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Lesson 5 “Warfare & Worship”
Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
Oppressed: 2616 katadunasteuo; to exercise dominion against, ie oppress:-oppress
John 20:21, 22 “So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.” NKJ
Acts 10:47 “…that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
Matthew 10:1 “And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.” NKJ
Unclean Old Testament
Unclean: 2932 tumah from 2930 [to be foul; contaminated]; relig impurity:- filthiness, unclean (-ness)
Theological Word Book states: “Personal uncleanness could be incurred through birth, menstruation, bodily emissions, “leprosy”, sexual relations and misdeeds and contact with the dead.”
Leviticus 11-15
Chap 11 Clean and unclean animals
Chap 12 Birth
Chap 13 & 14 Leprosy
Chap 15 Emissions and menstruation
Unclean???
| Lobster | Shrimp | Scallops | Crab |
| Boils | Rashes | Impetigo | Ringworm |
The Process of Defilement
Contamination from contact with outside source à Taint follows the loss of purity or cleanliness à Pollute completes the process of contamination with the end result of being made foul, poisoned, or filthy = Defilement is the befouling of what could or should have been kept clean and pure or held sacred and suggests violation or desecration.
Defile: OT 2930 tame; to be foul, esp in a ceremonial or moral sense; contaminated: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean
“The greatest uncleanness was idolatry which defiled the temple and the land.”
Ezekiel 14:11 “That the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord
God.' " NKJ
God – Elohim Lord – Adonai God - Jehovah
Ezekiel 22:4 “You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.” NKJ
Matthew 15:10-20
Unclean: 5079 niddah; rejection; by impl impurity, esp personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest):-
Unclean Spirits
Mark 5:25-31
Whole: 5199; hugies from the base of 837 [auxano; to grow “wax” ie enlarge]; healthy, ie well (in body) fig. True (in doctrine):- sound, whole
John 5:4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15
John 7:23
Luke 6:17-19
Vexed: 3791 ochleo from 3793 [a throng, a riot]; to mob, ie to harass
Matthew 15:22, 30,31
Vexed: 1139 daimonizomai (where we get the word demonized) from 1142 [daimon (to distribute fortunes); a demon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature):-devil); to be exercised by a demon
What a devil does = tries to distribute our fortunes = but I'm here to tell you that the only “fortunes” that are going to be “distributed” are the strong man's!
The Strong Man = Unclean Spirit
Mark 9:25
Luke 11:14-26
After Expulsion
- Walks through: traverse – something that crosses or lies across; obstacle, adversity; a route or way across or over
- Dry: waterless, dry
- Places: a spot, a location, fig. A condition, opportunity; scabbard [a sheath for a sword, dagger or bayonet]
- Seeking: to seek; to worship (God); or (in a bad sense) to plot against life
- Rest: intermission,; recreation
- Finding none: Finding none!
- Then he says: Confession
- Return to my house: pretty bold!
- Empty: to take a holiday; to be at leisure; devote oneself wholly to; to be vacant
- Swept: from “to brush off”; a broom, to sweep
- Garnished: to put in proper order; to decorate; to snuff (a wick)
Before Expulsion
- Strong: Forcible
- Armed: To equip fully with armor (The enemy has armor too)
- Palace: (same word as “air”); a yard, a mansion
- Keepeth: Through the idea of isolation; to watch; to be on guard
- Goods: A vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus; spec a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband.
- Peace: Peace, prosperity
When The Strong-er Man Comes
- Stronger: Forcible
- Overcome: To subdue
- Armor: Whole armor: [same word as “vex” – to experience a sensation usu painful]
- Trusted: To convince; to pacify or conciliate; to assent to evidence or authority; to rely by inward certainty
- Divides: To give throughout a crowd; deal out; to deliver over
- Spoils: Something stripped (as a hid); booty
Matt 12:29 & Mark 3:27 Spoil: To seize asunder; plunder
Paraphrase: “When the unclean, foul demon making me sick, deaf, DUMB and blind is gone and he's looking for another route and he finds a dry and waterless sheaf – the place, the container where the Sword of the Spirit is kept – and he is looking for an opportunity, a plot against my life, to find a place of rest, recreation and intermission and finds none somewhere else and uses his words speaking his plan to return to MY house – a place he is familiar – and if by chance, I've brushed off the need to be on guard, gone on vacation – checked out – and I'm looking good on the outside – this foul thing is going after seven demons worse than him to bring back with him to take up residence in MY body.
OH, NO HE'S NOT!
I WILL WORSHIP THE STRONGER MAN!
I WILL PRAY!
I WILL SPEAK THE WORD OF MY DELIVERANCE!
I WILL WORSHIP THE SAVIOR OF MY SOUL!
I WILL NOT BE TAKEN CAPTIVE AGAIN!
I AM NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN'S DEVICES!
For further consideration:
- Is your “sheaf” dry and waterless?
- Have you “checked out”? Spend some time in worship…
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