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[567.14 --> 568.50] There is power in His name |
[568.50 --> 570.36] because He has defeated death |
[570.36 --> 571.88] once and for all through the cross. |
[573.46 --> 575.00] And so keep that in mind. |
[575.34 --> 576.04] That is my hope. |
[576.28 --> 578.50] That is the foundation for a whole passage. |
[578.50 --> 584.46] So, now, what do we do with this demon issue? |
[585.18 --> 587.96] What does it mean when this person was mute |
[587.96 --> 590.26] because they were possessed by a demon |
[590.26 --> 592.22] that caused this condition? |
[592.22 --> 597.32] Do we interpret this as spiritual possession, |
[597.32 --> 598.72] spiritual attack, |
[598.72 --> 601.38] or, because we live in the 21st century, |
[601.70 --> 604.06] do we only view this and interpret this |
[604.06 --> 605.98] as some sort of childhood trauma, |
[606.46 --> 607.40] mental health issues, |
[607.40 --> 608.50] or whatever medical term |
[608.50 --> 610.16] that we want to label this as? |
[611.16 --> 612.14] So what is it? |
[612.52 --> 613.96] Spiritual or medical? |
[613.96 --> 619.94] Isn't it silly how I even distinguish those two things? |
[620.62 --> 622.48] And that's my suggestion this morning. |
[622.56 --> 624.76] Without simplifying this sort of debate too much, |
[625.18 --> 627.08] I suggest that this is both, |
[627.24 --> 628.08] this demon possession. |
[628.76 --> 630.40] It's not just spirituality. |
[630.86 --> 633.78] It's not just medical and modern medicine, |
[633.90 --> 634.96] however we define it. |
[634.96 --> 639.20] If you take one extreme over the other, |
[639.46 --> 640.38] you're missing the mark. |
[641.14 --> 641.44] Why? |
[642.26 --> 645.12] Because the Bible presents it to us in this way. |
[645.56 --> 647.40] It is the reality that the Bible, |
[647.54 --> 648.54] biblical writers tell us |
[648.54 --> 649.84] that this person was demon possessed. |
[650.34 --> 651.44] That's how they viewed it. |
[651.44 --> 654.16] And also, at the beginning, in Genesis, |
[654.44 --> 656.18] the way God created us, |
[657.10 --> 658.42] in our faith, |
[658.54 --> 660.64] we know that we were created |
[660.64 --> 663.78] as physical, biological, emotional, |
[663.96 --> 665.46] intelligent beings, yes, |
[665.72 --> 667.94] but we were also created in God's image |
[667.94 --> 669.40] as spiritual beings as well. |
[669.72 --> 672.66] That's what it means to be holistically human, |
[673.02 --> 674.38] the way God created us. |
[674.60 --> 676.52] And so to separate these things |
[676.52 --> 679.16] and put them in little neat boxes and say, |
[679.16 --> 680.68] oh, that's all spiritual, |
[680.86 --> 682.04] or this is all medical, |
[682.50 --> 683.54] is to miss the mark. |
[686.02 --> 688.34] And specifically in our cultural moment, |
[688.44 --> 690.16] again, thinking about the 21st century |
[690.16 --> 690.98] that we live in today, |
[691.34 --> 693.26] I think Satan loves it |
[693.26 --> 695.06] when we just box everything |
[695.06 --> 696.26] into simple categories. |
[697.32 --> 698.56] Like if we try to say |
[698.56 --> 700.34] that all illness and brokenness |
[700.34 --> 702.28] is just simply a spiritual issue, |
[702.40 --> 703.94] and then we just pray over it |
[703.94 --> 705.48] because the power of Jesus |
[705.48 --> 707.28] has power over the enemy, |
[708.22 --> 709.72] what happens when that demon |
[709.72 --> 711.20] is not cast out? |
[712.54 --> 714.34] And then flip it to the other side |
[714.34 --> 716.34] if we say that there's no such thing |
[716.34 --> 717.42] as spiritual attacks. |
[717.74 --> 718.68] See, it didn't work, |
[718.68 --> 720.38] so we have to go to the hospital. |
[720.70 --> 722.46] And all of our human ingenuity |
[722.46 --> 724.08] and all of our modern medicine |
[724.08 --> 725.78] has the capability of solving |
[725.78 --> 726.74] all of our issues |
[726.74 --> 728.16] and sicknesses and brokenness. |
[728.86 --> 730.96] That would be lying to ourselves as well. |
[731.68 --> 734.22] Because it is truth |
[734.22 --> 736.04] that we have not figured everything out. |
[736.46 --> 738.28] There is no way our modern medicine |
[738.28 --> 740.80] has all the answers for life's problems. |
[741.00 --> 741.72] If it were, |
[742.36 --> 744.74] why is our mental health crisis |
[744.74 --> 745.64] is getting worse, |
[746.04 --> 746.64] not better, |
[746.86 --> 748.26] in the 21st century? |
[751.70 --> 752.94] It would be as silly |
[752.94 --> 753.98] as telling somebody |
[753.98 --> 755.30] to not even pray |
[755.30 --> 757.24] because it's either a spiritual issue |
[757.24 --> 758.80] or to only pray |
[758.80 --> 759.70] not go to the hospital |
[759.70 --> 762.26] because it's only a modern medical issue. |
[762.26 --> 766.52] I know for a fact |
[766.52 --> 767.88] that even after a recent |
[767.88 --> 769.66] spiritual warfare series, |
[769.84 --> 771.00] what we call the Good Fight, |
[771.38 --> 772.94] we had many people |
[772.94 --> 774.34] come and share their stories |
[774.34 --> 775.12] and experiences |
[775.12 --> 776.60] of spiritual warfare. |
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