THE SERMON - Always Vigilant | When Satan Retreats, He Plans To Return
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Let none think that Satan retreats from his prey without resolve to return. He is tireless in his malice and relentless in his schemes. The evil spirit, finding no rest, returns to the soul it once occupied, and finding it empty—brings with him a company more wicked than himself. Thus the last state becomes worse than the first. Here Christ shows us the desperate folly of resting in temporary deliverance without seeking lasting union with himself. It is not enough to expel sin; it must be replaced with righteousness. It is not enough to cast out the devil; the Spirit of Christ must dwell within.
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| 0:28.6 | reading of God's word. This morning we continue our series of the gospel according to Matthew. Our |
| 0:33.9 | text is Matthew chapter 12 versus 43 through 45 I'll read our text in its entirety |
| 0:39.8 | when I finish reading the text I'm going to say this is the word of the Lord at which point I |
| 0:44.1 | would appreciate very much if you would respond by saying thanks be to God one final time our |
| 0:49.0 | text for today is the gospel according to Matthew chapter 12 versus 43 through 45 the Bible says this when the |
| 0:56.8 | unclean spirit has gone out of a person it passes through waterless places seeking rest but finds |
| 1:03.7 | none then it says I will return to my house from which I came and when it comes it finds the house empty swept and put in order |
| 1:14.1 | then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself and they enter and dwell |
| 1:21.0 | there and the last state of that person is worse than the first so also will it be with this evil generation. This is the |
| 1:30.9 | word of the Lord. All right, please be seated. Let's go ahead and dive in. There's two primary |
| 1:36.7 | points that I would like for us to see. And then one final application. The two primary points are |
| 1:44.1 | as follows. First, behavioral |
| 1:46.4 | modification versus inward transformation. It is not enough to merely outwardly |
| 1:52.7 | reform a man. He must be born again. He must be changed from the inside out. He |
| 1:59.8 | must actually become by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit a new creature in Christ Jesus. |
| 2:07.0 | Not just new habits, not just living a new life with new behaviors, but he must be a new creature with a new nature. |
| 2:16.6 | The second point that we'll find in the text is that Satan is relentless. |
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