been,

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 to come from the name

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 of an ancient Canaanite god

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 who was worshipped

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 in the land of Canaan

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 even before the children

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 of Israel came into the land.

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 His name is thought

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 to have been

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 Beelzebul,

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 possibly meaning

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 God of the high place.

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 And it seems as though

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 the Jews,

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 after coming into the land,

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 sort of tweaked

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 his name a little bit.

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 just the last sound

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 or letter of his name

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 to Baal Zabub.

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 And the meaning of that

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 is Lord of the Flies.

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 And so it's thought

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 that they did this

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 in order to sort of mock

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 this false Canaanite god.

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 But by the time

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 that we get to Jesus' day,

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 this name in the minds

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 of the Jews

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 is basically

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 just another name

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 for Satan,

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 the prince

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 of the demons.

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 So they make

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 this false accusation.

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 They accuse Jesus

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 of doing this exorcism

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 by the power

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 of the devil.

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 What a nasty

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 and wicked thing

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 to say.

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 Can you imagine this?

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 You just

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 do this.

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 This poor man

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 has been set free.

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 He's talking again.

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 You did that

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 by the power

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 of the devil.

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 The reason

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 that you're able

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 to get demons

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 to come out of people

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 is because you're

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 in cahoots

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 with the devil himself.

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 He's their master

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 and so

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 you guys have

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 a thing going on

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 so that they listen

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 and they come out.

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 We'll get to Jesus'

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 response in a minute

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 but let's just acknowledge

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 that there is

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 a kind of logic

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 to this accusation.

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 They're basically

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 suggesting that

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 the devil

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 and Jesus

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 are working together

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 in some sort of

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 elaborate deception.

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 The demons

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 are coming out

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 of people

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 who they have

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 long afflicted.

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 The Pharisees

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 don't deny that

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 but it's a trick

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 they say.

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 Satan's giving

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 the orders

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 and they're coming out

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 and Jesus

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 is part of this.

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 So there's a kind

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 of logic to it

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 but

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 even before we get

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 to Jesus' response

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 probably you're

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 already thinking

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 like how does

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 that work?

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 How would this

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 deception of Satan

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 work?

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 I mean

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 it would deceive

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 people into

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 following Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 is telling people

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 to turn away

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 from wickedness

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 and to

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 turn to the Lord.

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 God

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 so

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 how does that

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 work in Satan's

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 favor?

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 I mean

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 Satan wants

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 people to

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 worship him

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 but Jesus

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 has been going

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 around telling

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 people to do

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 the opposite

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 to love the

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 Lord their God

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 with all their

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 heart, soul,

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 mind and strength

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 and to repent

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 of their sins.

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 So there's an

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 obvious problem

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 to their suggestion

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 but let's hear

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 Jesus' response

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 to them now

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 in verse 17.

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 Jesus knew

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 their thoughts

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 and said to

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 them

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 any kingdom

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 divided against

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 itself

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 will be ruined

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 and a house

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 divided against

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 itself

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 will fall.

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 if Satan

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 is divided

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 against

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 himself

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 how can

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 his kingdom

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 stand?

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 I say this

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 because you

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 claim that I

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 drive out

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 demons

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 by Beelzebul.

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 Now if I

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 drive out

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 demons by

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 Beelzebul

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 by whom

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 do your

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 followers

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 drive them

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 out?

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 So then

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 they

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 will be

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 your judges.

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 We'll have

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 to kind of

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 wade through

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 this a bit.

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 There's a lot

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 there.

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 Let's start

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 with that

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 first statement

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 Jesus makes

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 in verse 17.

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 He says

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 any kingdom

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 divided against

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 itself

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 will fall

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 will be

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 ruined.

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 Sorry.

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 So let's

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 think about

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 this.

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 If the

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 ruler of a

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 kingdom

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 begins to

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 use his

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 power

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 against his

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 own people

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 then it's

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 not long

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 before that

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 kingdom

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 collapses

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 and then

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 he's no

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 longer the

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 ruler of

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 those people.

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 I mean

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 history has

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 proven this

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 time and

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 time again.

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 The people

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 of a

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 nation or

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 kingdom will

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 only tolerate

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 so much

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 from the

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 one in

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 charge.

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 So much

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 opposition or

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 cruelty from

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 their own

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 leader and

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 eventually things

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 will come to a

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 head and the

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 conflict will

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 break the

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 kingdom.

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 And that ruin

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 can happen in

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 different ways.

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 We've seen it in

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 all kinds of

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 ways.

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 Could be a

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 revolt against

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 the leader

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 and replacing

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 him with

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 another one.

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 It could be

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 part of the

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 kingdom breaking

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 away and no

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 we're not

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 going to listen

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 to you anymore.

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 We're going to

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 become our

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 own people.

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 The classic

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 example from

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 the Bible is

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 King Solomon

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 and his son

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 Rehoboam.

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 When Rehoboam

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 became king

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 the people

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 asked him

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 for relief

00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:02.340
 from the

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 heavy burden

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 that Solomon

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 had put on

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 them.

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 And what did

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 Rehoboam say?

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 He publicly

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 threatened to

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 treat his own

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 citizens even

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 worse than his

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 father had if

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 they didn't do

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 exactly what he

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 told them.

