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Jesus
Drove Out an Evil Spirit
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(Luke
9:42)
Even
while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion.
But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his
father.
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Have you ever heard
about the transfiguration of Jesus? The transfiguration of Jesus happened
when He brought Peter, Jacob, and John to a mountain and He changed Himself
into an amazing form and talked with Elijah and Moses in heaven.
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Today's sermon is
about an event that happened after the transfiguration of Jesus.
After the transfiguration of Jesus, they all came down from the mountain.
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Jesus came down from
the mountain and went to the disciples.
As Jesus was coming down, one person came to Jesus along with a child.
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That person begged to
Jesus sincerely.
"Teacher, please heal my child. He is my one and only son.
An evil spirit has gone inside of him and it is destroying him."
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The father of the
child continued speaking, "When the evil spirit is inside of him, my
child screams loudly. Then, he falls to the ground in a convulsion and foams
at the mouth. The evil spirit is hurting my child's body."
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"A while ago,
when you, Jesus, was not here, I came to the disciples and begged them to
heal my child but the disciples were not able to drive out the evil
spirit."
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After hearing the
father's saying, Jesus looked at the disciples and spoke with a very
sorrowful heart."Unbelieving people, I do not know how long shall I stay
with you." The disciples were not able to drive out the evil spirit because they did not
have faith.
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Jesus told the father
to bring his child. But the evil spirit tried to disturb Jesus.
As the child was going to Jesus, the evil spirit threw the child to the
ground and put the child into a convulsion.
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Upon seeing that,
Jesus rebuked the evil spirit.
"Evil spirit! Why are you hurting this child! Come out from the child
right now!"
Will the evil spirit come out by Jesus' words?
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When Jesus rebuked
the evil spirit, it came out from the child right away.
Even though the evil spirit is strong, it can never win Jesus.
Evil spirits cannot do anything when Jesus speaks.
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After the evil spirit
left, the child turned back to normal.
Then Jesus gave the child back to his father.
The healed child and his father were so thankful to Jesus.
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The people were so
surprised by Jesus driving out the evil spirit.
They realized once again that Jesus is the mighty Son of God.
They also realized how powerful Jesus is.
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The disciples were
scolded by Jesus because they were not able to drive out the evil spirit so
the disciples were very surprised when Jesus drove out the evil spirit. The
disciples followed Jesus and learned from him but the reason they were not
able to drive out the evil spirit was because of their lack of faith.
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Jesus showed Himself
that God is stronger than any power in this world.
The people were afraid of evil spirits but Jesus showed the people that the
evil spirits are nothing in front of God.
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People are afraid of
evil spirits if they don't know this secret. But people who serve Jesus as
their LORD, are not afraid of any power. If we have faith, we can cast away
any evil spirit in this world. For us to live confidently with no fear, let
us work hard to have stronger faith.
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