Free Indeed: Defeating Demonic Bondage

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then take that home with you and study it during

the week. We're gonna have in just a little bit,

we're gonna have some water baptism. But I really want

to go over real quickly some more about the Wild

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It's a it's a great outreach we do each year

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Please make sure your name is on all components. Initials

and name or something on all the components, because sometimes

we wind up with lids.

Sometimes we wind up with crop pots.

With no lids. And you know, it's just this way

everybody gets their property back. Okay, amen, Okay, Now I

want to show you we're gonna hand out This is

a This is a packet for someone that receives the

Lord at the Wild Game Banquet. Now we need men

and young men and teenagers who are going to be

there to participate and help us draw the net in

and hold the harvest.

Amen.

So if you if you're gonna be there and you'd

be willing to take a packet or two and connect

and and pray with somebody, if you'd raise your hand,

let's let me see if who we've got here this

is willing to do that. Hey, Jeff, that's good. You

raised that shoulder up.

Huh or is it the other wrong one?

Come on now let me see you huh yeah, okay,

but what what what's in the packet? There's an ink

pen in here, a Gospel of John is in here,

uh some some uh some, uh, my pen's gone anyway.

And then there's a sheet that's folded up like this.

This is important. You need to fill that out, get

the information after you've prayed with him, fill this out

and bring it to either myself, our brother Mark, our

brother Chris, our brother Chance.

Amen.

So if we can do that, we will. We're really

trying to be conscientious about this. It's important that we

that we can serve the harvest. You know, we want

it's right, We want to be a good steward of

what God has given us and and not let it

go to waste. So if you can get connect with

us in that. This next Saturday, we're gonna have a

good time. Lots of good food. My buddy from Louisiana's coming.

We have more jambalaya this year. Uh, We're gonna have

all kinds of good food. Eland and valigator like normal

that what is ealan is a large member of the

antelope family. They're just bigger than most antelopes. They're from Africa. Wow,

and they're quite tasty. Okay, So that's our Q. We're

gonna go straight over to Broadmore.

All right, Come on, kids, you want to come around

and watch, come up close. I need a couple of

people to help have. I call them hushers. So the

children aren't talking, but I love the children. Families, Come

on close, parents, grandparents, anybody take pictures. This is an

exciting time, you know. I love it when someone follows

the Lord in water baptism and it's saying that Jesus

is Lord of my life. I've asked him to save me,

and now I'm going to serve him all the days

of my life. And I'm making it a public demonstration

to everyone that sees that I am a Christian. I'm

I'm taking that old nature and putting it underwater, coming

up clean. So Pastor Greg, what do we have? Are

you ready for this? Yeah?

Yeah, yeah, something bout that stroke. Man, I'm throw your

hands up.

But nice kidding, all right? So, uh we've got Kylie. Hey, Isaac,

come on down. Kylie. It's not bad, is it.

She's afraid it's gonna be cold, like you know, ice

water and stuff. It's like no, no, no, Normally it's like

hot tubs, you know.

But we're good.

It's nice. It's this is Kylie. Kylie, do you have

anything you want to say? Nothing at all, Just just

know no, I'm afraid you would do a canniball. I'm

watching you, buddy.

Okay. So Kylie has uh.

Kylie's been with us about a year now. She's gotten

involved in JBQ and just just learning God's word and

hide it in her heart. She's made a decision for

the Lord and she's like, I'm ready for this baptism thing.

So we had a class down there today and talked

about what that means, and she says, I'm ready.

I'm ready to do this. So you sure you don't

want to say anything?

Okay, all right, here we go, Cally, we baptize you

now in the name of the Father, the Son, the

Holy Spirit, buried in the likeness of his death, raised

in the likeness of his resurrection.

Yay, good deal, that is awesome. Okay, watch your step.

Here we go. You might have to pick her up.

Look at that smile, hold her up. Let people see

that smile. Hold her up. Look at that smile. That's contagious. Uh,

this is McKinley.

McKinley, do you have anything you want to say?

Yeah, that's right. God is good.

She knows that and his experience that will continue to

experience that. Sometimes you might go through a hiccup or whatever,

but that doesn't change God's goodness.

Amen.

All right, So kylie Er McKinley's with us in in

JBQ as well.

Uh.

She has listened to her brother memorized and so she's

she's got this thing down.

Pat.

If you want to see a really cool meet, come

up to Lexington next time we do this and you'll

see just some incredible stuff with the with the Junior

Bible quiz.

Uh.

So God is good and McKinley is ready to do this.

You are right, McKinley baptized you now the name of

the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, buried in the

likeness of his death, raised in the likeness of his resurrection.

Yay. How awesome is that? And she knows what she's doing,

fully aware.

Hey, what y'all think about this?

Oh?

Come on, I said, so what do you think about this?

That's right, this is Christina. I want you all to

give her a big handclap.

Come on now.

Yeah.

I was talking with Christina and I said, Christina, I said,

I said, what's going on? She says, well, you know

I got saved at this church a couple of years ago.

