{"id":1932,"date":"2013-03-04T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T13:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2013-03-04T08:48:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T13:48:33","slug":"possessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/03\/possessed\/","title":{"rendered":"Possessed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TEXT:\u00a0 Luke 8:1-2 (p.864); Mt.27:55-61; John 20:11-18<\/h3>\n

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\u201cWhen we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn\u2019t go off and leave us- He enters into our trouble and saves us.\u201d\u00a0 Eugene Peterson quoted in Messy Spirituality- p.21<\/p>\n

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I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Lots of speculation surround Mary Magdalene.\u00a0 What we do know is found in Mark 16:9 \u201cNow when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magdalene tells us she was from Magdala, a tiny fishing village about 5 \u00bd miles SW from Capernaum.\u00a0 It seems to be a hotbed of (demon activity<\/span>).<\/p>\n

Demon possession involves bondage to an (evil spirit<\/span>).\u00a0 It is portrayed as an (affliction<\/span>) not a sin.\u00a0 In the NT they were always portrayed as (tormented people<\/span>).\u00a0 They were regarded as (outcasts<\/span>).<\/p>\n

II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM DISASTER TO DAYBREAK<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Demon-possessed people never came to Christ to be delivered.\u00a0\u00a0 Reason: they knew they were (defeated<\/span>) or would be defeated by Jesus.<\/p>\n

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Luke 11:24-26 is a key passage when dealing with this issue.<\/p>\n

Turn to John 20: 11-18.<\/p>\n

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NEXT WEEK: \u00a0 Hardened- Luke 22:32-43; Mk.15:32b; Matthew 27:61-65<\/p>\n

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