RULE #11 - YOU HAVE POWER OVER EVIL!

"Be quiet!" Jesus said sternly. "Come out of him!" - Luke 4:35

READ LUKE 4:31-36 TODAY!

     Have you ever met someone really evil - like Hitler evil, Bin Laden evil, LaBron James evil?  Maybe it doesn't even have to be that evil, but just someone who says stuff, does stuff that you realize comes from somewhere or someone else?  I'm not talking about an isolated put down or a slip of the tongue.  I'm talking about someone who just has mean written all over them.

     What do you do with that type of person?  How do you treat them?  How do you help them?

Well, this is going to sound strange, but I think with some people we need to use the power God has given us.  I think with some people only the Holy Spirit can help them.  I think with some people we still need to ask God to remove the evil.  Call the casting out demons, call that authority over evil spirits - whatever you want to call it, I think we have to remember that we are stronger than any evil.  And the only way we may be able to help some of these people is to use the power that's been given to us by God.

     We can learn from Jesus how to treat people, and Jesus was stern with evil spirits.  At some point, we have to realize there is a spiritual nature to what is going on inside of people and use the resources we have to overcome those.  It's just a matter of realizing that and then using it.