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 Well it resulted

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 in the immediate

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 ruin of the

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 kingdom.

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 Ten tribes in

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 the north just

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 broke away from

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 Judah in the

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 south and said

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 we won't want

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 nothing to do

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 with you.

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 You guys rule

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 yourself.

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 The kingdom

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 was divided.

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 The whole thing

00:13:32.579 --> 00:13:33.159
 was ruined.

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 Well Jesus

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 then takes that

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 truth and he

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 applies it to

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 this accusation.

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 Verse 18.

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 If Satan is

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 divided against

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 himself how can

00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:47.539
 his kingdom

00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:48.079
 stand?

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 If the prince

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 of demons is

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 opposing and

00:13:54.419 --> 00:13:56.159
 driving out the

00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:57.000
 demons that he

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.100
 rules over then

00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.860
 his kingdom will

00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.240
 fall.

00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:00.299
 people.

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.600
 If Satan is

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 pushing his own

00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.840
 forces out of the

00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.659
 territory that

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 they've conquered

00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:10.639
 then his kingdom

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.460
 is being ruined.

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 It's crumbling.

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 He's basically just

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 handing over his

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 own territory.

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 Or to put it

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.200
 maybe in another

00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:21.759
 way if Satan's

00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.019
 goal is to harm

00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:24.600
 people and to

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 hurt them and to

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 control people and

00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:30.340
 to tempt people.

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 Well how can he

00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:32.939
 achieve that goal?

00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.860
 By forcing his

00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:36.120
 troops out of the

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:38.039
 people that they

00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.600
 have been

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.019
 afflicting.

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 It just doesn't

00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.679
 make sense.

00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.919
 It may even seem

00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:46.059
 like it could work

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:47.980
 in the short term

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.639
 as a sort of

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.659
 deceptive tactic.

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 But not in the

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.500
 long run.

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:53.320
 not on this

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 scale.

00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:56.320
 As we just

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.600
 heard.

00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.740
 Jesus has cast

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.840
 many demons out

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.259
 of people.

00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.580
 This isn't just a

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.419
 one time thing.

00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.059
 Everywhere Jesus

00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:05.919
 goes he's been

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.940
 driving demons out

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.360
 of people.

00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:08.360
 He's been setting

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:09.159
 people free.

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.600
 Even if it was a

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.399
 form of deception

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.340
 Satan would be

00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:16.299
 utterly losing in

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:17.080
 the process.

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.559
 Because he's

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.320
 basically just

00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:20.559
 relinquishing control

00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:21.539
 over all these

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 people's lives.

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 It would be

00:15:24.319 --> 00:15:24.979
 almost like him

00:15:24.979 --> 00:15:25.599
 just trying to

00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:26.719
 gain power and

00:15:26.719 --> 00:15:28.599
 grow stronger by

00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:29.359
 cutting off his

00:15:29.359 --> 00:15:29.939
 own arms and

00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:30.239
 legs.

00:15:31.219 --> 00:15:32.259
 It just doesn't

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.559
 work.

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.859
 Jesus exposes the

00:15:34.859 --> 00:15:36.419
 faultiness of their

00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:36.819
 logic.

00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:40.379
 Then Jesus goes

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.479
 on in verse 19.

00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:43.179
 Now if I drive

00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:44.019
 out demons by

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:45.119
 Beelzebul by

00:15:45.119 --> 00:15:45.719
 whom do your

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.519
 followers drive

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:46.899
 them out?

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:51.159
 This second

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.079
 answer of Jesus

00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:55.139
 isn't as easy to

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.019
 understand as the

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.379
 first.

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:59.100
 Jesus starts with

00:15:59.100 --> 00:15:59.759
 this rhetorical

00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.259
 question.

00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.799
 If I drive out

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.319
 demons by

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:03.159
 Beelzebul by

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.819
 whom do your

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.879
 followers drive

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.259
 them out?

00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.039
 And I'll be

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.620
 honest I'm not

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.379
 sure I got this

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.639
 figured out myself

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.659
 here.

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:13.059
 How does this

00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.819
 question work?

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:16.280
 Is it to stump

00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:16.560
 them?

00:16:18.020 --> 00:16:19.340
 What's the answer

00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:19.860
 to it?

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.720
 Or is it a

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.340
 statement that

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.260
 Jesus is making?

00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.820
 I'm not really

00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.140
 sure.

00:16:26.640 --> 00:16:27.280
 And then we can

00:16:27.280 --> 00:16:28.360
 add on top of

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.060
 that there's sort

00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.480
 of another

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.240
 question about

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:33.379
 who's being

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.140
 referred to in

00:16:34.140 --> 00:16:34.900
 the second half

00:16:34.900 --> 00:16:35.660
 of this question.

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.680
 A more literal

00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:40.180
 translation.

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.280
 By whom do

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.139
 your sons

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.120
 drive them

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.360
 out?

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.000
 If I drive

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.379
 out demons

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.259
 by Beelzebul by

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.860
 whom do your

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.679
 sons drive

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.059
 them out?

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.959
 And so who

00:16:50.959 --> 00:16:51.600
 are the sons?

