City Of Light Anglican Churchaurora, Illinois

In this passage, we see Jesus waging war on evil in order to deliver us from evil. The spiritual world has an impact on the physical world. We can recognize the deliverance of Jesus in our lives and the lives of others, and we can recognize the evil works of our enemy. We don't forget that there are evil spirits, we don't feed them by rejecting God, and we don't fear them because of the power of Jesus. "The enemy wants to bring darkness and destruction. Jesus comes so that we can experience not the presence of evil in us and around us, but the presence of a good and loving God in and around us. Jesus comes not to steal, kill, and destroy, but to give, to resurrect, and to restore." —Fr. Trevor