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*Luke 11:14-32*
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v I have an uncle who suffered a stoke the day after Carrie and I were married 8 years ago
Ø We had a post-reception reception
§ Mother got the call during the reception
· Paralyzed on one side
· Never recovered the power of speech
· Cannot read or write
· He understands what is being said to him, but cannot respond at all
¨ What a prison!
v Being Mute
Ø One of the worst prisons a person can be in
§ Especially in Jesus’ day!
· This man probably did not know how to read or write
¨ Could only communicate his needs through facial expressions, body language, gestures and sounds that he alone understood
v In today’s text, we meet a man who is freed from this prison by Jesus
*READ 11:14-16*
v Jesus miraculously frees this man
Ø And you would think that the reaction of the people in the crowd would be overwhelmingly positive
§ What an amazing, powerful, kind, merciful, gracious act to perform
· On someone he didn’t even know
v But the reaction was mixed
Ø We are told that the crowd was amazed
§ And in that amazed crowd there were various reactions to Jesus
*First Reaction we see in verse 15…*
v /But some of them said, “By Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” /
Ø This is simple *Disbelieve *
§ *Disbelief in who Jesus is*
· They saw the miracle, but refused to acknowledge what it meant
Ø You see…
§ The reason Jesus came healing and doing sign and wonders was twofold…
· He was simply moved to mercy
¨ *Mark 1:41*
Ø Saw man with leprosy and was filled with compassion
§ One of the great refrains in Scripture is…
· /you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love/
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· Secondly, to point to who he was
¨ Healings give evidence to Jesus’ claim
¨ Jesus’ answer to John the Baptist’s question
Ø *Luke 7:21-23*
§ OT prophesied that first advent would be accompanied by signs
· Isa 26:19, 29:18, 35:5, 61:1
· Jesus’ healings simply supported his claim of being the messiah
Ø But some in the crowd dismissed that
§ And instead of putting 2 and 2 together, they slandered Jesus
· In a very ill-thought out statement
¨ “It is by Beelzebub that he is doing these things”
v So Jesus responds to their statement
*READ v. 17-19*
v Jesus here is simply answering their illogic
Ø They are saying that he is casting out demons using Satanic power
§ In other words…
· Satan is willing to sacrificing one to deceive the many (the crowd)
Ø But Jesus shows the folly of this thinking by giving us the wise adage
§ “A house divided against itself will fall”
· What Jesus is saying here is nothing can survive internal war
¨ No house, no army, no business, no team, no movement, not even a spiritual Kingdom
Ø It is impossible
In 1986, a peace march began in Los Angeles only to stall out when internal quarreling came to a head.
Ironically, about half of the 1,200 marchers went home.
Soon the remaining people polarized over those who were real “marchers”, those who were walkers or those who rode in vehicles.
Civil war broke out!
They even fought over a dress code.
Finally they decided to hold an election but could not agreed on who could vote.
Finally when the election was held, it was declared invalid.
Many ended the peace march not speaking to each other.
v No movement can survive if it is divided
Ø That is true of the kingdom of God as well
§ Perhaps that is why the Holy Spirit took such great pains to relate to us the need for love and unity
· *Eph 4:3*
¨ /Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace/
· *John 17:23* ~~ Jesus’ High priestly prayer for all believers
¨ /May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me/
§ There is no worse witness to the world than Christian infighting
· When church’s split
· That is why Paul was inspired to write…
· *Romans 15:5-6*
¨ May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Ø Our unity glorifies God
v Jesus not only refutes their illogic…
Ø He continues and explains to them what is actually taking place through the exorcism
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*READ v. 20-22*
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v Here Jesus uses the phrase, “*The Finger of God*”
Ø This metaphor reminds his Jewish audience of another spiritual confrontation many thousands of years ago…
§ Between Moses and the Egyptian magicians
v When Moses was sent to free the Jewish people
Ø The Lord performed miracles to prove to Pharaoh that it was from the one true God
§ Staff to snake ~~ Magicians duplicated
§ Plague of blood ~~ Magicians duplicated
§ Plague of frogs ~~ Magicians duplicated
§ But when Moses brought on the plague of gnats
· Magicians could not duplicate
¨ They turn to Pharaoh and say…
Ø *Ex 8:19* ~~ This is the finger of God
v This is what Jesus wants them to remember and apply to this situation
Ø This is not magic from Satan
§ This is the work of God!
v You see…
Ø There were people that could perform exorcisms
§ Just like the Egyptian magicians could perform magic
· That is what V. 19 tells us
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