I know I need to be here. I love God

and I need to do this. I mean, she was intense.

She was not playing around. So I want everybody to

stretch your hands out toward Christina because God's got great

things in store for her. It's a big step that

she's taken here today. Father, I thank you for Christina. Father,

I thank you that everything is about to change in

her life. Father, I thank you that people are gonna Christina.

People are gonna come up to you and they're gonna

say what, what's going on? What's different with you? It's

gonna give you an opportunity to tell people about Jesus

and tell them what good things he's done and is

currently doing in your life. Father, we thank you for Christina.

We thank you for her being an example to her

family and to everybody that she comes in contact with.

In Jesus's name, and everybody says, she's excited and ready

to do this. Risaun this way. There, I baptize you

now the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit,

and the powerful name of Jesus.

Come on, let's rejoice. Yay. All right? All right, kids,

y'all did awesome. You can go back to mom's and

dads and grandparents. She can go on back. And where

did brother Don go? He took off? All right, honey,

I'm gonna hand you this so you can go financial.

I don't know anything about it.

Okay, Okay, good deal, hot dog. I just want you

to know little McKinley that was there. She can take

a nation. I'm telling you, I'm not joking. I really

want to Donna.

Dad.

I want us to see her be able to have

in the spirit realm. There's something God's given her.

That's hers.

We watch your kids, we train your children, and McKinley

has fire in her bones. And I'm just telling you

she has fire in a bone. She has a calling

of God on her life. That doesn't mean she has

to be a pastor's wife. It just means she has

to follow hard after God. Okay, but McKinley can take

a nation, and so we need to steward that. And

when I mean a nation, it doesn't mean she has

to go overseas. It means God's given her a responsibility

for area of her life where she takes on and

presents the Kingdom of God in that area. And so

both she and her brother. Her brother has a very

sweet sensitive I mean, he's strong and you know, and

has fire. But I personally have taught McKinley. So when

I saw her coming out of that waterless, so I

will be good, Mark just said I could be bad.

Did y'all hear that?

He said, no way?

So that gives me license for something I don't know,

but I'm gonna exploit that at some point this week.

Hot Dog. That was an early Valentine gift. I want

to thank you women for coming to our encounter soaking time.

We are going to be doing that once a month,

this second Friday every month is what is a soaking time?

Why is it the word soaking? I discovered that I

hear God when I unplug from everything and I purposely

focus on getting into His presence. And what makes it

fun is I have other friends that like God too.

That's nice, you know what I'm saying. And so what

we do is we just take some time as friends

and you don't have to know me personally to come.

You just come and we put on some music. We

are introduced seeing a different artist every month so that

you know what's available out there. And what we do

is we just all get comfortable. The rule is you

can't talk to one another. That it doesn't work if

you're talking to one another, and that's that's some for

some of us, that's a sacrifice. But we just get

quiet and we listen and God births things in your spirit.

My hearts cry for us this year is learning as

women to be a voice, not an echo. God gives

you a word and you don't have to mimic someone

else's word. It's good. I'll mimic some you know someone

God speaks to their heart. I will say maybe what

they're saying because it really spoke to me. But I

want my own word. And so this this time encourages

you to hear God for yourself, to write it down

and then if you would like to agree in prayer,

we're there for that. If not, you just go on

your way. But it's it's discipline on us, disciplining us

to separate ourself and as friends get together in the

presence of God and listen. So I challenge you. All

hell will break out to keep you from coming, but

I challenge you to come. It's just a wonderful time. Also,

if you want to write this down, please tag you're it.

I don't want anybody gripen at me. Wings of Refuge

is coming. It's in the bulletin. Yes, Wings of Refuge

is coming Thursday the twenty second. So if you are interested,

I would encourage you to. Oh did I say Wednesday, Well,

that's why you do the finances in our house, because

I I think I need to go on Thursday the

twenty second. And real quick, let me give you a

scripture that we're going to pray. Someone walked in this

building wanting to hear the voice of God this morning,

wondering if what you brought to God's house is enough?

And you need to hear this. This is Psalms twenty five,

verse four. Lord, direct me throughout my journey so I

can experience your plans for my life. Reveal the life

paths that are pleasing to you, Escort me along the way,

take me by the hand, and teach me, Oh God

of my increasing salvation. I've wrapped my heart into yours.

What you brought today is enough. Just settle that in

your heart and just do this to God. Don't think

that you've got to be so clean that no one

don't just say I'm yours, Bob Bobo's warts and all,

I'm yours this morning, So put your hand over your heart.

God said, in your weakness, He's made strong. Sometimes we

want to show off and say how strong we are

in the spirit, and that's not how the Kingdom of

God works. We have to humble ourself and just be

broken in a good way for Him so that He

can shine out through us. Father, this morning, I just

lift up my family before you, and for everybody that's

fighting sickness in their home, I just apply the blood

of Jesus. Father, I just pray Father, for people that

aren't here today because of illness. I ask for a

healing touch in their body. In Jesus' name, Father, I

thank you for financial breakthrough for families today. I thank

you Father for miracles this week.

