The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW13

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T H E N E W T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

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.

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.

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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.

3. All of Jesus’ encounters with the devil can be viewed as signs of his kingly authority as Messiah to reassert God’s kingdom rule on earth.

a. Heb. 2.14

b. 1 John 3.8b