Casting Out Demons (Part 3)

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   right or why should i become a christian if he can't overcome or she can't you know what i'm saying so i'd again i don't understand except for just clear demonic deception that you ignore this issue of dealing with the devil dealing with demons confronting the issue matter of fact i think it actually shows the victory of jesus on the cross and his resurrection it demonstrates it to the world when we identify a demon working in someone or working and attacking someone and through the name of jesus and the power of jesus we set that person free and that shows jesus is victorious over the powers of darkness i don't see where not addressing it shows the victory of the cross amen now let's look at this uh i want to look at some of the some of the scriptures this morning where jesus gives us authority now of course some will try to say that these don't apply to us uh but let's look at them anyway luke chapter 10 everybody with me luke chapter 10 and didn't we establish this last week it's on the cd but we established this last week that jesus has given us power and authority true believers he's given us power and authority to deal with demons to bind them to rebuke them to cast them out to drive them away right to break their power off of people he's given us that powered authority and we went to the scriptures mark 16 15-20 jesus said these signs would follow them that believe in my name they were cast out demons first thing said john 14 12 jesus said he that believeth on me the works that i do shall he do also and greater works in these so whatever jesus did we're supposed to do i shared with you last week how jesus said i go to prepare a place for you right and if i go to prepare a place and p we showed where people have said that he was he was he's gone to build mansions when the verse before that said in my father's house are many mansions so the mansions are already there the place jesus went to prepare us he went he left so we could step into his place on the earth and be the ministry of jesus on the earth now granted none of us not one not any do it as perfect or as good as he did because we're still learning growing maturing and all those things but still jesus wants us to do the works that he did and what did jesus do he taught the word of god he cast out demons he healed the sick right he did miracles and he led sinners to repentance right that is what jesus was about and that's what we're supposed to be about all of those things not one not two but all of those things amen but i want

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   you to see where jesus was training his disciples which is also our example he was training his disciples and he gave them power and authority to cast out devils now let's go to luke 10 chapter luke chapter 10 verse 1. are you there after these things the lord appointed other 70 also not just the 12 but look at here 70. what's this what's this saying to us that this ministry wasn't just for the 12 as we get from our seminary teachers out there right after these things the lord appointed other 70 also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whether he himself would come therefore he said unto them the harvest truly is great but the laborers are few pray ye therefore that the lord of harvest that he would send forth laborers into his harvest now what i love is you got your people who are against uh against deliverance and say that this was only for the apostles yet they'll quote that right there and say we should pray that the lord will send laborers into harvest i love how they pick and choose what they like to preach and quote right that applies to everybody but the rest of it doesn't you know no my friend he says go your ways behold i send you forth as as lambs among wolves and in this situation of course with them carry neither person or script nor shoes salute no man by the way and whatsoever house you enter first say peace be to this house and if the son of peace be there your p shall rest upon it if not it shall turn to you again and in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the labor is worthy of his hire go not from house to house into whatsoever city you enter there and they receive you eat such things as they set before you and look at verse 9 and heal the sick that are therein and say unto them the kingdom of god is come nigh unto you and then he goes on but into whatsoever city you enter and they receive you not go your ways and go your ways out into the streets of the the same and say even the dust of your city which cleaveth on us we do wipe off against you notwithstanding be sure of this the kingdom of god has come nigh unto you but i say unto you it shall be more tolerable in that day for for sodom than for that city now i want to go on down look at verse 17. he sent these 70 out and it says he sent him out to minister to heal the sick to cast out demons and listen to what they said and the seventy returned again with joy saying lord even the devils or demons are subject unto us through thy name and what the word subject means it means to obey so they were in all these seventy lord that the demons obey us now you're gonna remember something in this society everyone believed in demons because they saw plenty of demonized people to every degree right

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   but think about this before jesus came they did not really have a way to deal with it so we're talking about a massive problem going on they knew existed but they didn't really have a way to deal with it so jesus comes and that's why everybody was in awe because they said remember we looked at that last week in in mark 1 where it says they were just in awe what new doctrine is this what is this he even the spirits even the demons obey him i mean it just blew their minds right because jesus was coming along and showing hey i'm i'm going to do something new i've come to set the captives free amen i've come to give you victory over the devil you don't have to live with him anymore you don't have to accept him anymore you don't have to bow down to him anymore you don't have to just accept this is the way it is isn't this where christians are today most of them this is just the way it is right no that's not it right so jesus said these seventy come back and you know not the twelve right the seventy and the seventy returned again with joy saying lord even the devils are subject unto us through thy name and he said he said unto them i beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven behold i give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven and he begins to say don't get out of you know but he's telling them hey he was excited about this but he's like don't get out of priority number one thing that's most important is that you're saved but this is awesome because look what jesus says in in verse 21 he says in that hour jesus rejoiced in spirit and said i thank the o father lord of heaven and earth that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent has revealed them unto babes even so father for so it seemed good in thy sight all things are delivered to me of my father and no man knoweth who the son is but the father and who the father is but the son and to whom and he to whom the son will reveal him so jesus turned to them to his disciples and again the disciples he's talking about is the seventy and he turns to them and said privately blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see for i tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them and to hear the things which you hear and have not heard them so he plainly says something awesome is taking place here something powerful is taking place here i'm doing something new and you guys get to be part of it and i'm excited about it i'm rejoicing about it that you are rejoicing about it don't get your priorities out of whack number one thing to deal with in anybody's life and in your own life is salvation make sure you're walking right with me walking

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   holy walking obedient make sure that's number one make sure leading people to jesus is number one but after that hey i want you to take this power that i've given you and of course to tread on serpents and scorpions serpents and scorpions are just symbolic uh pictures of demons and devils here right so pretty awesome right jesus was giving forth a new ministry and we shared it last week i think mark 16 15 16 and 17 there make it very clear that it was to continue on not just with the 12 not just with the 70 but with the rest here's what's interesting if you go and you look in the book of acts you go to acts chapter 6 and you see what you see 120 in the upper room get filled with the holy spirit you see the apostles ministering to people right healing people and all this stuff and things get so busy you know another several thousand people get saved and and things get real busy and finally they gotta appoint these deacons to help them out with serving tables right that's acts chapter six and that's when they lay hands they pick out seven men that have a good report of their lives they pick out these seven men and it says they lay hands on them so that they can help just serve with the serving of of the church right serving tables and just basically helping with with just basic stuff right not really being preachers and teachers but here's the thing and i've shared this before if that's all they wanted them to do stephen and philip and the rest of them if that's all they wanted to them do the apostles should have never laid hands on them because what happened when the apostles laid hands on them there was an impartation of the holy ghost now they already had the holy ghost but there was an impartation of the gift of healing the mere the gifts of the working of miracles which demon casting out demons is part of that and the next thing you see is philip you see steven doing great miracles among the people and the next thing you see is not long after that you see philip leaving there becoming an evangelist and going down to samaria and it says casting out many devils right so the ministry went on beyond the apostles it went on beyond the seventy it went on into the deacons and the elders my point is this it is something that the church all of the church is supposed to do today right and and i can't even express it more how needful it is all right now let's just keep going i want to show you another one somebody say this is good oh let's go to uh let's go back to mark chapter three

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