Father.

Father, I'm asking in Jesus' name that your hand would

be mighty and strong Father upon this body here today. Father,

I asked that you would establish the work of our

hands as we look to you, Father to teach us

how to walk. Father, you are a mighty God. We

love you with all our hearts, and we thank you

in Jesus's mighty name. Amen.

Amen, Come on, let's give the Lord a handclap again. Yeah,

we're going to allow the children to wow, children to

go to c in the back and am I doing

something wrong or whatever? And if I can have my

friends in the back, put the lights on over me,

that'll help tremendously. Yeah, I'll be of actually see glory

rest of us. Take your bible, hold it up. Let's

declare who we are. Am I you ready? This is

my Bible. It is the standard I live my life by.

I am a spiritfuled believer. Sustained by my personal relationship

with the Lord, empowered by my commitment to community and

express throughout reach to others. Therefore I can't say and

all right, hey, take your bulletin and flip it over.

We began the year talking about the blessed life and

did a series really all through January dealing with finances.

Having done that in quite some time, we're to keep

this theme the blessed life really kind of through the year.

But we're transitioning now to freedom. How many know God

wants you free, no bondage in your life. So last

week we had Chad's Hope and you got to literally

watch men sing and worship and share testimony of how

God has set them free from bondage in the processes

setting them free from bondage, and I hope it was

a real encouragement to you, especially if anyf you are

dealing with an area or you have a loved one

dealing with that. There was a lot of ministry at

the end, very very good time of ministry to people.

So it's a very very real thing. But today we're

transitioning this looking at freedom. So turn your bulletin over,

because let me tell you what we're going to talk

about today. We're gonna be talking about demons today. Okay.

It's a real thing. Are you with me? Okay? And

let me tell you something. It's very important for you

to be here. Satan does not want you to hear

the series because I'm going to take scripture. I'm spending

a lot of time to bring this alife to you, Okay,

because often believers can be in bondage and people get

all caught up in well, are they possessed or this?

I'm gonna help talk about that today. But if you

are in bondage, you need to be free period. And

demons can influence you to stay in an area of

bondage or a loved one. So I really want you

to pay attention. I want you to take these scriptures

and go home and study it. Don't take my word,

I want you to take God's word. So as I share,

listen and let's be open to what God wants to do. Amen. See,

when the thief is caught, he loses and he has

to restore sevenfold. Now, somebody ought to get excited about that.

That's in Proverbs chapter six. And many believers are not

free indeed, because they do not believe they can be

in bondage. And when Jesus makes this statement, there's a

theme verse we're going to use through this whole teaching

for about five weeks, and then we're going to transition

into Easter time. Can you believe it'll be right around

the corner, But take several weeks and just deal with

the resurrection Easter. I want everybody have a real understanding.

So you bring the lost on East Sunday. But John

A thirty six, Therefore, if the sun makes you free,

or if you allow the Son to make you free,

you shall be free indeed, And everyone says amen, And

he's talking. Jesus is talking to Jews here verse thirty one,

who believed in him. He's talking to believers. He's not

saying that to the lost. So is it possible for

a believer to be in bondage? We're going to answer

that you've already answered. Can a Christian personally deal with

a demon or have one steal somehow possessed sing an

area of their life. We're going to look at that today.

So I think it's all ears today because I think

all of us have dealt with this in some fashion

of farm the main areas of scripture we're going to

be in or Mark. So we ahead and turned to Mark,

and then towards the end we'll look a little bit

in Luke. There's going to be a bunch of other

scriptures come up, and the main things we're going to

look at today or Mark and Luke. So here we

go Mark chapter five, verse one and two, when they

talking about Jesus and his disciples came to the other

side of the sea, to the country of the Gallerines.

And when he had come out of the boat, immediately

there met him out of the tombs, a man with

an unclean spirit. This is one of the ways the

Bibles referred to a demon. Other gospels say he was naked,

he was wild verse three. This man possessed by the enemy,

with an unco spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs.

And no one could bind him, not even with chains,

because he had often been bound with shackles and chains,

and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and

the shackles broken in pieces. Neither could anyone tame him.

And always night and day he was in the mountains

and the tombs, crying out. He was wanting help, he

was wanting help and cutting himself with stones verse six.

But when he saw Jesus from Afar, he ran and

what worshiped him proskinneo in the Greek, and it means

he bowed down, He truly worshiped God. Verse seven. And

he out cried out with a loud voice and said,

what have I to do with you? Jesus? Now let

me shift this here a little bit. This isn't the

man now yelling this out, and you'll see why in

a moment. This is actually the demon's spirit talking through

the man, and you'll see why. Okay, what I have

to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God,

I implore you by God that you do not torment me.

