We are continuing our all-too important series called The King & the outlaw.  The title today is From Outcast to Outlaw.  In this it is my assignment to show you from the word of God that the devil is a defeated foe.  He is not what he used to be.  And he is certainly not what people have made him out to be.

The goal of this entire series is for us to learn about the authority of the believer and how to exercise that authority in Jesus' Name.

We left off last week talking about what happened when Jesus died.  He went to hell and was tormented for our sins (the sins of the world).  But then, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born again in hell.  He spoiled principalities and powers, making a public spectacle of them.  He destroyed the devil, making him idle, useless, inoperative, unemployed.  He took his keys!

So where does that leave us today?