Jesus' Authority: Confronting Demons, Restoring Broken Lives

``It was like having someone peer into your soul, like having someone explain life to you like he was the author of your story. It was that convicting and that invasive. It provoked a response at the very level of who you are. What are you gonna do with what this man is saying about life and reality in relationship to him? Look at me. Did like, this is how you know if you've encountered Jesus and not just a good idea or some behavior modification. You you experience a soul quake, which is a phrase I think Tim Keller came up with that disrupts the status quo and exposes your posture towards god. That's when you know. That's when you know you're dealing with Jesus. [00:52:49] (53 seconds)  #SoulQuakeEncounter

The Bible does not see the universe in some dualistic struggle between equal and opposite forces hoping that good will triumph over evil. That is not what's pictured. Rather, that it is tracking toward without any frustration, the making of all things new. The complete and universal of the rule and the reign and the blessing of God. The universe might not be closed, but it is 100% under the control of a sovereign God. And Jesus has arrived in humanity to give us a foretaste of that reality, to prove its inevitability, and to invite people to join him in being there by following him and allowing him to do the work of overthrowing the power of sin in their lives. [01:00:17] (50 seconds)  #SovereignGod

Jesus just simply speaks at this point. There's no hocus pocus, no drama, no trying to, you know, tie someone down to a bed or light some candles and wave a cross over them as we see depicted in a lot of our movies. Jesus Jesus doesn't even use excessive force or or excessive screaming and yelling. He don't even appeal to god. Probably because he's god. He just says, be silent. Literal translation, be muzzled or shut up. And and come out. There's no contest. There's just submission and departure. [01:01:07] (37 seconds)  #PowerOfHisWord

When we reach the limits of our capabilities and capacity of our thinkings, our sciences, and things like that, we don't just drop into a void of uncertainty and anxiety and despair. We remain in the in and under the authority of Jesus. Who is not limited by the material laws. And he uses his power in that space to bring comfort, to bring healing, to bring salvation to our souls. This is why Jesus can say, I forgive your sins. Whatever it is that we encounter in the world is not beyond that is beyond our reason, beyond our control. That that that we that we fear has the power to do harm for our to us is no match for the power of Jesus to bring life and healing and restoration and peace. [01:04:08] (59 seconds)  #JesusBeyondLimits