Message Notes

Unseen Enemies
2025.01.05
Week 1

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:3-4

They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, 

which is across the lake from Galilee. 

27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!” 

29 For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, 

he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. 

33 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

Luke 8:26-33

His Strategy:
Isolation

Is there someone you need to move closer to, when everyone else is moving further away? 

He had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
Luke 8:29

Our strategy should be
Community

Wherever you are, wherever you’ve been, you can engage here.

Mind games

Romans 5
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3

His strategy: Mind games
Our strategy: Guard our minds

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear.  So he got into the boat and left…

The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away saying, Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.

And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Luke 8:37-39

His strategy: Intimidation

His strategy: Intimidation
Our strategy: Follow God’s plan.

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The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4