What A Word Is This!

WHAT A WORD IS THIS!

INTRO: LUKE 4

1: THE TEMPTATION OF CHIRST

A) 40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS NO FOOD OR WATER

B) DURING THESE DAYS HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL

C) HE OFFERED EVERYRTHING HE COULD

D) FROM FOOD AND WATER

E) TO WEALTH AND POWER

POINT: JESUS NEVER FALLS TO HIS TRICKS OR HIS TEMPTATIONS. HE REBUKES THE DEVIL AND RETURNS TO GAILEE IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT. HE TAUGHT IN THE SYNAGOUGES AND HIS FAME SPREAD ABOUT.

2: UNWELCOME HOMECOMING

A) NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP

B) HIS HOMETOWN HE KNEW PEOPLE THEY KNEW HIM

C) SMALL TOWN VILLAGE TYPE SETTING

POINT: HE TEACHES IN THE SYNAGOUGE AND GETS A STRANGE RESPONSE FROM THE HOMETOWN CROWD. THEY WANT TO KILL HIM BY THE TIME HE WAS DONE.

3: TELLING THE TRUTH

A) HE READ ISAIAH

B) HE TOLD THEM THAT THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED

C) HE WAS THE ONE IT SPOKE OF

D) HE EVEN GAVE THEM A HISTORY LESSON

POINT: HE POINTED OUT HOW GOD USED TWO WELL KNOWN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS TO HELP OTHERS BESIDES THE JEWS. WHEN THEY HEARD THESE WORDS THEY WERE ENRAGED AND SOUGHT TO THROW HIM OFF A CLIFF.

BODY: AUTHORITY AND POWER

1: TIME IN CAPERNAUM

A) ASTONISHED THE PEOPLE

B) HIS WORD WAS WITH POWER

C) HE SPOKE IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE HAD NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TOO BEFORE

D) HE MADE THE SCRIPTURE COME TOO LIFE

POINT: IMAGINE HAVING THE WORD READ AND TAUGHT TOO YOU BY THE LIVING WORD, OF COURSE MANY DID NOT SEE IT THIS WAY BUT SOME CAUGHT ON AND BELIEVED,

2: CASTING OUT THE DEVIL

A) MAN IN THE SYNGOUGE WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT

B) THE SPIRIT OR DEMON KNEW EXACTLY WHO JESUS WAS

C) HE ADRESSED HIM AS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD

D) HE ALSO KNEW JESUS HAD THE POWER TO DO AWAY WITH HIM

POINT: THE BIBLE SAYS THE DEVILS AND DEMONS IN HELL TREMBLE AND SHAKE AT THE SOUND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST’S NAME. WHEN ENCOUNTERED FACE TO FACE IT MUST BE A MILLION TIMES MORE FEARFUL FOR THOSE EVIL SPIRITS. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE HERE IN THE SCRIPTURE.

3: JESUS REBUKES THE SPIRIT

A) HOLD THY PEACE

B) THE DEMON DOESN’T SAY ANOTHER WORD

C) COME OUT OF HIM

D) THE DEMON THRUST THE MAN INA VIOLENT DISPLAY AND THEN CAME OUT

E) THE MAN WAS NOT INJURED

POINT: THE LORD HAD THE POWER TO DO THIS AND HE REVEALED HIS POWER OVER THE EVIL SPIRIT BY COMMANDING HIM TO HOLD HIS PEACE AND CASTING HIM OUT. HE ALSO SHOWED HIS POWER BY PROTECTING THE MAN WHO WAS POSSESSED BY ALLOWING NO HURT TO BEFALL HIM.

CLOSING: WHAT A WORD IS THIS

1: THE PEOPLE’S AMAZEMENT

A) NO ONE HAD EVER HAD THIS ABILITY

B) NO ONE COULD DEMAND A DEVIL TO DEPART

C) AND IT ACTUALLY COMPLY

D) THIS MAN JESUS TRULY HAD A HIGHER AUTHORITY

POINT: JUST HIS WORD CAUSED ALL THIS TOO COME ABOUT. HE HAD THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE WHAT HE SAID, AND HE HAD A POWER THAT NO SOOTH SAYER OR HIGH PREIST EVERY EVEN PRETENDED TO HAVE.

THE BIBLE IS THE PORTRAIT OF CHRIST FROM THE START TO THE PROPHETIC END. THE WORD IS AUTHORITIVE AND POWERFUL TOO ALL WHO WISH TOO NOT JUST READ IT BUT ALLOW IT TOO TRANSFORM THEM INTO WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE SHOULD READ THE BIBLE WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING MORE LIKE CHRIST.