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:54.240
 Some see this

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.919
 as referring to

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.659
 the followers of

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.379
 the Pharisees.

00:16:58.079 --> 00:16:58.779
 And that kind

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.319
 of opens up a

00:16:59.319 --> 00:16:59.899
 whole discussion

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.120
 there.

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.019
 Are the Pharisees

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:02.620
 driving out

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:02.860
 demons?

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.920
 Others suggest

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.700
 that your sons

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.680
 actually refers to

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.359
 the disciples.

00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:09.220
 The apostles.

00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:10.480
 That they are

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.740
 the sons of

00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.079
 Israel.

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.519
 They're the

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.179
 young men of

00:17:13.179 --> 00:17:14.259
 Israel who

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.819
 are now going

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.419
 around and

00:17:15.419 --> 00:17:16.059
 casting out

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.359
 demons by the

00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.039
 authority and

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.919
 power that Jesus

00:17:18.919 --> 00:17:19.699
 has given them.

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.039
 And maybe Jesus

00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.619
 is asking,

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.199
 are you ready

00:17:22.199 --> 00:17:23.259
 to condemn

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.939
 all of the

00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.859
 things that

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.319
 they've been

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.099
 doing, that

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.779
 your sons have

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.179
 been doing,

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.859
 going out?

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.839
 I say that all

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.519
 that's been done

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.099
 by the power

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.599
 of the devil.

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.599
 And then there's

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.619
 even one more

00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.339
 statement at the

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.779
 end there.

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.639
 For this reason

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.179
 they will be

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:39.720
 your judges.

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.980
 One thought

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.160
 is that all

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.299
 true exorcisms,

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.640
 no matter who

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.080
 does them,

00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.900
 can only be

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.080
 successful by

00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:50.720
 the power of

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.000
 God.

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.900
 Because he's

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.600
 the only one

00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:54.480
 strong enough

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.279
 who has the

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.060
 power to do

00:17:57.060 --> 00:17:57.240
 it.

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.220
 And so maybe

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.279
 this is something

00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.480
 like all who

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.200
 have been casting

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.380
 out demons will

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.220
 stand in judgment

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 over you Pharisees

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.779
 and teachers

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.399
 of the law

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 because they

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.680
 know it was

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.279
 not by the

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.720
 power of

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.519
 Beelzebul that

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.139
 they did it,

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.079
 that it was by

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.680
 the power of

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 God.

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.759
 This part of the

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.619
 conversation is

00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.240
 difficult to

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.019
 understand and

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.839
 I'm not sure I've

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.319
 got it figured

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.619
 out.

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 But then finally

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.000
 in verse 20

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 Jesus brings out

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.519
 the big statement

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.259
 and this one

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.759
 is very clear.

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.099
 Jesus brings out

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.740
 the truth that

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.599
 they should be

00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:34.579
 arriving at

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:36.259
 from his

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.000
 exorcisms.

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.079
 All the

00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:38.980
 exorcisms that

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.599
 he's been doing

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 really point to

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 this one thing

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 and here it is.

00:18:43.699 --> 00:18:44.079
 He says,

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 but if I drive

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 out demons by

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 the finger of

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 God, then the

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.500
 kingdom of God

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 has come upon

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 you.

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 I love those

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 words.

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 If I drive out

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 demons by the

00:18:56.919 --> 00:18:57.819
 finger of God,

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.799
 then the

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.639
 kingdom of God

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.659
 has come upon

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:01.899
 you.

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.439
 first Jesus

00:19:06.439 --> 00:19:07.240
 tells us how

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.859
 he does it.

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.679
 He says he

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 does it by the

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 finger of God.

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 That's a big

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 statement and

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 it's a figure of

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 speech.

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 It basically

00:19:18.959 --> 00:19:19.939
 means by the

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:21.240
 power of God.

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 In other words,

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 this is God's

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 doing.

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 This is something

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 that his hand

00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:28.779
 has accomplished.

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 The choice of

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.379
 finger as

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:33.839
 opposed to

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.420
 hand may

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:34.920
 even be

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:36.240
 intentional by

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.899
 Jesus to

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.559
 suggest that

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.200
 only a very

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.039
 small amount

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.639
 of God's

00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.200
 power is

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:41.500
 needed to

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.039
 do this.

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 So Jesus

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.399
 just makes it

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.079
 really plain,

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.879
 really clear.

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.339
 I drive out

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.940
 these demons

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.559
 not by the

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.039
 power of

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.339
 Satan,

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 but by the

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.639
 power of

00:19:52.639 --> 00:19:53.039
 God.

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.559
 The demons

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.139
 cower,

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.599
 they tremble,

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.359
 they comply

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.959
 when I tell

00:19:58.959 --> 00:19:59.399
 them to get

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.980
 out because

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.839
 when I speak

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.259
 to them,

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.299
 the very

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.959
 power of

00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.879
 God is at

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:05.419
 work compelling

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.459
 them to

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:06.799
 obey.

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.619
 It's not

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.639
 Satan making

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.459
 war against

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:12.859
 his own

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.519
 troops or

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.519
 doing some

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.899
 sort of

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.299
 elaborate

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.879
 deception.