That would be not the It wouldn't be the man,

because Jesus didn't come to torment people. Okay, he came

to help people. So that's the demon speaking through this

man verse eight. For he Jesus had already said this,

and that's why verse seven was said, For Jesus had said,

come out of the man, unclean spirit. So really that

could have even been before verse seven. So Jesus already

said this, and the man replies or excuse me, the

spirit within the man, what do I have to do

with you? Please don't torment me. Verse nine. Then he

asked him, Jesus asked him, what is your name? Now,

Jesus is not talking to the man. He's wanting to

know what is he dealing with? What type of demon

or spirit is he dealing with? And this is how

the demon answered. He said, my name is Legion, for

we are many. Now, legion is a Roman word, a

military word, and it means anywhere from six thousand to

six thousand, eight hundred and twenty six. Wow, you could

say this guy was demonized, and everyone says, and there

were many, There were a lot within this man. Verse ten. Also,

so I want you to see, let read this thing, bigger, broader,

kind of wrap your heart and mind around his OsO.

He begged him earnestly that he would not send them

out of the country. That tells me demonic spirits like

to stay where they already have a stronghold in a family.

That's why you draw the line from things that passed

in your family. Whatever the bond that she has been

and said, ah ah, no, you're out. We've had to

do that. Don't mean your family's awful and bad. It's

just there were different bondages that came through through demonic strongholds.

Everyone deals with it, so don't backt well, my family's perfect,

No they're not. Nobody's from a perfect family. This is earth.

So you need to be aware of the things so

that you can say, no, we're cutting this, so that

from here on my responsibility with children or grandchildren or whatever.

We're going forward without this. We do not want that

demonic stronghold to stay because they didn't want to leave. Now,

large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains,

so all the demons begged him, begged Jesus, saying, send

us into the swine, that we may enter them. And

at once Jesus gave them permission. I love that Jesus

has all authority, doesn't he. Then the unclean spirits went

out and entered the swine. There were about two thousands,

so that shows you there were a lot of demons.

If it captivated two thousand swine, and the herd ran

violently down the steep place into the sea and drowned

in the sea. So those who fed the swine fled,

and they told it in the city and in the country,

and they went out to see what it was that

had happened Verse fifteen. Then they came to Jesus and

saw the one who had been demonized and had the

legion sitting nice clothed in his right mind, and they

were afraid. Now you would think maybe they would be happy,

especially for this guy. Maybe if they were thinking about

some of their family or issues, like, wow, if Jesus

did this for him, he could help my family. Let

me tell you what. When God starts doing something, if

you're not close to the Lord, it frightens you. Yep. Come,

when supernatural things start happening, it can frighten the religious spirit.

But those that are hungry for God, they're like, Wow, Okay,

God did it for them. He's going to do something

for me. He's going to do something for my family.

So be excited when God does something, even when you

don't understand it. No, for sure, he's in control and

he's moving. Are you with me? Verse sixteen. And those

who saw it told them how it happened to him

who have been demon possessed, and about the swine. Then

it began to plead with him, get out of here,

Jesus I'm paraphrasing it there. Okay, you would have thought

they would want him to stay and teach, and what

happened and how did you do that? And what do

we do if we come across this again? Nope, they

didn't want any of that. Verse eighteen. And when he

Jesus got into the boat, he who had been deemon possessed,

begged him that they might be with him in that

great when I look, when Jesus does something for you,

I'm talking about when he does something for you and

you humble yourself and pride is gone. You just want

to be with Jesus. You want to worship him. It's

not an effort to worship him. It's like how often

can I? And that's what he's wanting to do. Now,

look at this very important I want you to see something. However,

Jesus did not permit him, but he said to him,

go home to your friends. Now wait a minute. He

was by himself in the tombs. They couldn't handle him.

And all this What this tells me, at one time

this guy was halfway normal because he had had friends

or family, our people. Jesus knew that. Everybody following my

story go to them and tell them what great things

the Lord has done for you, and now he has

had compassion on you. So he departed and began to

proclaim in the capitalists all that Jesus had done for

him in all marvel. Now let me help you with that.

The capitalist is not a city. It was actually ten cities,

ten cities. Decca means ten, Poulus means metropolitan or metroplex.

Gadera was one of those ten cities. Damascus was one

of those ten cities. Remember Saul who became Paul, was

on his way to Damascus to persecute Christians. Philadelphia, not

the one in Pennsylvania, but Philadelphia was one of those

ten cities. It was actually, get this a Greek city.

That is probably why they were raising swine, because Jews

had nothing to do with swine, so their culture had

brought that in. So they're around a lot of Greek people.

I'm just trying to help you understand some culture and

see some things here. So the Greeks had come in

and flew in society and culture. Fantastic story. So this

guy goes out immediately representing Christ and affects ten cities

with his story. Now here's my question, what's your story

or just a center? Say you by grace, come on,

get over that. What is your story? So that's a

religious thing you hear all over the place and understand.

