Victory
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Matt 12:25-
25 And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
26 “If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
27 “If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
28 “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 “Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
Now a simple definition of the Kingdom of God is, victory over the evil one.
Victor over the evil one.
Notice, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
Now, during Jesus first coming there was a bit of confusion over this because they thought this victory would be a military conflict
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11 “And now many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’
12 “But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may pulverize many peoples,
That you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
8 “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
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4 For thus says the Lord to me,
“As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like flying birds so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem.
He will protect and deliver it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
6 Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
7 For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.
8 And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of man will devour him.
So he will not escape the sword,
And his young men will become forced laborers.
9 “His rock will pass away because of panic,
And his princes will be terrified at the standard,”
Declares the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
These verse speak of the second coming when Jesus will destoy the evil one forever.
this first coming brings a spiritual rather than a military conflicted.
look at
8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 john 3:8
This is victory.
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is victory.
Some of us aren't really living victorious live..
Notice how 2 Corinthians describes the evil one like this
4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
we talk about this verse a couple weeks ago how God has to breakthrough and set us free from the bondage of satan.
Satan desire is to keep man under his control by holding them in darkness and unbelief.
thats why the word of God is so very important.
Why the god of this world?
Because God gave man dominion, and man through the fall gave it to the devil.
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
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Christ Death of the cross results in
4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Notice Keys.
19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”
Keys, speak to access and authority.
Let me tell you a story about one time i was in the projects in Dallas. i work for a company that would start after school projects in low income apartments. this one time it got really late and i couldn't find my car keys.. this neighborhood was scary and there was a guy that offered to protect me. he was scarier than the neighborhood. i was looking for my keys for an hour. then realized they were in my pocket the whole time.
see, i could get in my car and leave because i didn’t think i had the keys...
2 peter says this
3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
The problem is , us christian don’t know we have it.
How did Peter get the keys
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
18 “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”
Through revelation!
flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
Stop living like a chump when God has made you a champion.
Stop living like the tail, if God has made you the head.
stop living like the last, if God has made you the first.
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Stop living like a under-stayer, if God made you and over-comer.
flee your youthful lust young man. God has given you the keys.
You didn't know, that cause you didn't read the Book!!!
The victory of the kingdom is a spiritual victory.
“The meaning of Jesus‘ exorcism of demons in its relationship to the Kingdom of God is precisely this: that before the eschatological conquest of God‘s Kingdom over evil and the destruction of Satan, the Kingdom of God has invaded the realm of Satan to deal him a preliminary but decisive defeat.” George Elden Ladd
So why is eschatological so important? to encourage the church to keep on going.
Eschatological is not just systemic theology. it is the promise that God will do, what He said He’ll do.
Eschatological is not just systemic theology. it is the promise that God will do, what He said He’ll do.
21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.
22 “But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
luke 11:21-22
Satan is a strong man.
His palace or house is "this present evil age", and his "goods" are men and women under his evil influence.
However, i got good news for you. there is A stronger man, Jesus, and he has assailed and overcome him.
This victory over Satan is the same whether it be described as a binding of the strong man (Matthew) or stripping him of his armor (Luke).
We are not left loser waiting on a day of victory.