Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 4 | THE NT WITNESS TO CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM: THE MESSIAH OPPOSED / 165

b. Everywhere Jesus went, he demonstrated through his miracles and healings God’s kingdom rule come to earth, Matt. 4.23-25.

B. The Kingdom come in Jesus: exorcisms and demonic oppression

1. Jesus’ overthrow of the demons in exorcism and command are signs of his Messiahship.

a. He healed the demon-possessed boy, Mark 9.14-29.

b. He cured the raving demoniac of the Gadarenes, Matt. 8.28-34.

c. Demons wailed in terror at his presence, Mark 1.24-25.

2. Jesus opposed the kingdom of the devil : he was endowed with the authority to defeat and bind all the powers of the devil, and to destroy his works over God’s creation and all humankind.

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a. Jesus’ destruction and domination over the forces of the devil prove his kingly authority and the presence of the Kingdom in the earth, Luke 11.14-23.

B i b l i ca l S tud i e s

b. With Jesus’ kingly presence, the Kingdom came in the midst of the people, Luke 17.20-21.

c. Jesus’ public ministry is a plundering of the house of the strong man, the devil, and the reassertion of God’s right to rule over his own house, Matt. 12.24-29.