Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Why do the Gospels contain so many

accounts of Jesus confronting demons and delivering the possessed? In today's episode, we continue our

sermon series from the archives, the Gospel According to Mark,

as Paul explains how these dramatic encounters reveal the destructive power of evil, the danger of spiritual bondage,

and the unmatched authority of Jesus Christ to rescue and restore.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit paultrip.com slash sermons.

Now here's Paul with today's message.

Well, there were two things that my mother was very zealous to do again and again and again

that I wasn't actually very thankful for.

She was very committed to warn me.

I can remember the little lectures that I would get again and again before I left the house.

I thought of them as a hassle. I wish that she would just

record it. I could play it at my leisure. I never said to her, you know, Mom, I know that these

lectures are very important to me for me, and if you could just lecture me more about

the dangers of life in the fallen world, that would be helpful. Never said that. Mom was real

zealous also to rebuke me. It's such a negative sounding word, but when you rebuke a person, you're actually helping them to see themselves as they actually are.

It's a loving thing to do.

And I now realize that my mom was loving me.

Because she loved me, she warned me again and again and again of the dangers of evil,

of the dangers of temptation, of the dangers of sin.

Because she loved me, she would rebuke me again and again for my disobedience or my failure.

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