Lesson 11 - 3/28/01
Back to the Rule of God and the Rule of Satan.
Ø God
is the Sovereign ruler of the universe!
Ps 103:19
Ø So
what's our point here??
1. God is the supreme, sovereign ruler of the
universe!
Man
is in rebellion; Satan is in rebellion!
2. God allows challenge
to His will, but it cannot be challenged with any degree of success at
all!
Ø Question?? Why would God allow His will to be
challenged?
Ø Reasons!!
1. To demonstrate that
in time, space, history that no good exists
apart from His will!!
2. God desires willing
obedience, God did not have to put the tree in the garden.
Ø Let's
look at and document the rule of Satan!
- First passage Jn 12:31
Summary
Observations John 12:31:
1. Notice the
prominence of the word NOW! (nun)
- The now is relative to the cross!
2. Notice also it says,
Now the ruler of this world shall be cast out!
3. Also notice the
destiny of this ruler of the world!
- It says, "he shall be cast out."
Ø How
do we fit into this picture?
We
have the privilege as believers in Jesus Christ to stand here today in the
midst of this Satanic influenced kosmos and say that we affirm the will of God!
Ø At
this point there is a doctrinal principle that we should draw from Jn
12:31 (also 14:30; 16:11)
The
authority and the rule of Satan is real but it is doomed.