But where was the bondage? Where was the confusion? Where

was the sin? Where was the thing where you were

going under? And Jesus came and set you free? Bring

hope to people, Yes, bring hope with your story because

people want to hear your story. Amen. So there's a

couple of things here, Three things in particular I want

you to get today as we begin this and we'll

be on it for several weeks. Tell people love ones

that need to hear this. Number One, there really are demons, okay,

because Jesus set this man free. Demon. I'm using the

New King James Bible for this series. But in the

New King James, demons are mentioned eighty two times sixty

one times alone in the Gospel Jesus directly dealing with

demons or talking about demons. I think hear this statement

very important. One reason so much he's talking about it

and dealing with it in the gospels is because no

one had had the authority before until he got there,

right Jesus has all authority. Jesus with authority, I meant,

immediately begin to confront demonic strongholds in bondages. Demons come

from fallen angels. One third of the angels fell with

Lucifer in their rebellion. Pride, arrogance, high mindedness, all those things,

by the way, can introduce a demonic stronghold in your life.

And he introduce the demonic stronghold in angels. A third fell.

But what I'm excited about. For every one third that fail,

I've got two that are on my side. So we

got him out numbered. Amen, And Jesus has all authority

over them. When God does decide, nobody knows when to

throw Satan in the pit. It will happen one day.

He doesn't even do it himself. He only sends one

angel to do it. Okay, he sends one to bind

Satan and throw him to the bottomless pit. One day,

Jesus will say, that's it, go get him, hello, throw

him into the pit. And Gabriel might say, who who

do you want? I'm just picturing Jesus looking around. Send

that new guy over there. Come on, you see, I'm

trying to show you there's nothing. You need to be

afraid of nothing. In fact, if you could literally see

the devil and who he really is, you'd say, what

was I afraid of? What was I afraid of?

You?

We'd see God. You'd fall on your face in holy

terror of worship. Not afraid, but just of his awesomeness,

the holiness, the purity. That's the one we want to revere.

Demons come from fallen angels. They are disembodied spirits. They

are looking for a body. They are looking for open doors.

We'll be looking at that talking about that next week.

We're going to talk about closing doors and windows. They

enter inhabit and inhabit bodies. They were in the body

of this man, in his body. I don't see them

being in his spirit. I see them being in the

man because the man came and worship Jesus, so his

spirit could override that he wanted to come and worship Jesus.

And when Jesus cast him out, they wanted to go

into to the swine because they wanted a body. So

it backs up my theory that animals can't have a demon.

I grew up on a farm and I can tell

you some of the animals I dealt with. They had

some demons, how many grew up on a farm and

you know what I mean, I mean just a mean cow.

Or we had a horse one time. I mean you

could look at it and I and you knew something

was wrong with that horse, a dog or whatever. Wow.

But also let me say this, This might help you,

because sometimes believers will allow a hypocrite to stand between

them and God, which then I say, the hypocrite is

closer to God than you or you hear me. How

can they call themselves a believer and act like that

or say that or do that and they call themselves

a believer? Could there be demonic influence causing do you

see what I'm saying? Have you considered praying for them

instead of using that as an excuse to run from God?

Just the thought everybody with me? I love you, I

mean I want you so focused in understanding how to

stay free and not be tricked by anything of the enemy. Okay,

so there are demons, no doubt. Otherwise we have to

cut out a lot of the Bible and most of

what Jesus did. Here's a few scriptures if you just

want to write down the reference they're not in your bulletin,

but they're going to come up real quick. Matthew eight

verse sixteen. When the evening had come, they brought to

him Jesus many who were demon possessed, and he cast

out the spirits with a word, cast them out, and

healed all who were sick. Next one, Matthew nine, thirty

two and thirty three. As they went out, Behold, they

brought to him a man, mute and demon possessed. And

when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke, and

the multitudes marvels, saying it was never seen like this

in Israel, and they're cool. Matthew seventeen eighteen. Jesus rebuked

the demon, and it came out of him, and the

child was cured from that very earth. The devil wants children, folks,

your children, your little ones. Help keep doors closed, deal

with things, deal with things in their life. Mark three.

Then he appointed twelve that they might be with him,

and that he might send him out to preach and

have power to heal sicknesses, and to what all right?

Next one. So they went out and preached that people

should repent, and they cast out many demons, and annointing

with oil many who were sick and heal them well more.

And these signs will follow those who believe, and my name,

they will cast out demons. I speak with new tongues. Allelujah.

I'm just reading scripture to you. All right, let me

give you some quotes. This will help bring a balance. C. S. Lewis, author,

awesome author who came to Christ as an adult. By

the way, he said this, there are two groups of

people that Satan absolutely loves to get excited over. Satan

loves these two, the skeptic and the superstitious. The skeptic

and the superstitious. Let me see it this way. There

are people who think they see a demon behind every

bush and tree. That's the superstitious. But there are people

who say demons don't exist today, maybe just in Jesus time.

That's a skeptic. And C. S Lewis says, Satan loves

both of those types. Why because they're both in bondage.

They're both dealing with deception. There could be people when

I say, okay, I'm going to talk about demons, they

could say, well, pastor, who's not talk about that? And

then there are others that go, oh goodie, we're getting

to the good stuff. All right, So here we are.

