Fourth Sunday in Epiphany

While our experience of what we call spiritual warfare, that is, conflict with dark, demonic spirits may cause our hearts to fear, even as Christ commands them we find confidence to stand in Jesus’ authority and dispel them with His Light and Life. 

1. Our experience of conflict with dark, demonic spirits causes fear

• Why could we not cast him out? (Mark 9:17-29) 

• Ananias sent to the man who did many evil things (Acts 9) 

2. Jesus commands even the unclean spirits

• Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (I John 3:8) 

• Jesus will rule the nations with a rod of iron (Rev.19) 

3. We find confidence to stand in Jesus’ authority, dispel demons

• In My Name they will drive out demons (Mark 16) 

• Though devils all the world should fill….we tremble not