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Fri
27th Week OT
St.
Luke’s Institute
October
11, 2013
EVIL FORCES ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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When danger lurks, what protection do U seek?
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[All think a
moment]
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J came 2 free us from greatest danger of all –
corrupting force of evil which destroys us from w/i
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Evil / impersonal
force that just happens
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It has name & face & seeks 2 master each of
us
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Evil One is called by many names in SS: 'Satan',
'Be-el'zebul, 'Devil', 'Deceiver', 'Father of Lies', & 'Lucifier', ‘Prince
of Darkness”
EFFECTIVE CASTING
OUT ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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J declares that came 2 overthrow power of Satan &
his kingdom
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Js' numerous exorcisms brought freedom 2 many
troubled & oppressed by work of evil spirits
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He encountered personal opposition & battle w/ Satan
when put 2 test in wilderness before pub min
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Overcame Evil One thru obedience 2 will of Father
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What’s point of Js' grim story about a vacant house
being occupied by an evil force?
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Not enuf 2 banish evil habits from R lives
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Must also fill void w/ God who is source of all
good
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Augustine of Hippo said R lives have a G-shaped
void 2B filled only by G
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If we attempt 2 leave it vacant or fill w/ something
else, end up being in worse state in end
FILLING THE VOICE
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What do U fill void in your life w/?
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We each have our favorite filler: favorite because
of compulsion or weakness, filler because it fills but doesn’t satisfy
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J wants 2 fill R hearts & minds w/ power of life-giving
word & healing love
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Makes it clear there R no neutral parties in world:
either 4 J or against, 4 K/G or against it
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There R 2 kingdoms in opposition: God & darkness
under rule of Satan
CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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J’s assurance: “Because
you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most High your habitation, no evil
shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent. For he will give his angels
charge of you to guard you in all your ways"
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How great is R longing 4 the peace & security
of life submitted 2 God & G’s word?
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