If you're an neither one of camp, you're way over

here or way over there. I want you to move

to the middle. Everybody say, balance streaming important. We're not

a skeptic, and we're not going to be superstitious. We're

not going to be We're not going to try to

put a demon on everyone or categorize all that that's superstitious,

super spiritual. But we're not going to run from truth.

When we are dealing with something, We're going to move

right to the middle. Are you with me? Don't deny them,

but we're not hunting them down every time we have

any type of little issue. And Jesus came to set

us free. In your notes, you can never get free

unless you know you can be in bondage. You can't

get free unless you know you could be or that

you could enter into bondage. Jack Haper, he's an elderly

man now minister out in California. Quoting from him, he

says this, you can't cast out the flesh and you

can't disciple a demon. I like that. In other words,

there are people who would say, oh, it's just a flash.

You need to overcome the flesh. You just need more

discipline in your life. In the other camp, well, you've

got a demon. And the reason you can't overcome the

simplest of disciplines in your life is you need deliverance,

and you need more deliverance. And you know deliverance. Deliverance.

That's the answer to everything. And here's age old debate.

Do we need discipleship our deliverance, here's the answer. Yes,

everybody say, yes, you can't cast out the flesh. No,

that gum, I know. And you can't disciple a demon.

Everybody with me. I think it's maturity when a believer

realizes they could be dealing with some type of bondage

in their life, and I want to deal with it.

We deal with that, that wings, they deal with that want.

We want people free. I don't want anybody walking around

ben over frowning, can't overcome. Could it be something demonic? Yes?

Could it be They do need to learn discipline and

how to overcome. Yes, could it be they need both. Yes,

I'm not saying all that's the answer, but something is.

Because God wants us free, Yes, he wants He want

want you to be able to come in here, get

up close to the front and worship, yes, just freely, freely.

I remember from my dad it was like a deliverance

from him. I meant, there was just this man thing

in him, and he won't go lift his hands. He won't, won't.

And I watched him suddenly, step by step after you

got filled the host figure close to the front and

begin lifting his hands. It was a freedom for him,

got free from that stuff. Amen. See, if something is

totally out of control, it should give you hope that

God wants to set you free, set your loved one free.

So don't get upset that I'm telling you that you

or your loved one or someone who has a major

problem in an area. I meant, because they you should

be excited because Jesus came to take care of problems.

He wants to take care of that problem. Just like

when Andrew had his little sharing moment when he was

talking about he said, Man, let's not get into God's

presence just to reinforce what we want. But let's get

in his presence so that his presence is so great

it deals with all the areas. I'm paraphrasing it, but

that's what he was saying. Man, don't make the issue,

the issue, make the issue. Man. I got to press

suit to get in his presence, because when you get

in his presence, he takes care of issues. He will

take care of this. So the only people who can't

get set for you the people who won't admit they're

in bondage number two. Everybody's still with me. Okay, they

really do enter, people, they really do. Turn to John

chapter ten. I want this to come alive. I want

you to see it. Jesus is speaking, it's in the red.

Let me break this verse down. Verse one. We're very

familiar with verse ten, we use it all the time.

But let's look at verse one for a moment. Mostly

I say to you, this is Jesus speaking. He who

does not enter the sheepfold. Wouldn't that be where the

sheep are the believers, the body of Christ our terminology.

He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door.

Now who is the door? Jesus is the door. So

if they try to enter the sheepfold, but they don't

use the door, but climbs up some other way into

what into the sheepfold, into your life, into the believer,

the same is a thief and a robber. So the

devil doesn't. He's not going to go through Jesus. But

yet he wants to get into the sheepfold. He wants

to get in our life Verse ten. And we just

we ended the verse. Their thief and a robber, and

that thief does not come except to steal, kill and destroy.

But I've come that you might have life, and how

does he want us to have it abundantly? So here's

what I say about that verse. This thief can get in,

and he's saying here, the thief wants to get in.

When you've made a decision, I'm going to serve Christ.

I'm gonna follow him. I'm going to be a witness.

I'm going to be vocal. I'm not going to be

a secret service believer. I'm willing to pray with anybody,

lead someone to Christ. Whatever. The devil doesn't back up

and go yay. He targets you. I said, he targets you.

But Jesus says he can't get through me. I love it.

He might try to get in some other way, and

we're going to talk about those things. And he wants

to get in your life, wants to get into the

sheep's life. Verse ten in the Greek, it means he

does not come accept He just has one purpose except

to steal, kill and destroy. Now here we go. Can

a believer be demon possessed? Everybody here, you're listening. Let's

explain this word and go back to the original language,

demon possessed. In the Greek, it's two words, damon i

a zohmai. How about that. Aren't you excited? There's a word. Yeah,

there it is in the Greek damon e i zohmai

damon i demon zohmai to possess. To translate demon possessed

is okay, But we need to teach people the true

meaning of the word possessed. Still with me. There are

two Greek words for possession are being possessed. One is ownership.

