Christians, Demons and our Authority in Christ
David Eells - 7/24/22
The Real Good News: Chapter 11 - Christians and Demons
God bless you and thank you so much for joining us in this study. I do pray that the Lord will be with you and give you wisdom to prepare you for the great things that God is about to do. Glory be to God! Thank You, Father. Thank You for being with us, Father. Thank You for Your precious promises, Father. Thank You for drawing us, Lord, and giving us a hunger and a thirst for righteousness. Thank You, Lord, that everything You’re working in these coming days is for our good and to bring us into the glory of God that was ordained for us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Thank You, Father.
Well, saints, we’ve been learning about the real Good News of what the Lord has accomplished for us and how we can cooperate with Him in bringing this to pass. I’d like to back up just a little bit to the previous teaching. (Mat.10:5) These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into [any] way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: (6) but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give. We see that the Lord sent His disciples to cast the demons out of the Covenant people of God and we’ve noticed that everything that happens to Israel is a type and a shadow for the Church: (1Co.10:5) Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. (6) Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. (7) Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. (8) Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (9) Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents. (10) Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. (11) Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
The Lord gave authority only for those who were Covenant people because, obviously, the promises were given for God’s people. The promises are not made for the world. What causes the world to enter in is that they have to be believers. Jesus said, (Mat.9:29) According to your faith be it done unto you, and (Rom.1:16) for [the gospel] (the Good News) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. There’s the condition and it’s all the way through the Scriptures. You have to be a believer. Now we looked at some examples in the previous chapter of people who were not Covenant people, according to the Old Testament, but they were Covenant people, according to the New Testament. They entered in through their faith. We’re sons of Abraham through faith and those who are born from above, born again, are circumcised in heart. (Rom.2:28) For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: (29) but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart. And so, just as Jesus sent forth His disciples to cast the demons out of His Covenant people, in these days there’s going to be a perfect fulfillment of this in the Man-child ministry sending forth disciples to cast demons out of the lost sheep of New Testament, spiritual Israel.
Some of you reading this are thinking, “No, it’s not possible. Christians can’t have demons.” But it was God’s people out of whom Jesus and the disciples cast the demons! Jesus sent forth the disciples to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Mat.10:5) These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, an