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.879
 That would

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.399
 be foolish.

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:17.879
 That would

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.639
 be illogical.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:22.099
 But Satan's

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:23.139
 kingdom is

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:24.439
 being ruined.

00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:26.659
 It is

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.240
 falling.

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.819
 But it's

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.199
 not from

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.779
 the inside.

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.779
 It's from

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.419
 the outside.

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.059
 His troops

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.519
 are being

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.279
 pushed out

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.619
 of their

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:37.199
 territory by

00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:37.599
 a greater

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.059
 power.

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.919
 By the

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.459
 only one

00:20:40.459 --> 00:20:40.959
 who has

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:41.339
 a greater

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.439
 power than

00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:42.980
 he does,

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.799
 and that's

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.500
 God himself.

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.419
 Think about

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:48.799
 this.

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.539
 That Jesus

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.259
 is driving

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.179
 out demons,

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.659
 fallen angels,

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.859
 at all,

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:56.419
 is evidence

00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:57.219
 that God's

00:20:57.219 --> 00:20:58.019
 power is

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.579
 in Jesus

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:00.079
 and with

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.619
 Jesus.

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.639
 And the

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.319
 conclusion that

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.619
 we should

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.099
 come to,

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.879
 the truth of

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.259
 the matter

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.879
 that Jesus

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.799
 is saying

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.240
 we should

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.079
 get from

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.459
 this,

00:21:09.959 --> 00:21:11.859
 is that

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.240
 God's

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.539
 kingdom

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.479
 has come.

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.240
 His

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.639
 kingdom

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.539
 is upon

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.759
 you.

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.819
 It's right

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.599
 now breaking

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.119
 into the

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.599
 world like

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:21.959
 we've never

00:21:21.959 --> 00:21:22.639
 seen before.

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:25.259
 it's the

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.640
 beginning of

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.180
 the end

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.160
 for Satan

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.340
 and his

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.700
 kingdom.

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:34.160
 At this

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.500
 point,

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.320
 Jesus gives

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.060
 us a little

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.720
 illustration

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.920
 in the next

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.480
 two verses,

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.480
 21 and

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.960
 22.

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.080
 He says,

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.259
 when a

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.900
 strong man

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.780
 fully armed

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.640
 guards his

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.259
 own house,

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:47.200
 his possessions

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.180
 are safe,

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:50.100
 but when

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:51.200
 someone stronger

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.340
 attacks,

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.620
 and overpowers

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:53.920
 him,

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.420
 he takes

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.900
 away the

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.600
 armor in

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.440
 which the

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.160
 man trusted

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.780
 and divides

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:00.620
 up his

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.000
 plunder.

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.520
 Now

00:22:04.520 --> 00:22:05.340
 illustrations are

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.780
 there to

00:22:05.780 --> 00:22:06.400
 sort of shed

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.800
 light,

00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:07.340
 they're there

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.720
 to make

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.480
 things clear,

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.259
 to reinforce

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.180
 the truth,

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.780
 to give an

00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.460
 example of

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.960
 the truth.

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.440
 But in

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.900
 this case,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.220
 Jesus'

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.840
 illustration

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.620
 probably

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.520
 makes a

00:22:18.520 --> 00:22:18.980
 little more

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.780
 impact on

00:22:19.780 --> 00:22:20.400
 his original

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.480
 audience than

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.980
 it does on

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.259
 us.

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.600
 I was

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:24.080
 thinking about

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.400
 this.

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.220
 Thanks be

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.800
 to God

00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.960
 that armed

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.380
 robbery is

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.000
 not all that

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.040
 common in

00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:30.640
 our community.

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.660
 We do have

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.300
 break-ins

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:34.080
 sometimes,

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.820
 but armed

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.820
 and violent

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.520
 robbery where

00:22:37.520 --> 00:22:38.620
 someone breaks

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.320
 into a home

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.940
 and attacks

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.560
 the man of

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.020
 the house

00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:42.240
 and steals

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.660
 all their

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.580
 family stuff,

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.840
 that doesn't

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.220
 happen maybe

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.920
 as often as

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.140
 it did in

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.400
 Jesus'

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.640
 day and in

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.240
 that place.

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.140
 Back in

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.720
 those times

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.000
 and in

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.640
 that place,

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.040
 for many,

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.180
 your home

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.240
 and your

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.720
 possessions

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.380
 were only

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.120
 as secure

00:22:59.120 --> 00:23:01.759
 as the

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.540
 strongest man

00:23:02.540 --> 00:23:02.980
 in your

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.720
 house was

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.100
 strong.

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.440
 If someone

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.980
 wanted to

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.540
 plunder your

00:23:07.540 --> 00:23:08.340
 home successfully,

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.020
 they just had

00:23:09.020 --> 00:23:09.720
 to be stronger

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.740
 than the man

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.280
 of the house.

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.480
 now,

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:15.019
 we have to

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.259
 remember,

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.779
 this is an

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.259
 illustration.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.839
 Of course,

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.599
 Jesus isn't

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.039
 giving us

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.879
 pointers here

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.740
 on how to

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.500
 be successful

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.440
 in armed

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.799
 robbery.