That was the one we had looked at a little

while ago, just with that guy. This is not the

word for ownership. This word is to gain mastery over

so for the believer, the devil wants to gain mastery

over you, mastery over you. This word is used in

Luke so turned. I want you to see this, I

want you to underline it. I want you to get

this today, Luke twenty one, verse nineteen. Jesus is speaking here,

and this is deally with the end times the subject here.

But he says, by your patients, possess your souls. By patients,

possess your souls. Do you see that? Jesus would say,

by your own souls, by your own effort, going forth,

take control, have mastery of your soul, your emotions, your mind,

go forward. But he also if you don't lose your

life in me, you can't gain it. Bob says, you're

bought with the price. You don't belong to you. This

chapter in Luke again is about the times, and Jesus

is not saying you need to own your soul or

be possessed, but you need to gain master be a

master over your soul. Mastery over your soul is everybody here?

Are you getting it? If not? Soak that in? Get that?

So can a believer be owned owned by a demon?

I'm talking about a believer, Well, they're owned by God.

And everyone says the can a believer be under the

control or the mastery of a demon? Yes, you say,

well that's semantics. Well it could be, but it's a

big thing because a lot of people, if you've got

a demon, you're not saved or if you're dealing with

all this, you know you're not serving God. I know

many a great people, godly people. It suddenly doesn't matter family, person, this,

and suddenly, man, where did they go? Stupid? Okay? Could

it be a door was open, a window was open,

and the devil got into the sheep fold, not through

Jesus but through another way, through these open doors and

cause someone to do things or act or reject the Lord,

or go back into the world or whatever the situation

is that they wouldn't have done a year before or

five years before. What happened the devil, I said the

Devil Fair's Dictionary, and he was an American Bible scholar.

He puts it this way, to be under the power

of a demon. This is defining dameon eyes ohmi, the

Greek word to be under the power the mastery of

the control of a demon in certain areas. So this

is why lust is an awful thing. This is why

unforgiveness it's a deadly thing. Folks. Bitterness it can kill

your walk. Sign one of the signs of the un

time we live in it now. Ungrateful, just being ungrateful,

even that can cause me to be influenced by that, Yeah,

ungrateful rage. So I'm just saying these things because sometimes

someone can say I can't believe a believer did that. Well,

we need pray for them, we need to help them

see that. Damn, the devil is after them. Don't judge them,

don't box them out, help them, help them. Amen. This

is my little mark Carroll saying, write it down, memorize it,

use it. If it's in me, on me, near me,

it's too close. How about that talking about a demon.

You didn't laugh or anything. I thought i'd get a reaction. Gosh,

you're writing it out. Okay. If it's in me, on me,

near me, too close. I don't want to get caught

up in the semantics. I just want it gone, folks.

If I'm being influence by mnemonic strong demon that wants

to bring me into a stronghold, Amen, So let me

ask a question, and don't raise your hand. Is there

any area of your life you just can't get the

victory over? Is there an area you feel helpless, powerless?

Is there a sin that you've confessed over and over

and over and over and I don't have enough time

to say over and over and over to God that

you would never do it again, But yet you do

it over and over and over. Can I say to

each of us, just as lovingly as I can, let's

wake up. It's a bondage, old pastors, just a weakness.

You've had it for twenty five years. It's a bondage.

You see what I'm saying. Let's make it light. Don't

just realize. Okay, I got a bondage. That should be

good news because Jesus wants to set you free. And

I'm not telling you bad news. I'm telling you good

news because people go to church all the time all

over our city, our county, our state, and our nation,

and they really want to be free and they don't

know they can't, and pride keeps some them getting ministry

or opening up or whatever. Hey, look, let's get free

and stay free because you enter into a joy that's contagious. Wow.

Let me illustrate it this way, because I love things

that bring things to life's. Before you came to church today,

you left the window open. Well, number one house is

going to be flooded. No, But if you left a

window open in your house and when you go home,

you find a sure enough thief in action. Here's a question.

Does that thief own your house? But guess what, he's

in your house. He has control over your house until

you have him arrested and handcuffed and taken out. And

while he's there, he's there to steal, kill, and destroy.

You want him out. Let me show you a couple

old Testament scripts. Everybody hanging in with me? Okay, we'll

be finished shortly. Lamentations. Can you believe I'm having you

go to the book of Lamentations? Can anything good come

out of lamentations? Absolutely? At night you can't sleep. Just

open up to lamentations, are reading. You'll be asleep quickly.

But here's a great verse. Okay, Lamentations one verse ten.

Let me bring this verse to life. The adversary has

spread his hand over all her talking about Israel, a

type of the people of God. For you and I okay,

verse ten again, the adversary has spread his hand over

all her pleasant things, for she the people of God,

the people of God with me. For she has seen

the nations that's representing the enemy enter her sanctuary. Those

whom you commanded not to enter your assembly, but they did,

They entered the children of Visual. They can enter our lives.

