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Luke 11:20-22
20 But if I am casting out demons because of power from God, it proves that the Kingdom of God has arrived.
21 "For when Satan, strong and fully armed, guards his palace, it is safe—
22 until someone stronger and better-armed attacks and overcomes him and strips him of his weapons and carries off his belongings. (TLB)
(Follow in Jesus steps our strong Man in all we do!)
1 Peter 2:21
"For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps…” (NKJV)
Ephesians 5:1
“THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].” (AMP)
John 17:18
“Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.” (AMP)
1 John 4:17
“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.” (NKJV)
Other Bible verses to consider:
Revelation 1:17-18
"Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death." NKJV
Revelation 5:1-5
"And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?" And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.
So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." NKJV
Colossians 1:13-14
"[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins." AMP
Bible Commentary (Luke 11:14-26)
Christ Casts Out a Devil, the Blasphemy of the Pharisees (11:14-26)
Christ's thus casting out the devils, was really the destroying of their power. The heart of every unconverted sinner is the devil's palace, where he dwells, and where he rules. There is a kind of peace in the heart of an unconverted soul, while the devil, as a strong man armed, keeps it. The sinner is secure, has no doubt concerning the goodness of his state, nor any dread of the judgment to come. But observe the wonderful change made in conversion.
The conversion of a soul to God, is Christ's victory over the devil and his power in that soul, restoring the soul to its liberty, and recovering his own interest in it and power over it. All the endowments of mind of body are now employed for Christ. Here is the condition of a hypocrite. The house is swept from common sins, by a forced confession, as Pharaoh's; by a feigned contrition, as Ahab's; or by a partial reformation, as Herod's. The house is swept, but it is not washed; the heart is not made holy. Sweeping takes off only the loose dirt, while the sin that besets the sinner, the beloved sin, is untouched.
The house is garnished with common gifts and graces. It is not furnished with any true grace; it is all paint and varnish, not real nor lasting. It was never given up to Christ, nor dwelt in by the Spirit. Let us take heed of resting in that which a man may have, and yet come short of heaven. The wicked spirits enter in without any difficulty; they are welcomed, and they dwell there; there they work, there they rule. From such an awful state let all earnestly pray to be delivered.
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary.