Jesus, Satan and Easter Again (Mark 1:21-33)
Gary McManus, 04/11/2021Part of the Life With Jesus is Better series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
April 11, 2021 Mark 1:21-33
Jesus, Satan and Easter Again
Why even talk about Satan
1. Satan (the devil, the serpent) is in the Bible.
2. Luke tells us more about Jesus and Satan than any other books.
3. In Luke’s Gospel, we discover, there is or was a COSMIC battle.
Jesus won that battle—a decisive battle. But the war is not over.
That fact concerns you and me and where we live right now.
4. A new book from the frontlines of the fight—an exorcist!
(He writes things we all need to hear.)
See Ephesians 6:12
Basics:
--we are more than flesh and blood
--we have spirits/souls
--Therefore, we participate in the spiritual world.
There is spiritual fighting going on.
See https://www.opendoorsusa.org/ and look for Myanmar
or persecution.com
Satan opposes God’s purposes.
Our God wants a relationship with us.
Jesus proves that fact.
Our world was in darkness when Jesus was born.
It was a spiritual darkness.
(See John 9:40 but read John 9: 1-34).
Jesus came to bring light—THE light.
(Luke 2: 28-31, John 1:1-5, 14)
Mark 1: In 13 verses, Mark shows us Jesus
doing some serious monopoly busting on Satan’s
controlling interests.
Mark: Satan’s finished! Jesus is HERE!
Jesus sent the disciples to do the same work.
(Luke 9:1-2, Luke 10:17-18)
Remember Ephesians 6:12 : OUR STRUGGLE!
When working against the powers of darkness,
do what Jesus wants us to do to struggle to win.
Notice Jesus did not TELL PEOPLE that they were
Living in darkness.
Notice that when we read Luke 22:3, no one noticed.
Satan is SUBTLE. (Genesis 3)
Point Satan out and blame him.
It’s not that easy—ever.
Evil is a force in the world. The world’s troubles are
MORE than ignorance and poverty and disease.
Satan opposes the purposes of God.
People who tell lies. . .who make claims about things
that they know are not true. That is evil. (John 8:44)
You and I WRESTLE against the spiritual hosts of
wickedness. . .the forces of this present DARKNESS.
REMEMBER: WE ARE PARTICIPANTS in God’s
triumph in Jesus’ resurrection where the war was won
. . .it is already won! Amen.
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