3. 1 …(He took his twelve disciples with him)
At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits and gave sight to many who were blind.
Luke 7:21 
1 …(He took his twelve disciples with him)
2 along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases.
Luke 8:2

5. WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS HE WANTS TO CONTROL US
HE WANTS US TO DESTROY OURSELVES
HE WANTS TO RUIN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
HE WANTS TO UNDERMINE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

7. 14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. 
Luke 11:14-26

8. 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” 
16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:14-26

9. 17 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 
18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
Luke 11:14-26

10. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 
Luke 11:14-26

11. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Luke 11:14-26

12. 21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 
22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
Luke 11:14-26

13. 23 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Luke 11:14-26

14. 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 
25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 
26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
Luke 11:14-26

15. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18

16. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:4
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!
Acts 4:8
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly Acts 4:31

17. Then Ananias went to the house and entered it
Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 9:17
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,
Acts 13:9

18. 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 
38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 7:37-39

19. …but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst
…but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4:14

20. “There is nothing about the Holy Spirit strange or eerie
“There is nothing about the Holy Spirit strange or eerie. I believe it has been the work of the devil to surround the person of the Holy Spirit with an aura of strangeness so that the people of God feel that this Spirit-filled life is a life of being odd and peculiar, of being a bit uncanny.

21. “It is not abnormal. I admit that it is unusual because there are so few people who walk in the light of it or enjoy it but it is not abnormal.”
“This is nothing added or extra. The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for his people.
A.W. Tozer

23. You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. I John 4:4

24. TAKE HOME THOUGHT
When our life is filled with the Spirit of God there is no room for the devil to do what he wants to do

25. … he rebuked the impure spirit… “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” Mark 9:25

26. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. Romans 6:13

27. Dear God, forgive me for allowing sin to rule in my life
Dear God, forgive me for allowing sin to rule in my life. I want to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord of my life. I now yield my heart, my mind and my body to You. I want the Spirit of God to be filling my life. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. In Jesus’ name, Amen.