Title: Acting out Justice (God’s action against spiritual oppression to create community)
Text: Various
Against gods
- The gods of other nations are demonic in nature
- They tear apart society
- They dehumanize
- Deuteronomy 12:31, 32:17,
- In His justice, God passes judgement on them
- Numbers 33:3-4, I Kings 18
- Exodus 33:1-4
- Ethical concern – Exodus 23:9
Against demons
- Same song, different verse – still dehumanizing, still tearing apart community
- Luke 8:34-35, Luke 9:42
- Luke 11:15
Rulers, authorities, and powers in the heavenly realms….
- In Christ, our spiritual place is realized…. Eph. 2:6
- The battle is brought to the spiritual realm!
- 18:18, Ephesians 3:6-11, 14-21, 6:10-12