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I will thank you Chief, very much.

You did a great job.

Always does a good job him and Kayden both all the men do a good job.

And we're thankful for the talent that we do have here as they lead and serve us and that we glorify God together through their service.

So we appreciate them very much, that's going to God In Prayer.

Father in heaven, we thank you for the day.

We thank you for the now.

This opportunity.

We have to study and hear a portion of your were finally, pray that the preaching today might reach the hearts of those here today and father that they might make a decision in their life to do, what is right to do, what you desire of them.

Father.

We pray father that you help us to understand the significance of the death of Christ in our lives.

But also the resurrection that brings hope the hope of eternal life and so father, we're so very thankful as we have been just reminded of the the body and blood of Our Lord who died on our behalf, but he asked us to continue to win, souls through preaching and teaching father.

We pray that we can do that not only from the pulpit.

But for each one of us here today that we can share Jesus Christ with those about us, we know father that There's nothing in this life that we can do without Jesus Christ, and we're so blessed to have him in our lives.

Father, help us to share him with other so that they too.

Can have those very blessings and their lives.

Father, forgive us when we are forgive us of the sins in our lives and father help us to do better as your children.

We pray this to Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Talking about demons and demon possession.

And we have to because we're starting the Life of Christ.

And in the Life of Christ.

Jesus has encountered these demons and he's encountered those acts as they're called those who are demon possessed.

And on a number of occasions.

He had healed those who were demon possessed.

But as we think about the idea of demon possession, I want us to think about what the Bible says.

And not what Hollywood says, right?

I don't want us to think that demon possession is the Exorcist.

All right, don't think about that.

That's wrong.

Do you have a session that we read about in scripture is far different than what Hollywood presenze and I'm moving you to understand that and I think that has affected many people in our society that they think that that is what demon possession is.

In fact, there is no demon possession today and I was going to come right out.

There is no demon possession today.

There was we can read about that in scripture.

So we're going to take two Sundays, to talk about demon possession.

Today.

We're going to have an introduction talking about demons in demon possession and how it relates to the Bible and how it relates to our lives.

And then next week.

We're going to talk about the ending of demon possession.

And so hope that you will come to both of these studies and learn more about it.

And, as we think about Dina possession, demon possession is not even mentioned in the Old Testament.

There are two occasions that talk about a evil spirit being sent by God and a distressing spirit, being sent by God.

That's not demon possession.

Those are two different ideas and Concepts and then we come in to the dawning of the New Testament and you don't read about demon possession.

But when you start reading about demon possession, you're starting to read about the ministry of Jesus Christ.

In fact, the demon possession that we read about in The Gospel accounts takes place within those three years of his ministry.

And after he returns back to the father, sitting at the right hand of the father.

We read about three other occasions.

Were the apostles were involved, Peter Paul?

The Apostle's are involved in getting rid of a demon from these demon possessed people and after.

And after that, you just don't read about it.

So, as we consider demon possessions, were thinking about that, which occurred in the Bible that which occurred with in Jesus of ministry and the apostles.

It's interesting that in Acts chapter 11 beginning verse in the Bible tells us that they were to begin their preaching in Jerusalem.

That's the apostles, begin their preaching in Jerusalem, then to Judea then to Samaria.

And then, to the uttermost parts of the Earth.

Beginning in Jerusalem and Judea, we find that Jesus is encountering demon-possessed people.

And then Peter encounters, a demon possessed person, and Acts chapter 5, and then twice, Paul and counters to demonized people, Domani ex and his missionary campaigns or missionary Journeys.

And that's beginning of actually Philip does sewing in Samaria.

So either we go from Jerusalem, Judea, that's where Jesus was.

And then Philip does his demon possession or he heals a man of being demon possessed in Samaria and then Paul comes along and now he's preaching to the uttermost parts of the earth.

That is to the Gentiles and places Beyond.

And after that, you don't read about it, any more, certainly, demon possession has been a thought and a figure in the minds of men since well, perhaps just the beginning of time.

And certainly in Pagan, religions.

You can read about all sorts of pagan religions through history, that felt that there were evil gods and they were good God, and that, the evil Gods had the ability to enter into the minds and bodies of evil people and they would do wicked things to the wicked people.

And but you won't find that in the teaching of the Old Testament, you will not find that in the teaching of the law of Moses.

In fact, the law, of Moses said to the Israelites have nothing to do with a spiritist.

Have nothing to do with the occult, have nothing to do with the dark Forces of life.

You stay away from them.

And so none of them wherever possess that you can read about in God's were the only time that you read about these things as during the ministry of Jesus and beginning Ministry of the Apostles.

And I want us to think about this particular passage in Zechariah 13:9 to I believe my name is.

Don't even look at this passage when it comes to the idea of of a demon possession and demons being around today because this is a prophecy concerning the church.

That's after I was talking about and he's already talked about a coming time when the church would be established on the top of the mountain.

And now, he's talking about the church era at this time.

And he says, she'll be in that day.

Says, the Lord of hosts that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land and they shall, we shall no longer be remembered.

I will also cause the prophets It all, if you look on television today, you can look at all these televangelists and you can see that a lot of them talked about being Prophets.

You have a lot of people in the religious World thinking that they are prophets.

I will also cause the prophets and the unclean Spirit to depart from the land.

You see, there was a convergence of Good and Evil, a Confluence emerging together of Good and Evil.

When At the time of Christ.

That's what Zachariah is pointing out.

He's already talked about the coming Messiah that he was going to for his blood will be drawn from his vein.

And now you saying that day.

In that day.

And we find that, that is exactly what happened.

It was to prove that Jesus was the Messiah.

It was to prove that he had power over death, and it was to prove that he had power over the devil over evil, in fact and 1st John 3:8, the Bible tells us that Jesus came to destroy the Devil.

And his Works.

Revelation 20:10 says the same thing come to destroy the devil and his works.

The Bible also says that Jesus bound Satan.

Tie them up at work.

You like this.

He's in a straitjacket friends.

He can't move.

He does not have the power to do what he wants to do.

In fact, he doesn't have the power that God allowed him to do what he wants.

Did when God allowed it.

He could do it, but when God does not allow, he's been bound.

What you think about that.

These are important matters because it's a whole group of people out in the world today that thing that these things go on today.