What did Jesus personally say about the devil and demons?
Christ explained more about the activities of the devil and demons than did any other person in the scope of the Holy Scriptures.
It is very remarkable that Jesus Christ began His ministry with a confrontation with the devil. (Matt. 4:1-11.)
Christ spoke directly to the devil. (v. 4.)
Jesus recognized the devil's power. He did not say that the devil was lying when He was offered the nations of the world and its glory by him. (v. 8.)
Jesus resisted the devil by the Word of God. (v. 10.) Christ showed that the Word was the sword by which Christians overcome the devil.
Our Lord indicated that some forms of deafness are a spirit and also recognized dumbness as a spirit. (Mark 9:25.)
Christ called epilepsy (and other such seizures) a spirit. (Matt. 17:15-18.) The afflicted son spoken of in this passage was also called a lunatic. (v. 15.) These are symptoms which medical science may call sickness. Jesus Christ designated them as the work of evil spirits.
Even in the synagogue where Christ went to worship and to read from the Law of Moses, He discovered those who had evil spirits. In Luke 4:33, we read where Christ met a man with an unclean spirit. When the spirit cried out the identity of Jesus, that He was the Holy One of God, Jesus silenced the man and commanded the spirit to come out of him. In anger the spirit threw the man violently; but Christ would not let it hurt him, and the man was forever loosed of its power.
Christ at all times assumed complete strength and power over the demon forces, whether they were many as in the Gadarene demoniac of Mark 5:8,9, or one as in the woman of Luke 13:16 who had been tormented for eighteen years. At no time did Christ ever show any fear of demon forces or personalities. He declared, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Matt. 28:18).
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