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Grace Place Atlanta COGBF
4700 Mitchell Street
Forest Park, GA 30297
Website: atlantacogbf.org
Email: info@atlantacogbf.org
Phone: (404) 241-6781
Wayne D. Mack, Pastor
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Pastor Wayne D. Mack Sermon Notes
September 4, 2022
Take Time to Rejoice, Rightly!
Luke 10:17-20
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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons
are subject to us in Your name.”
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And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are
subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in
heaven.”
Did you know that God has given his children something to rejoice
about every single day of their lives?
Those of you who are Born Again say: “Of course, Life, Health, and
Strength; plus, His goodness, mercy, blessings, and grace . . .
and much,
much more.
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But did you know there’s something even more intentional than those
things Jesus spoke specifically about that He wants for His children to
be reminded of and to be affirmed in our lives, that should cause us to
rejoice every day of our lives.
It is bigger, more significant than any
miracle or desire we could ever wish for or experience.
What is it?
I’ll tell you after I share this story about my earthly daddy.
When I was around 4 or 5 years old, seemingly every day me and my 5
or 6 siblings would see my dad to the door and off to work.
But
invariably, we would ask: Where you going Daddy?
He would, without fail say: I’m going to build you a living room.
That
statement would cause us to rejoice like you wouldn’t know.
[It didn’t
take much to excite us back then].
We believed him . . .
for a very long
time.
Sometimes we would be riding along with my dad and I
remember asking over and over again as we passed big buildings or nice
houses . . . is that our living room?
My dad would respond, “Nope, I’m still building it.”
And though we
would fold into disappointment, the thought of him still building gave us
hope and encouragement that it was still being built and yet to come.
So
in that WE Rejoiced beyond measure.
As we grew older, me and my siblings came to realize what my Dad
meant by “going to build you a living room”.
He meant “I’m going to
work so that I can provide for my family”.
Today, I still rejoice as I
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reflect on the spirit in which my Dad lit our flame of excitement and
rejoicing.
Very similarly, but on a much higher spiritual plain, Jesus reminded His
followers that above every circumstance – even the very, very best – and
the very, very super, super spiritual and super, super supernatural –
from the least of us to the greatest – He has given us something to
REJOICE about that is beyond this life and even death.
Turn with me to Luke, Chapter 10 verses 17-20 . . .
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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons
are subject to us in Your name.”
18
And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are
subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in
heaven.”
This passage is the regathering of the 70 followers of Jesus that He sent
out in the beginning of Luke Chapter 10: 1-16.
He commissioned the 70 to go two by two into every city and place
where He Himself was about to go.
This mission was seemingly to
prepare the way for the Lord in His final journey to Jerusalem leading up
to His crucifixion.
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As they returned from their mission, the 70 were elated that even the
demons had been subject to them.
What is not recorded is how long the
mission lasted.
It may have been several weeks, but as they all
staggered back, this dialogue we are witnessing here appears to have
occurred as they all reassembled.
As Jesus listened to each pair rejoice over their powerful and miraculous
encounters, He detected a boatload of misdirected pride and priorities.
But you can’t blame them . . .
I too would have been excited – especially
to see Satan and his imps submit to the power of God.
Listen again to what Luke said happened upon the great return . . .
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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons
are subject to us in Your name.”
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And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
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