February 14, 2016 Sermon

Messiah Lutheran Church Podcasts

"Jesus Defeats the Devil!"

I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I believe there was a big football game played last Sunday. Did you catch the game? Well, even if you missed some or all of it, all you had to do was look at the headlines this past week to give you a pretty good idea of what took place –

§ “Defense powers Broncos to Victory”

§ “Broncos give Manning 2^nd Super Bowl Ring”

§ “What’s next for Payton?

And the headlines for the losing team, the Carolina Panthers weren’t nearly as kind.

§ “Is Cam a Sore Loser?”

§ “Why didn’t Cam dive for the fumble?”

It certainly was a battle, a big game – and there were winners and losers.

There was another battle – or Big Game – that took place almost 2000 years ago. Jesus vs. the Devil. While we weren’t there at the event, the headlines tell it all – “Jesus Defeats the Devil!” This morning we’ll hear about the enemy, about his game plan, but even more importantly, about Jesus our Savior who went to battle with the devil and won and why it’s so important for you and me.