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.519
 This is an

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.000
 illustration.

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.420
 It has to

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.500
 do with how

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.579
 Jesus is able

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.279
 to drive out

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.539
 demons.

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.019
 The demons

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.920
 are strong.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.399
 They are

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:33.899
 powerful.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.339
 And they

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.940
 have taken

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.799
 up residence

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.779
 in people.

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.779
 And once

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.379
 they have

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.320
 the control

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.740
 that they

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.480
 desire of

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.960
 a person,

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.800
 they are

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:45.320
 not just

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.540
 going to

00:23:45.540 --> 00:23:45.960
 let go.

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.320
 The only

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.980
 way to do

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.820
 anything in

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.460
 that house

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:52.060
 is if

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.880
 someone

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.780
 stronger,

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.940
 more powerful

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.720
 comes along

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.060
 and overpowers

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:59.660
 that spirit

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.480
 and subdues

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.660
 it.

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.820
 And that's

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.300
 why Jesus

00:24:04.300 --> 00:24:05.160
 is able to

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.800
 cast out

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.700
 demons.

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.560
 This is his

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:07.960
 answer.

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.140
 Because he

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.800
 does it by

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.360
 the power

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.979
 of the one

00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.359
 who is

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.759
 stronger

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.979
 than them

00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:14.399
 and than

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.059
 their prince.

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.379
 And so

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.759
 as Jesus

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.299
 just said,

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:20.240
 the exorcisms,

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.099
 they're evidence

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.619
 that a more

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.759
 powerful kingdom

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:25.099
 has come.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.799
 Think of the

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.439
 ancient history

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.099
 of our world.

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.539
 A lot of it

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.539
 in the

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.939
 broadest

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.500
 strokes is

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.699
 just one

00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.119
 kingdom

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.679
 rising to

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.059
 power,

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.419
 conquering

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.980
 lands,

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.560
 taking

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:41.200
 territory,

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:44.100
 only to

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.759
 fall to

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.100
 another

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.480
 kingdom

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.420
 that comes

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.000
 after and

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.700
 rises up,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.920
 conquers them

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.820
 and takes

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.380
 their land

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.860
 and their

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.360
 territory.

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.440
 Well, why is

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.980
 it like that?

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.580
 Well, the

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.680
 second kingdom

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.380
 that comes

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.380
 up in its

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.820
 place

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.900
 becomes more

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.420
 powerful

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.820
 than the

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.120
 first.

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.179
 first.

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.279
 And I

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.699
 think that's

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.139
 kind of what

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.539
 Jesus is

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.039
 saying here.

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.699
 The kingdom

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.299
 of Satan

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.379
 is crumbling.

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.859
 The demons

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.279
 are being

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.919
 driven out

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:14.000
 because a

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.619
 more powerful

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.319
 kingdom has

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.599
 come.

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.299
 The kingdom

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.859
 of God

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.500
 is here.

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:22.240
 the

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:27.740
 next thing

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.480
 Jesus says

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.839
 in verse

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.380
 23

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.339
 seems to

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.019
 stand alone

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.859
 and seems

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.519
 unrelated

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.460
 to this

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.680
 whole

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.200
 discussion.

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.700
 He says,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.319
 whoever is

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.880
 not with

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.599
 me is

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.980
 against

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.339
 me

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.940
 and whoever

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.440
 does not

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.119
 gather with

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.460
 me

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.599
 scatters.

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.259
 This might

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.779
 feel a little

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.460
 out of place

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.920
 like what's

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.579
 the relationship

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.699
 to what

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:50.079
 we've been

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.419
 hearing.

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.699
 Well, if we

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.259
 look over to

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.740
 Matthew's

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.279
 account, which

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.779
 we won't do

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.339
 this morning,

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:56.059
 Jesus has

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.659
 more to say

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.259
 that's related

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.779
 to this

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.599
 statement in

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.240
 verse 23,

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.639
 but it's

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.059
 almost like

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.439
 we're just

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:01.299
 getting the

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.939
 abbreviated

00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.579
 version from

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:02.859
 Luke.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.000
 He didn't

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.339
 want to

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.980
 leave this

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.399
 one statement

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.960
 out that

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.659
 Jesus made.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.019
 Whoever is

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.599
 not with

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:12.019
 me is

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.720
 against me

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.099
 and whoever

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.619
 does not

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.599
 gather with

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:17.059
 me scatters.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:19.619
 there's a

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:19.940
 sort of

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.399
 black and

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.000
 whiteness to

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.379
 this whole

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.700
 thing.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.179
 Jesus is

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.799
 the Messiah.

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.940
 He is the

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.639
 Son of God.

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.759
 He is on

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.379
 the side of

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.740
 God.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.259
 He is the

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.960
 very King

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.779
 of the

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.299
 Kingdom of

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.639
 God.

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.539
 And it's

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.919
 like he's

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.259
 saying, when

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.599
 it comes

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.079
 right down

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.399
 to it,

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.079
 there is

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.000
 no middle

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.440
 ground.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.659
 There is

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.339
 no neutral.

