Somebody asked me recently, how do you know when the enemy is the one speaking to you?

And here's the biblical answer.

Here it is.

Jesus said in John 10, my sheep recognized my voice, and they know the difference between my voice and the voice of a fake shepherd.

When the Holy Spirit, your real shepherd speaks, it's in the context of hope.

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Now, today, Pastor Jody begins a short but powerful series on what scripture teaches about the realm of the demonic.

We'll be in Luke, Chapter 11 today, where Jesus unmasks the reality of Satan's attacks

and accusations.

And while that may sound heavy, here's the good news.

As followers of Christ, we don't have to live in fear.

There is real hope and real freedom when we surrender fully to the one who has already

conquered this unseen enemy. So let's join

Pastor J.D. for today's message titled, The demonic is closer than you think.

This weekend, if you got your Bibles, I want you to open them to Luke chapter 11. Luke chapter 11. Actually, I'm going to read a few different passages here to begin. And I'm not going to start in Luke 11. I'm going to end there. If you are fast with your fingers, you can try to keep up with me. Just out of curiosity, by the way. How many of you grew up doing sword drills? Raise your hand. You know what I'm talking about. I mean, you have no idea what a sword drill is. Raise your hand. That's about half and half. When our youth pastor didn't know what else to do, do you have any other games planned for youth nights, we couldn't afford video games and pool tables like we have in our student areas. Now, no, we played games with toilet paper rolls or competed to see who could stuff the most marshmallows in our mouths and say, chubby bunny. Anybody remember that game? But when the youth pastor had forgotten the marshmallows and the toilet paper rolls, we did sword drills, where he would basically call out a reference and everybody would try to find the reference. And if you found it first, you'd stand up and start reading it as loud as you could. I don't like to brag, y'all, but I was the champ, okay? The other boys envied me and the girls admired me. At least that's how I remember it. But bottom line, if you were a sword drill champ or a sword drill champ, you can probably keep up with me. Otherwise, just turn to Luke 11.

Hold your place there and let me catch up to you in a minute.

Okay?

I want you to listen for a theme in these verses.

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