They can enter the things that were commanded not to

lit lit In Limitations four, verse twelve. For the kings

of the earth and all the inhabitants of the world

would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy

could enter the gates of Jerusalem. Read on you find

out they did. They did. Joel chapter two, verse nine.

They run to and fro in the city. They run

on the wall, they climb to the houses. They enter

at the windows like a thief, speaking of the swarming locusts,

a type of the enemy. Now, next Sunday, I'm going

to talk about closing doors and closing windows very very important.

Forget the ballgame. This and it's very important because if

you don't need it now, you will need it at

some point, or you'll need it for a loved one.

We don't want to be under the influence of the

devil by doors we have opened. And everyone says, now,

if you're starting to get depressed, don't, okay, because there

really are demons they really want to enter people. But

number three, here's point three. Jesus really does cast them out.

I said he cast them out. Now go to Luke

chapter ten. Luke ten. I want you to leave fired

up that Jesus is on your side and you can

deal with anything. Jesus sent twelve out. We know the

disciples with power over the enemy, but he sent seventy

out as well. When you love to know more about them,

are their names you will in Eternity verse seventeen. Then

those seventy that Jesus had sent out returned with joy, saying, Lord,

even the demons are subject to us. How in your name.

It's not your ability, it's Christ's ability. And Jesus said

to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

What is referring to He's referring way back. You can

read it in Isaiah when Satan rebelled against God. He

was just kicked out, quicker than a bolt of lighting.

True thirty the angels. Okay, So Jesus is not impressed

by Satan. He is not intimidated by Satan. He's just

a created being verse nineteen. Behold, I give you the

authority to trample on serpents and scorpions. That's types and shadows. Okay,

he doesn't mean snakes and stinging critters. Hello, a stinging critter.

I'm trying to be Kentucky in there, you don't tempt

the Lord. The whole subject heres about demons, okay, and

you have authority over them verse nineteen. Again, and over

all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by

any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this.

Don't get excited about this. That's not the exciting part. Amen,

That's what he said. And don't get excited about this

that the spirits are subject to you. But I do

want you to notice, in light of what we're talking

about today's the demons are subject to you in Jesus' name. Amen,

they're subject that need to be obedient and submissive to you.

Here's what we're to be excited about. This is what

we're supposed to be doing. Be excited and rejoice because

your names are what is your name written in heaven?

Come on, let's rejoice, am in it? Yeah? Yeah, you see.

Keep that perspective. Then, when you're dealing with something of

a demonic nature, it doesn't for ten years of your life,

deal with it and move on and get back rejoicing. Amen.

Thank you Father that you have Oh wait, I'm skipping

next verse. I'm so excited about this because you're free

in Jesus name. And that hour Jesus rejoiced in this

spirit and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven

and earth, that you have hidden these things. Just remember

that phrase, these things from the wise and the prudent,

those who think they have it all together. All. Wait,

I gotta go to church so I can look all

wise and prudent. Look, everybody sees through that. Get on

worship God. That's what people want to see. You know what,

I don't have a lot of wisdom, but I want

to keep rolling. I don't know everything, but I can

keep learning. See. Just let's keep that attitude. So he's

hidding that from those who think they have it all together,

and you revealed them to babes. Even so, Father far

so it seemed good in your sight. Wow, I love it.

What is he talking about. He's talking about authority over demons.

He's saying the wives and imprudent, they'll believe there that

their demons are, that they have authority over them. But

you've told these young babes and they're going to walk

in authority. You know, sometimes we don't have a problem

knowing that God has all the power. Correct. But what

the enemy loves here. This, this is for someone. What

the enemy loves to do is to get us to

focus on our weakness, our weaknesses and our history, and

that brings shame. And I want you free of all

shame today. I want your family free of shame. In

Jesus' name. You can't get free. Other people can't get

free unless you realize I'm not doing it's Jesus. It's Jesus,

and you're believing it. For you and for others. I'm

gonna remind you where we started back in Mark five.

That guy he was demonized six thousand and six, one

hundred and eighty and twenty Sixtymnus doesn't matter. One would

be too many right running naked in the cemetery out

of his mind. None of you are in that much bondage.

All of you have clothes on today. Praise God, Thank God.

Let me show you something that will give you hope again,

Mark five or six. When he saw Jesus from Afar,

he ran and he worshiped him. And Andrew brought that

point up, and he had no clue what I was

talking about. Folks, if you want to get free, worship him,

surrender to him. Oh, it might be an emotion. Yes,

you go to that country concert and you worship. You

go to the ball game and you jump up and down.

Jesus needs to be the one we worship with more

more focus and more more excitement than anything else. Are

you with me? Satan does not have the power to

stop you from coming to Jesus. He couldn't do that

to that guy because if he could stop anybody, you know,

he wanted to stop that guy. Wow, and he I mean,

he lost a lot of territory when that guy started

going around to the Ten Cities. So if you're in bondage,

if you have a difficulty in your life, an area

of sin you can't overcome, let's just call it a bondage.

Just call it that. Amen, But Jesus wants to set

you free. Let's stand Andrew, come on. Thank you for listening.

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