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.359
 You are

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.940
 either with

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.799
 Jesus as a

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.379
 believer in

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.639
 him,

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.000
 as a

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.520
 follower of

00:26:47.520 --> 00:26:47.840
 his,

00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:49.320
 or you're

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.800
 against

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.100
 him.

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.600
 There's no

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.000
 neutral.

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.660
 Jesus just

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.240
 kind of draws

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.759
 a line in

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.200
 the sand.

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.400
 You're either

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.320
 with me or

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.840
 you're against

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.140
 me.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.700
 You either

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.340
 gather with

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.920
 me or you

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.100
 scatter away

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.580
 from me.

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.560
 There's no

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.020
 in between.

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.000
 And so

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.300
 we're kind

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.940
 of brought

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.279
 to this

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.700
 question.

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.180
 Whose

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.680
 side are

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.039
 you on?

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.600
 Finally,

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:21.940
 in this

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.220
 section,

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.620
 we hear

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.140
 from Jesus

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.640
 about the

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.700
 strange and

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.340
 unfamiliar

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.960
 tendencies of

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.759
 evil spirits.

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.580
 Verses 24

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.400
 to 26.

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.660
 He says,

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.220
 when an

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.980
 impure spirit

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.519
 comes out

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.160
 of a person,

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.460
 it goes

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.080
 through arid

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.680
 places,

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.779
 seeking rest,

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.700
 and does not

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.180
 find it.

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.820
 Then,

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.400
 it says,

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.840
 I will

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.340
 return to

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.700
 the house

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.200
 I left.

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.900
 When it

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.380
 arrives,

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.380
 it finds

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.800
 the house

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.620
 swept clean

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.640
 and put

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.000
 in order.

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.400
 Then,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.800
 it goes

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.259
 and takes

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.000
 seven other

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.780
 spirits more

00:27:54.780 --> 00:27:55.300
 wicked than

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.720
 itself,

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.600
 and they

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.080
 go in

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.580
 and live

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:57.840
 there,

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.780
 and the

00:27:58.780 --> 00:27:59.480
 final condition

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.880
 of that

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.220
 person is

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.480
 worse than

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.980
 the first.

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.380
 Well,

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.960
 there's a lot

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.380
 in this

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.240
 explanation that

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.759
 is very

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:09.160
 strange and

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.980
 unfamiliar to

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.259
 us.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.599
 I imagine

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.980
 that all

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.460
 who heard

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.759
 it that

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.920
 day had

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.279
 the same

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.940
 reaction that

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.420
 we may be

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.920
 having right

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.240
 now.

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.079
 Like,

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.680
 Jesus has

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.920
 some,

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.700
 he has

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.440
 this knowledge

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.140
 of the

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.960
 tendencies of

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.740
 evil spirits.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.720
 He has

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.799
 this knowledge

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.480
 of their

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.140
 motivations,

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.039
 how they

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.579
 think,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.160
 how they

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.700
 scheme,

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.279
 how they

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.980
 plan.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.279
 He seems

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.680
 to know

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.279
 things about

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.200
 demon possession

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.380
 that we

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.740
 just have

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.559
 no experience

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.960
 with.

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.460
 We've got

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.019
 no idea

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.600
 about it.

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.660
 And I

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.000
 think that

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.480
 these words

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.940
 of Jesus

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.720
 should really

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.740
 humble us.

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.580
 They should

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.980
 help us

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.580
 realize that

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.240
 there's a lot

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.880
 going on in

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.380
 the spiritual

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.940
 realm that

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.600
 just we have

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.200
 no idea

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.580
 about.

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.160
 And we

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.580
 have to be

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.100
 careful here,

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.500
 I think,

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:04.019
 because there's

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.539
 not enough

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.980
 here to boldly

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.720
 and confidently

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.279
 declare,

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.799
 ah,

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.259
 yes,

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:09.799
 now I

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.240
 understand

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.240
 all that's

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.740
 going on

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.019
 in the

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.399
 spiritual

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:12.740
 realm,

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.180
 all that's

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.539
 going on

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.059
 with demons

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.559
 and how

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.240
 they operate.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.359
 Jesus is

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.799
 just giving

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.339
 us like a

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.139
 little sample,

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.940
 a little

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.539
 glimmer of

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.160
 what he

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.700
 knows about

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.980
 them.

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.299
 According to

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.759
 Jesus,

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.740
 evil spirits

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.940
 seem to be

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:32.059
 restless if

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.440
 they're not

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.119
 in a person.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:37.379
 and why

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.879
 is that?

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.139
 Well,

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.439
 we don't

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.679
 know.

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.139
 We heard

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.699
 earlier about

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.299
 how the

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.819
 many evil

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.599
 spirits called

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.859
 legion in

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.359
 the man from

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.959
 the Gerasenes

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.839
 begged Jesus

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.679
 to send them

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.079
 into the

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.379
 pigs.

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.819
 It's like

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.259
 they didn't

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.599
 want to

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.719
 just go

00:29:52.719 --> 00:29:53.739
 out of

00:29:53.739 --> 00:29:54.119
 the man

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.779
 and fly

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.279
 around.

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.859
 Why not?

