The miracle performed:

1.Demon possession during the time of Jesus and following

2.Purpose: One has arrived who has greater power than Satan

3. Some marveled, others tried to discredit Him

4. Jesus attempts to correct their foolishness• Satan working against himself?

• And what of your sons?

• Exposes their hypocrisy

The strong man overcome by one who is stronger

1.Simply a reference to His ability to cast out demons?

2.A reference to an overcoming on a much larger scale?

3. Satan:• Strong, fully armed, guarding his

palace, confident

• Is overcome by One who is stronger

• His armor is taken away and the spoils that belonged to him are taken and divided

Satan’s Ultimate Defeat: Spoken of and Achieved

1.The conflict introduced

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”(Gen 3:15)

Satan’s Ultimate Defeat: Spoken of and Achieved

1.The conflict introduced• Between Satan and the seed of

woman

• If both are receiving injury, how is this an overpowering humbling defeat of Satan?

Satan’s Ultimate Defeat: Spoken of and Achieved

1.The conflict introduced

2. The climax of the conflict and following• Depicted in Revelation 12

• At the cross: the humbling defeat

“And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Col 2:14b-15)

Satan’s Ultimate Defeat: Spoken of and Achieved

1.The conflict introduced

2. The climax of the conflict and following• Depicted in Revelation 12

• At the cross: the humbling defeat

• At the resurrection: The armor taken away

“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Heb 2:14-15)

“So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ‘O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’ The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”(I Cor 15:54-57)

“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”(Rev 1:17-18)

Satan’s Ultimate Defeat: Spoken of and Achieved

1.The conflict introduced

2. The climax of the conflict and following• Depicted in Revelation 12

• At the cross: the humbling defeat

• At the resurrection: the armor taken away

• The spoils divided – the victory achieved3. Jesus spoke confidently of Satan’s

defeat