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Afterlife, Part 3 - What’s Happening In The Unseen Realm? by Pastor Adam Bishop
This week, Pastor Adam takes us behind the scenes of the unseen realm, uncovering the spiritual forces at work throughout Scripture and revealing how Jesus stands above every power and authority.
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NewHope Church
7619 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA
Sunday 8:15 AM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:15 AM
1. There’s more to the ______ than ______.
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that He had made human beings on the earth, and His heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
- Genesis 6:1-7 NIV
- Genesis 6:1-7 NIV
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
- Jude 1:6 NIV
- Jude 1:6 NIV
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people,
- 2 Peter 2:4-5a NIV
- 2 Peter 2:4-5a NIV
"Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He divided mankind, He fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the Lord's portion is His people, Jacob His allotted heritage."
- Deuteronomy 32:7-9 ESV
- Deuteronomy 32:7-9 ESV
I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”
- Psalm 82:6-7 ESV
- Psalm 82:6-7 ESV
2. The ______ recognized the ______ of Jesus.
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
- Mark 1:24 NIV
- Mark 1:24 NIV
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet Him. This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of Him. He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
- Mark 5:1-8 NIV
- Mark 5:1-8 NIV
"But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
- Matthew 12:28 NIV
- Matthew 12:28 NIV
3. The cross ______ of their ______.
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- Colossians 2:15 NIV
- Colossians 2:15 NIV
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
- Matthew 28:18-19 NIV
- Matthew 28:18-19 NIV
4. Jesus is ______ every ______ in the unseen ______.
That power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.
- Ephesians 1:19b-23 NIV
- Ephesians 1:19b-23 NIV
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