Do Powerful Demons Run Religion and Government Through False Prophets?

The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Does a godless government making godless rules sound remotely familiar? The same demons that empowered the governmental leaders in Elijah's day empower many leaders in today's government. Since the Bible is both timeless and timely, Pastor Mark preaches from 1 Kings 18:20-40 on how we all ultimately must make a decision on whether we'll be slaughtered or saved.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Ashley Chase welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll podcast.
0:04.0	For more content from my dad, Pastor Mark, senior pastor here at the Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona,
0:09.2	visit real faith.com, where you'll find study guides to go along with each sermon series as he
0:14.0	preaches verse by verse through books of the Bible, daily devotions, free ebooks
0:18.1	and more. Now grab your Bibles and get ready for today's sermon. All right, we've taken a few week break.
0:26.3	We're back into the study of the life of Elijah.
0:29.2	You ready for that?
0:30.8	All right, this is going to be a little bit of a mind melt. The question today is do powerful
0:34.7	demons run religion and government through false profits? The answer is yes, but we'll take
0:39.1	an hour to explain. That being said, just so you know, I'm not feeling the best and my throat is really bothering me.
0:47.0	Usually I'm pretty intense and loud and this is going to be a little quieter.
0:51.0	And so just listen louder.
0:54.0	That's what I'm asking you to do.
0:56.2	And so let me pray and just pray I can get through it
0:59.0	and do a good job.
1:00.0	And I'm hoping to have the strength and the stamina and just the clarity to teach some complex things very simply.
1:07.3	So I actually wore, you know, full denim today.
1:09.8	It's a Canadian tuxedo.
1:11.1	If you need strength and power, you just got to dress for the job. So let me pray. Father, I'm not feeling the best, but I'm super excited about this text.
1:20.0	I pray that my voice would hold up and I pray God that I'd be able to work by the power of the Holy Spirit,
1:26.3	the power of Elijah, to love and serve these people.
1:29.1	God, you love these people.
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