The Inside Scoop

It’s the hope of every newspaper reporter to get an exclusive story that rocks the world and puts them in play for a Pulitzer Prize. The inside scoop is such a tricky thing. You have to be in the right place at the right time and then all the stars have to be in alignment. That’s why there’s so few Pulitzer’s given.

The Bible records an inside scoop but there was no Pulitzer Prize awarded, only a stern rebuke by Jesus himself! What happened?

Jesus was traveling through Capernaum, a town in Galilee. He stopped in the Synagogue to teach the people when a man possessed by a demon called out at the top of his voice, “Ha! 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!” Luke 4:34

Jesus told the evil spirit dwelling in the tormented man; “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the evil spirit threw the man down on the floor and came out of him. Wonder what the evil spirit looked like? Luke records that the man wasn’t hurt at all.
What an inside scoop!

Imagine the headlines on the Capernaum Gazette.

Jesus cast a demon out of a man—on the Sabbath! Jesus is recognized by a demon as the Holy One of God, the Messiah! The only problem was; it wasn’t time for Jesus to be acknowledged. The people of Capernaum tried to make Him stay there, but Jesus had only begun His mission of preaching the good news of the kingdom of  God!

Bottom line:
Evil permeates our world, and it is no wonder that people are often fearful. But Jesus’ power is far greater than Satan’s. The first step toward conquering fear of evil is to recognize Jesus’ authority and power. He has overcome all evil, including Satan himself.

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33