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S ESSION 3: L AUNCH AND A SSEMBLE • 253

b. The meaning of the Greek verb: “To fulfill, to complete, to be fulfilled, as in prophecy”

c. The invasion, entrance, manifestation of God’s kingly power

5. Jesus as the binder of the strong man, Matt. 12.25-30.

6. Jesus defeats humankind’s infernal enemy, the devil.

1 John 3.8 – Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. Gen. 3.15 – I will put enmity between you and the woman , and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Heb. 2.14 – Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil

Col. 2.15 – He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame , by triumphing over them in him.

a. Blinds the minds of those who do not believe, 2 Cor. 4.4

b. Functions through deception, lying, and accusation, John 8.44

c. Animates the affairs of nations, 1 John 5.19

d. Distracts human beings from their proper ends, cf. Gen. 3.1ff.

e. Oppresses human beings through harassment, slander, fear, accusation, and death, Heb. 2.14-15

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f. Resists and persecutes God’s people, Eph. 6.10-18

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