Matthew 17:14-21 Fighting the enemy's tactics
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Fighting the enemy’s tactics
Fighting the enemy’s tactics
And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Satan wants to destroy you
What is the result of being demon possessed?
Crazy
very ill
suicidal
falling into fire and water
Mute (loss of voice)
seizures
He was an only son! Did Satan have any compassion on his parents?
No
Jesus’ First Response:
Jesus’ First Response:
Sorrow
Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
What did Jesus see?
What did Jesus see?
Disciples: embarrassed
Scribes: arguing
distressed father: helpless
hurting son: completely lost
He saw Unbelief and spiritual immaturity
Should the 9 disciples have been able to cast out the demon?
Should the 9 disciples have been able to cast out the demon?
Yes! (,)
How did they “lose” their power?
How did they “lose” their power?
So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Lack of Faith
Lack of Prayer
So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”
Lack of Discipline (v. 21)
Maybe the 9 were jealous?
Maybe the 9 were jealous?
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And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.
How is that similar to this story?
How is that similar to this story?
What can you learn from Samson and the 9 disciples?
What can you learn from Samson and the 9 disciples?
What do we learn about Satan?
What do we learn about Satan?
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
What do we learn about Jesus?
What do we learn about Jesus?
Life!!!