Healing the Boy with a Demon
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· 24 viewsJesus give three levels of faith in this passage.
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14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Demons
Demons are fallen angel whose leader is Satan who rebelled against God.
Demons have names. Remember the man in the wilderness that was possessed by a demon. Jesus asked him his name… He replied, “Legion”, for we are many”. Demons are referred to in scripture as evil spirit, unclean spirit, spirit of infirmity, dumb and deaf spirit.
Demons are referred to in scripture as evil spirit, unclean spirit, spirit of infirmity, dumb and deaf spirit.
Demons are powerful in the demon, the prince of the kingdom of Persia hindered Gabriel for coming to Daniel so Michael the archangel came to help him.
Demons loyalty is to Satan as angels are loyal to God.
Demonic activity focuses on three areas:
Deny the Word of God.(secularism)
Deny the reality of Death. (reincarnation)
Deny sin. (Humanism)
Demons are the enemy:
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Demons are subject to Jesus authority. Demons do not like the blood of Jesus.
Demons destiny is the Lake of Fire.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
2 Pet
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev.
This boy in the story was suffering greatly. He has seizures and the demon would send him into the fire to burn him and the water to drown him. Satan and his demons wanted to destroy this boy and Satan and his demons wants to destroy you. Today I have good news for you. Jesus Christ and his blood is greater then any demons that come your way.
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Today in this story we see the important role of faith as we face battles in this life. One of the tool we have is the Shield of Faith that protects us in spiritual warfare.
The disciples were failing in this encounter with this demon because of their faith.
Jesus describes three levels of faith in this story.
Level number one:
1. No Faith ()
1. No Faith ()
17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
“Unbelieving generation” - No faith in relation to divine activity. Jesus use of the this world not only condemns the disciples for the lake of believe that God can heal, but the lack of belief that God will heal. Refusing to believe!
“Unbelieving generation” - No faith in relation to divine activity. Jesus use of the this world not only condemns the disciples for the lake of believe that God can heal, but the lack of belief that God will heal. Refusing to believe!
“Perverse generation” means to corrupt or to twist. People are not satisfied to not have faith they want it to spread they do not want anyone to have faith.
Have you notice that through Christian history the world does not want anyone to put their faith in Christ. From, Herod, to the religious leaders, to the high priest, to communism, to American liberalism. They all want to rid the world of faith-centered Christianity. Not Islam, not Buddhism, only faith-center Christianity. Why? because Satan only has a problem with Christ. He is the only one that saves the sinner.
Satan is trying to purge the world of faith in Jesus Christ. That is his goal.
Attributes of a Unbelieving Generation
They reject in Jesus. They do not believe that Jesus can affect their lives today.
They do not believe that Jesus can affect their lives today.
They believe in self, this world, and other people. Humanism - We are naturally good people.
Humanism an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
Humanism leads to Socialism - a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Socialism in America
In New York, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (a-cos-see-o Cor-tez) running as a Democratic Socialist, upset Rep. Joe Crowley, favored to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democrats, in the Democratic primary. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, running in the September primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has proclaimed herself a Democratic Socialist too.
Its numbers surging in the wake of Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning victory, the Democratic Socialists of America now claims 45,000 members. That’s a nine-fold increase over the 5,000 members (myself included) it had before Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders began his presidential run in 2015.
IT is the belief that money, jobs, and social status is what keeps people for being productive, content, and happy. We know that these things only come from God through Jesus Christ.
What has caused revival of socialism in America? I believe it is cause by the greed of Capitalism. Capitalism work best in a Christ-center society that is not controlled by greed and self-indulgence.
America is raising a unbelieving and perverse generation. We need revival in this nation.
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
matt. 24
2. Little Faith ()
2. Little Faith ()
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Faith of words not action. You do not see Christianity in their lives only words of expressing their faith
It is invisible, you can not see it.
It is useless, it does not change things
This faith cannot help anyone else.
the disciples had followed Jesus, left everything and followed him, but that was all. There faith was personal not visible. It was a self-serving faith in Jesus.
You want to go to heaven but you do not want to change.
You want to go to heaven but you want to hold on to your life.
Two verse:
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
mt. 16:24-
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
James 2:
17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
3. Visible Faith ()
3. Visible Faith ()
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matt
Faith that is seen. Even though a mustard seed is very small you can see it!
Jesus uses two visible objects to make his point: a mustard seed and a mountain. Faith in Christ the size of a mustard seed can move a big majestic mountain!
Look back at James chapter two. Notice how James uses the example of Abraham’s visible faith:
James 2:
20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
Actions of Faith are not:
Actions of faith are not natural.
Actions of faith are not comfortable.
Actions of faith are not understandable.
Actions of Faith:
completes your faith
Fulfills the Scripture
Pleases God
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Is your faith dead this morning? it can be revived. revive you faith today with an action. Come to this alter today confirming your faith in Jesus Christ. The staff and I will pray with you and encourage you in your faith. Will you be so bold to step our and come to this altar for Jesus? Will you come?