The phrase bind the strong man or strongman is a reference to a passage in the book of mark, where jesus is responding to some jewish scribes who were accusing him of being possessed by beelzebul. Binding the strongman is a tough spiritual exercise. My second time reading the book made understanding the concepts and teaching easier to understand. He has plundered the strong man and liberated those the strong man had bound and headed for hell.
His ministry is the power of the kingdom dawning in peoples lives and a foretaste of jesus eternal rule as lord and savior. Strongman is a power that is found where wickedness is practiced. Bound to become a classic in the field of gospel studies. The parable of the strong man also known as the parable of the burglar and the parable of the powerful man is a parable told by jesus in the new testament, found in matt 12. Lets examine exactly what jesus did say, and lets read what he said contextually. Jesus says he came to bind the strong man that is, satan in order that.
When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. Their argument was that by the prince of demons he is driving out demons mark 3. I originally read this book ten years ago, so i was glad for the opportunity to revisit it. Receive this full book in pdf and ebook versions for free. The most striking thing about binding the strong man, however is that myers wrote. And i will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. Be sure not to forget to ask for forgiveness for the sins of your fathers ancestors. Luke 11 vs 21 when a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. A strongman does not have to be a gigantic person but what makes them strong is the demonic power that it carries. No man can enter into a strong mans house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. In todays passage, jesus furthers his argument against the charges of the scribes, noting that his success is due to his binding of the strong mansatanand the plundering of the devils house v. But didnt jesus instruct us to bind the strong man. The demonic spirit of a strongman always love to keep their victims unaware of their demonic activity but once the light is turned on their evil agenda is brought to an end. We had one copy of the full size book, bibles, and we each had.
Comparet taken from your heritage prepared into a pdf file by. Three times in the gospels we find jesus making mention of binding the strong man. Firstcentury jews expected the messiah to bind the devil, as is testified in several places in other jewish literature of the time. Then get on to the part that this book deals mainly deals with, simply mean and say out loud, in the name of jesus, i bind up the spirit of insert a strongman demons name here and all related, cooperative, and underling unclean spirits in the name of jesus, and i order you all to get out right now in the name of jesus. He has entered the strong mans house and tied up the strong man. I am not a trained theologian and got through the book with some. In none of those three cases, however, did he tell his followers that binding the strong man was something they should practice.