Monday, October 09, 2023

NOT ALL WORK IS THE SAME

LUKE 8:26-40

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE DEVIL’S DIRTY WORK

1. The Hopeless Appearance of the Damned [v. 26-27]

2. The Hateful Attitude of the Damned [v. 28-29a]

3. The Harmful Activity of the Damned [v. 29, Mk. 5:5]

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

 

II. THE SAVIOUR’S SUFFICIENT WORK

1.  Destroy the Works of the Devil [v. 30-34, 1 John 3:8]

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

2. Deliver the Captives of the Devil [v. 35-36, 4:18]

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

3.  Commission the Children of God [v. 38-39]

III. THE CHRISTIAN’S CAREFUL WORK

 

1. Reflect the Saviour [v. 35, Philippians 2:5, 1 Peter 2:21

-Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

- For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

 

2. Reverence the Saviour [v. 35-38, Hebrews 12:28]

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

 

3. Represent the Saviour [v. 38b-39, 36-37, Mk. 7:31, 37, 2 Corinthians 5:17]

- And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

-And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

- Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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