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.699
 They'd

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.119
 rather be

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.459
 in the

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:58.779
 pigs.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:01.440
 it seems

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.799
 from what

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.379
 Jesus says

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.779
 here that

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.139
 they are

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.599
 without

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.940
 rest when

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.339
 they don't

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.759
 have a

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.160
 home,

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.819
 a person

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.299
 or a

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.059
 creature to

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.599
 inhabit.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.740
 And why

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.299
 isn't an

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.079
 impure spirit

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.619
 able to

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.259
 find rest

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.920
 after coming

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.339
 out of a

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.660
 person?

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.519
 Why is it

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.779
 that it

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.399
 goes back

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.819
 to that

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.899
 person that

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.180
 it had

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.519
 possessed

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000
 before?

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.680
 Is it

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.299
 more difficult

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.720
 for an

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.259
 evil spirit

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.440
 to get

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.980
 into a

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.500
 person or

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.279
 gain control

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.740
 over a

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.200
 person than

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.519
 we might

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.879
 think?

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.980
 You know,

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.599
 this bit of

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:34.879
 Jesus'

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.980
 teaching raises

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.900
 all kinds of

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.359
 questions about

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.799
 demons,

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.619
 spirits,

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.319
 possession.

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.799
 And again,

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.279
 I think we

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.680
 need to be

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.299
 careful here

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.720
 that we

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.720
 don't take

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.440
 this glimmer

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.839
 and assume

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:50.359
 that we have

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.920
 the full

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.220
 light.

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.740
 These words

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.220
 should humble

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.039
 us before

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.500
 Jesus,

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.379
 the one who

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.019
 does have

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.440
 the full

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.940
 light and

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.559
 knowledge of

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.279
 all that's

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.860
 going on

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.620
 in the

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.980
 spiritual

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.380
 realm.

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.279
 Here I

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.680
 think is a

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.059
 little more

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.680
 evidence that

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.640
 Jesus is

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.039
 greater than

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.500
 the demons.

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.860
 He understands

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.240
 how they

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.840
 operate,

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.160
 what their

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.259
 tendencies are,

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.700
 what their

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.640
 motivations are,

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.019
 how they

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.460
 think.

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.660
 One thing

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.140
 that's certain

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.559
 from this,

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.160
 I think,

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.320
 Jesus is not

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.700
 saying that

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.779
 all people

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.519
 that he

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.139
 has liberated

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.839
 from demonic

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:28.180
 possession are

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.920
 likely to

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.240
 become

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.660
 possessed

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.099
 again.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.399
 Maybe that's

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.899
 how it has

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.759
 been up

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.440
 until now

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.379
 before Jesus

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.839
 came,

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.139
 where they

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.480
 would sort

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.019
 of return

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.940
 to the

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.399
 place where

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.720
 they had

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.019
 been.

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.960
 But now

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.299
 that the

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.700
 one who

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.399
 is stronger

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.379
 is here,

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.899
 the one who

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.839
 casts out by

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.339
 the power

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.920
 of God,

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.359
 those who

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.740
 are set

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.160
 free,

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.359
 don't need

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.799
 to fear

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.199
 the evil

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.639
 spirits

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.139
 returning.

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.599
 As we

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:55.839
 keep

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.399
 flipping

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.379
 forward in

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.879
 the story,

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.519
 we discover

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.939
 that the

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.339
 gift of

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.740
 God,

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.399
 the gift

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.879
 of Jesus

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.599
 is his

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.419
 own spirit

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.979
 to live

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.459
 in us.

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.179
 And to

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.639
 put it in

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.899
 Jesus'

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.339
 terms,

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.839
 if the

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.319
 strongest

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.959
 one there

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.519
 is,

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.919
 is in

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.439
 the house,

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.319
 then everything

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.000
 in the house

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.299
 is secure.

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:19.399
 Because there

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.759
 is no

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.500
 greater power

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.099
 than God's.

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.500
 The devil

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.380
 and his

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.079
 demons

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.660
 cannot

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.460
 overpower

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.740
 him.

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.700
 And so

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:29.920
 that's

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.440
 encouragement,

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.160
 that if we

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.759
 have God's

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.359
 spirit living

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.680
 in us,

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.960
 we don't

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.279
 need to

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.599
 fear

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:35.579
 what the

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.880
 devil

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:37.579
 or the

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.900
 demons

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.339
 may do

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.740
 to us,

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.099
 that they

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.339
 might

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.960
 overpower

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.279
 us.

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.519
 They

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.960
 can't.

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.799
 Well,

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.140
 let's bring

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.599
 this to a

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.940
 close.

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.740
 How will

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.279
 we respond

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.660
 to all

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.000
 this?

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:50.559
 put

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.900
 yourself

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.200
 in the

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.519
 crowd

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.720
 that day.

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.339
 Where do

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.660
 you see

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.140
 yourself?

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.660
 Do you

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.119
 relate to

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.799
 the Pharisees

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.319
 and feel

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.740
 inside

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.140
 yourself

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.460
 this

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.559
 inexplicable

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.119
 desire

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.900
 to oppose

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.319
 Jesus

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.940
 and cast

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.460
 doubt on

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.700
 him?

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.460
 And if

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.799
 so,

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:10.059
 why?

