Being on the right side of History
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Being on the right side of History
Being on the right side of History
Luke 11: verse 15-23
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Have you ever heard someone say You want to be on the right side of History.
This was big during different political frictions in this country.
people refer to this when you need to make a life altering choice.
one example is slavery.
who was on the right side of history after it played out.
another more light hearted example is drafting patrick mahomes
he has won 3 super bowls and many teams drafted other quarterbacks before him.
its safe to say the chicago bears are on the wrong side of history
when it comes to drafting quarterbacks.
We have life altering choices throughout our life
None greater than the choice you have when it comes to following Jesus.
Today we are going to see how men were confronted with this choice.
We have that same choice daily,
Q. are you with Him or against Him
open up your bible to
And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled. But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
Jesus has just got done teaching the crowd about prayer
He turns to cast out a demon that was mute
most marveled
some were so far against Jesus that they claimed He cast out a demon by beelzebub.
means master of house and refers to satan
Generally, when people make outlandish claims like this
they are attacking character of a person
without reasonable evidence for their claim
This proves an agenda
that they were against Jesus no matter what.
Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven.
Others who were against Him
proclaimed the old addage
DOUBLE OR NOTHING....
These are not people who are ready to follow
some people find any reason not to follow God.
Jesus responds to these doubters with confidence
But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Jesus knew their thoughts and their agenda
shows diety
Jesus makes the point a house divided against itself will fall
We must be unified as believers
We must be unified as believers
Jesus is making the point that Satan would not cast out his demons.
He is saying that satan is not embarking on civil war
demons would never be against eachother
furthermore If I cast out demons and your sons
who are the other religious leaders
also cast out demons----are they also doing it by powers of demons
Logically Jesus destroys the claims
we know that satans kingdom is not divided
but it is on a full out mission to destroy Gods people
and keep the blind from coming to the truth
We are on the opposite mission
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
We need to be unified in this mission
This is not a call to gel all the denominations together
This is a call for our local church to
band together for the mission.
The enemy has schemes to destroy us
if we divide we fall
Q. How do we keep from falling
we need to stay close to the word of God
Jesus will keep us from falling
and He will keep us on mission.
But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
Jesus makes his claim---this is obviously from the finger of God
I have cast out a demon
causing this man to be mute.
He could not speak before and now he can
Miricale. and proof that the kingdom is before you.
The strong man----represents satan
He is guarding the body of the person he has possessed
The stronger man represents Jesus
Who is able to overcome satan and take back the person
Jesus has the power to deliver you
Jesus has the power to deliver you
Many people in this world struggle with demonic posession
and demonic opression
Believers can not be posessed because we have the holy spirit
but maybe you have demonic opression in your life.
Jesus has the power to deliver you from either
Story -
superbowl commercial He gets us - pushes a Jesus that accepts your sin
someone made a different video that showed
pictures of influential people who have changed their life to follow Jesus
former drug addict, witch, abortionist etc.
After the pictures it said---Jesus doesnt just get us, He changes us, delivers us, forgives us, redeems us....
These were pictures of many who were demonically influenced
yet when they encountered Jesus
He had the power to deliver them
Jesus is more powerful than satan.
I know what He has done in my life.
I was one way and then I gave my life to Jesus and then I was totally different.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
When Jesus over powers the demons in your life
He gives you freedom
Is there something that you need freedom from today
maybe its unbelief, you have never trusted Jesus for the forgivness of your sin
maybe it is marital problems,
sexual impurity, indifference, laziness
What do you need to be delivered from?
Bring it to Jesus , repent from your sin, and He will deliver you.
He is the only one with the power.
Although Satan is very powerful
and your no match for him on your own
However when you call on Jesus name the the enemy must flee.
If you want to see demons cast out you need to bring people to Jesus
luke 11:23
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
After proving he is God and displaying his power and authority of satan
He leaves the people with this ultimatum
If your not with me your against me
If your not gathering----involved in the mission’
then your scattering ---leading people towards everything else
This is the moment you make your decision
will you be on the right or wrong side of History
Get on the right side of the fence
Get on the right side of the fence
Some of us like to play the fence
do you know what that means
its coming to church on sunday walking with God on monday
and then slowly transitioning towards walking with the devil by Saturday
only to come back to church on Sunday
There is no commitment to living a changed life
When Jesus says your either with me or against me
He means you are either about the mission or your not
there is no middle ground
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
Hot and cold water were useful
but lukewarm had no use
maybe your that lukewarm christian
maybe your not a christian at all
and you realize that your on the wrong side of the fence.
There is only one way to get on the right side
and it is by committing your life to Him
He is so gracious and loving
He wants nothing more than for you
to give Him your whole life
we need to be unified as the church first and foremost.
trust in Jesus who has the power to deliver us from sin and satans schemes
He has the power to heal your pain
He has the power over the strength of the enemy
Only Jesus has the power to change your life
and we need to get on the right side of the fence.
I remember when I was a young boy
I hated jumping fences because
I was what was called husky.
it was hard for me
One day I was in a yard with vicious dog
You could imagine how quickly I got on the other side of that fence