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Introduction
Today is Palm Sunday.
The day when, 2000 years ago, Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem and was hailed and celebrated as the coming King.
Only days later, those same adoring crowds began shouting for His death.
The church is in a similar situation.
For generations the church has enjoyed a privileged status in the US.
For generations the church has enjoyed a privileged status in the US.
Like Jesus riding in on this donkey, we have been celebrated and acclaimed.
Today, voices that once lauded the church now call for its destruction.
Like Jesus riding in on this donkey, we have been celebrated and acclaimed.
The Church does not exist to be popular.
We are not meant to enjoy celebrity status in a culture of darkness.
The Church exists to point lost souls to Jesus Christ.
The Church exists to take new believers and grow them into mature saints.
In the process of doing that, the church faces persecution.
Yet later those same voices shout crucify Him!
Persecution of the church always has its roots and motivation in Satan.
He is the enemy.
In his persecution of the church, Satan's goal is always two-fold. 1 – To prevent the spread of the gospel.
2 – To cripple the child of God.
In his persecution of the church, Satan's goal is always two-fold. 1 – to prevent the spread of the gospel.
2 – to cripple the child of God.
In ch.
19 Satan brings people in to cause a riot.
Through this riot he trying to accomplish these two goals using fear and discouragement.
Today, voices that once lauded the church now call for its destruction.
Satan wants them to give up he wants them to believe that the persecution is too severe that the opposition is too strong and so it would be better to go somewhere else.
Fear and discouragement.
This is the same lie that Satan wants us to believe.
He wants us to believe that the difficulties and the trials and struggles in our life are bigger than we can handle that they are more difficult than we can bear.
And they are.
That’s why we need Jesus.
That’s why we need the Holy Spirit operating in our lives!
The Church does not exist to be popular.
We are not meant to enjoy celebrity status in a culture of darkness.
The Church exists to point lost souls to Jesus Christ.
The Church exists to take new believers and grow them into mature saints.
This morning we are going to be equipped to escape this attack of Satan by learning when and how he attacks.
Satan's goal is always two-fold to prevent the spread of the gospel and to cripple the child of God.
Satan brings people in to cause this riot in chapter 19.
how is he trying to accomplish those two goals?
Fear and discouragement.
Satan wants them to give up he wants them to believe that the persecution is too severe that the opposition is too strong and so it would be better to go somewhere else.
Fear and discouragement.
The two objectives of Satan in persecution
Satan wants them to give up he wants them to believe that the persecution is too severe that the opposition is too strong and so it would be better to go somewhere else.
Fear and discouragement.
Knowing the tactics of the enemy will enable us to do battle more effectively.
This is the same lie that Satan wants us to believe. he wants us to believe that the difficulties and the trials and struggles in our life are bigger than we can handle that they are more difficult than we can bearI
V35 false religions take faith.
We cannot belittle, must shore the superiority of our faith.I
Thighs whole passage is evidence of the blindness and bondage Satan brings to unbelievers.
Their livelihood is bound up in this as well.
Why wounding they let Paul in? Look back at v. 26.
How do we avoid fear and discouragement?
Fear - recognize the sovereignty and activity of God.
They do nothing and say nothing.
God uses the officials.
Discouragement - in due season you shall reap.
Know the word.
WHEN SATAN ATTACKS
As we are victorious in battle against our enemy we are able to impact the world for Christ.
We first discover, WHEN SATAN ATTACKS.
This passage teaches us that…
1. Satan Attacks The Vulnerable vv.
21-27
In Satan is described as a roaring lion that is seeking people to devour.
Lions do not go after the strongest prey.
Lions single out the young and inexperienced, the old, the sick, and those alone.
They do this because vulnerable prey is easy prey.
Most of us at one time or another have made ourselves easy prey for the enemy.
Our passage this morning reveals two times in our lives when we are vulnerable.
First…
a. Without support we are vulnerable vv.
21-22
READ v. 21
Paul has ministered in Ephesus for over 3 years.
The Lord has used Paul to heal sickness and cast out demons.
The Word of the Lord is growing.
Paul has a burden to go to Jerusalem and on to Rome.
This burden is both his own as well as one given by the Holy Spirit.
What we will see from here to the end of the book is how God fulfills this desire to preach the gospel in Rome.
Paul has a determined focus.
When we have purpose and direction it can be tempting to think that we are not vulnerable.
Yet it seems possible to become so focused that we open ourselves up to the enemy.
Think of it like a battlefield, because it is, if you are focused on your own maneuvers and fail to consider the actions of the enemy, you are vulnerable to attack.
We are going to life the veil this morning and take a peek at the tactics of our enemy.
We don’t know if Paul got too focused here or exactly what opening the enemy saw what we do know is that Paul sends away his supporters in v. 22.
READ v. 22
Alone OR Emotionally Distressed OR Without support v. 22
Remember back in ch.
18 we saw Paul come to Corinth in fear and be strengthened by the arrival of Silas and Timothy.
Now Paul is sending them away.
There is very specific wording here.
They “ministered” to Paul.
All of us need support.
We need people who will come alongside and minister to us.
This is what Paul had in Timothy and Erastus.
It is after Paul sends them away that the enemy strikes.
Here’s our lesson:
Satan will always attack those who are isolated.
Please understand, I am not saying that Paul’s actions here are wrong.
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