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.059
 Where does

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.460
 that come

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.740
 from?

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:16.200
 or do

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.680
 you relate

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.220
 more to

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.720
 the others

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.059
 who are

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.539
 skeptical?

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.779
 Yeah,

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.220
 another

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.140
 casting out

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.359
 of a

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.559
 demon,

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.059
 but let's

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.519
 see something

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.900
 real.

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.660
 There's

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.960
 got to be

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.359
 more than

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.700
 this.

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.660
 Are you

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.200
 still asking

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.720
 for yet

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.000
 another

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.380
 sign?

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.759
 Or

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.359
 do you

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.920
 believe that

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.519
 Jesus really

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.279
 did drive

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.920
 out demons

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.300
 by the

00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:43.759
 finger of

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.039
 God?

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.779
 Do you

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.240
 believe that

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.640
 the kingdom

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.120
 of God

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.620
 has come?

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.500
 And

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.820
 finally,

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.180
 I just

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.500
 want to

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.920
 leave us

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.240
 with this

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.680
 question.

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.200
 Whose

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.580
 side are

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.940
 you on?

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.740
 Jesus

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.480
 himself said

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.740
 you are

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.220
 either with

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.680
 him or

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.039
 against

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.300
 him.

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.700
 There are

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.220
 only two

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.580
 kingdoms.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.340
 What

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.880
 choice have

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.300
 you made?

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:15.200
 you made

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.740
 the decision

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.280
 to cross

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.900
 that line

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.200
 in the

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:18.180
 sand to

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.539
 be on

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.800
 Jesus'

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:21.000
 side and

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.360
 put your

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.880
 trust in

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.639
 him and

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.260
 follow him?

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.680
 Or in

00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:27.099
 your heart

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.400
 are you

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.139
 still standing

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.360
 opposed and

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.980
 against him?

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.539
 Jesus wants

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.000
 us to know

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.599
 that there is

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.200
 no neutral.

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.960
 There's no

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.619
 other option.

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:41.299
 it is

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.880
 black and

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.139
 white.

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.259
 There are

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.839
 only two

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.279
 kingdoms.

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.159
 The kingdom

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.559
 of this

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.900
 world,

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.259
 which is

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.619
 ruled by

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.059
 the devil,

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.019
 and the

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.500
 kingdom of

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.759
 God.

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.559
 And if we

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.059
 listen to the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.799
 rest of what

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.460
 Jesus says,

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.019
 it's just a

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.599
 matter of time

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.059
 before the

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.500
 kingdom of

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.159
 God comes

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.339
 and puts

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.380
 an end to

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.759
 the kingdom

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.159
 of this

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.480
 world,

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.099
 the kingdom

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.639
 of Satan

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.380
 as we know

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.579
 it.

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:04.039
 have you

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.539
 made the

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.799
 decision to

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.420
 cross that

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.819
 line in

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.219
 the sand?

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.019
 Whose side

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.480
 are you on?

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.659
 Maybe you

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.119
 haven't done

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.599
 that, but

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.099
 you're wondering,

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.559
 how do I

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.019
 do that?

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.960
 What's

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.360
 involved?

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.460
 I just want

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.860
 to encourage

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.119
 you, if

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.960
 that's something

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.500
 you're wondering

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.039
 and you think,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.639
 yeah, I want

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.139
 to make that

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.779
 decision, but

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.219
 I don't know

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.699
 how to do

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.960
 it, come

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.940
 and talk to

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.480
 me after the

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.159
 service or to

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.039
 anyone here who

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.799
 you know has

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.500
 that faith.

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.579
 come talk to

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.139
 us after the

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.500
 service and

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.960
 we'd be happy

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.539
 to sit with

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.340
 you and

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 pray with

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.619
 you and

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 talk to

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.019
 you about

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 that.

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.619
 This is the

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.679
 biggest and

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.460
 most important

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.539
 decision in

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.880
 life.

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.739
 Jesus said,

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.480
 whoever is not

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.039
 with me is

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.659
 against me.

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.739
 Whose side

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.380
 are you on?

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.440
 Let's pray.

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:04.699
 Father in

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.159
 heaven, please

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.579
 stir our

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.239
 hearts to a

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.779
 response.

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.019
 Don't let

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.860
 us come away

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.980
 from what we

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.539
 heard in your

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:13.639
 word today and

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.420
 just forget it.

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.440
 Change us

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.739
 because of it.

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.179
 Give us

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.799
 urgency in our

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.739
 relationships with

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:26.880
 people that we

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.860
 would be

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.579
 beneficial to

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.159
 them, that we

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.759
 would make the

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.320
 most of the

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.160
 opportunities we

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:33.800
 have to not

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.360
 only to love

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.860
 them but to

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.480
 speak of you,

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:38.200
 to put this

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.980
 question before

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.300
 them.

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.260
 And that's

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.780
 hard, Lord,

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.180
 but we ask

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.520
 that you would

00:36:42.520 --> 00:36:43.440
 give us courage

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.420
 and boldness.

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.100
 May we not be

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:47.360
 ashamed of you

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.160
 or your words.

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:51.259
 we ask for this

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.779
 in your name.

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.819
 Amen.