To understand Jesus correctly is to embrace him as the world’s true Lord and the world’s only hope.

1. The Clash of Kingdoms &
~ The Gospel of Luke 11:14-26
The Only Hope for the World

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 11:14-26
Found on page 869 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

4. Angels Demons
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72% 70%
56% 37%

5. “There still persists…
the quaint superstition
that only that which is
visible is real.”
~ Dr. Tom More

6. 1 The miracle by Jesus
2 The reaction to Jesus
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3 The identity of Jesus
4 The mission of Jesus

7. Now he was casting out a demon that was
mute. When the demon had gone out, the
mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
But some of them said, “He casts out
demons by Beelzebul, the prince of
demons,” while others, to test him, kept
seeking from him a sign from heaven. But
he, knowing their thoughts, said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself is laid
waste, and a divided household falls.
Luke 11:14-26

8. “And if Satan also is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand? For you say
that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. And if I
cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do
your sons cast them out? Therefore they will
be your judges. But if it is by the finger of
God that I cast out demons, then the
kingdom of God has come upon you. When
a strong man, fully armed, guards his own
palace, his goods are safe;
Luke 11:14-26

9. “…but when one stronger than he attacks
him and overcomes him, he takes away his
armor in which he trusted and divides his
spoil. Whoever is not with me is against me,
and whoever does not gather with me
scatters.“When the unclean spirit has gone
out of a person, it passes through waterless
places seeking rest, and finding none it
says, ‘I will return to my house from which I
came.’
Luke 11:14-26

10. “And when it comes, it finds the house swept
and put in order. Then it goes and brings
seven other spirits more evil than itself, and
they enter and dwell there. And the last state
of that person is worse than the first.”
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Unison: Thanks be to God!
Luke 11:14-26

11. The Clash of Kingdoms &
~ The Gospel of Luke 11:14-26
The Only Hope for the World

12. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
because he has anointed me to proclaim
good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim liberty to the captives and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty those who are oppressed, to
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

13. Now he was casting out a demon
Luke 11:14
that was mute. When the demon had
gone out, the mute man spoke, and
the people marveled.

14. Now he was casting out a demon
Luke 11:14
that was mute. When the demon had
gone out, the mute man spoke, and
the people marveled. [“Can this be
the Son of David?” - Matthew 12:23]

15. Is Jesus the
Son of David,
the Son of God?
1

16. But some of them said, “He casts
Luke 11:15-16
our demons by Beelzebul, the prince
of demons…”

17. Jesus is in
league with
the devil
2

18. ESV = Beelzebul / NIV = Beelzebub
Slang term for an ancient pagan deity
by the name of Ekron (2 Kings 1:2)
Baal-zebub
By NT times, “the prince of demons” or “Satan”
“the lord of the flies” or “the lord of dung”

19. “…this charge against
Jesus is not simply a bit of
unpleasant religious
propaganda. It is the only
way that his opponents
could avoid the clear
implication of the ministry
they were witnessing.
Either the redefinition of
the kingdom that Jesus
claimed to be effecting was
real and God-given,

20. “…or there was a dark
power at work in him,
stronger yet than the dark
powers that had gripped
the afflicted individuals. No
third option was available.
Within the world of first-
century Judaism, someone
who did such things must
be either from the true
God or from the enemy.”

21. Jesus needs to
show us more3

22. But some of them said, “He casts
Luke 11:15-16
our demons by Beelzebul, the prince
of demons,” while others, to test
him, kept seeking from him a sign
from heaven.

23. But he, knowing their thoughts, said
Luke 11:17-18
to them, “Every kingdom divided
against itself is laid waste, and a
house divided falls. And if Satan
also is divided against himself, how
will his kingdom stand? For you say
that I cast our demons by Beelzebul.

24. “It is one thing to look
at Jesus and say, ‘He
is mad….’ But it was
another thing to look at
the working of the
Spirit of YHWH…and
to say: ‘This is the
work of the devil.’

25. “To say such a thing
was to paint oneself into
a corner from which
there was no escape.
Once you define the
battle for your liberation
as the work of the
enemy, and you will
never be free.”

26. And if I cast our demons by Beelze-
Luke 11:19
bul, by whom do your sons cast
them out? Therefore they will be
your judges.

27. But if it is by the finger of God that I
Luke 11:20
cast out demons, then the kingdom
of God has come upon you.

28. When a strong man, fully armed,
Luke 11:21-22
guards his own palace, his goods
are safe; but when one stronger
than he attacks him and overcomes
him, he takes away his armor in
which he trusted and divides his
spoil.

29. He has delivered us
from the domain of
darkness and
transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved
Son, in whom we have
redemption, the
forgiveness of sins. ~ The Apostle Paul in
Colossians 1:13-14

30. Whoever is not with me is against
Luke 11:23
me, and whoever does not gather
with me scatters.

31. When the unclean spirit has gone
Luke 11:24-26
out of a person, it passes through
waterless places seeking rest, and
finding none it says, “I will return to
my house from which I came.” And
when it comes, it finds the house
swept and put in order. Then it goes

32. and brings seven other spirits more
Luke 11:26
evil than itself, and they enter and
dwell there. And the last state of
that person is worse than the first.
[“So it also will be with this evil
generation.” - Matthew 12:45]

33. Why do the Gospel writers
record this account
in their historical
biographies of Jesus?
Important Question

34. To understand Jesus correctly
is to embrace him as
the world’s true Lord
and the world’s only hope.
Main Idea

36. CS Lewis, Oxford Professor &
Author of Mere Christianity

37. I am trying here to prevent anyone from
saying the really foolish thing that
people often say about him: ‘I’m ready to
accept Jesus as a great moral teacher,
but I don’t accept his claim to be God.’
That is the one thing we must not say.
“

38. A man who was merely a man and said
the sort of things Jesus said would not
be a great moral teacher. He would either
be a lunatic — on a level with a man who
says he is a poached egg — or else he
would be the Devil of hell. You must
make your choice.
“

39. Either this man was, and is, the Son of
God, or else a madman or something
worse. You can shut Him up for a fool,
you can spit at Him and kill Him as a
demon; or you can fall at His feet and
call Him Lord and God.
“

40. But let us not come up with any
patronizing nonsense about his being a
great human teacher. He has not left that
option open to us. He did not intend to.
~ CS Lewis
Mere Christianity
“

41. The Claims of Jesus
False TrueTrue

42. False True
He KNEW his
claims were
FALSE
LIAR
Hypocrite
Evil
Fool
True
The Claims of Jesus

43. False True
He KNEW his
claims were
FALSE
He DID NOT
KNOW his claims
were FALSE
LIAR
Hypocrite
Evil
Fool
LUNATIC
Deluded
Crazy
The Claims of Jesus

44. False True
He KNEW his
claims were
FALSE
He DID NOT
KNOW his claims
were FALSE
LIAR
Hypocrite
Evil
Fool
LUNATIC LORD
You can
REJECT
Him
You can
TRUST
Him
Deluded
Crazy
The Claims of Jesus

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