The Hurt Dealer Vs. The Hurt Healer

The Hurt Dealer vs. the Hurt Healer

Pastor Glenn Newton

February 20th, 2011

Text: Matthew 12: 22-32

MT 12:22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

MT 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."

MT 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

MT 12:29 "Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

MT 12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. 31 And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

This sermon title comes from something I heard last night at the concert, the Pastor who came and gave the invitation to the 15,203 people who were in the Tulsa BOK Center…he gave his personal testimony and it was powerful. He shared how he was born in a mental institution, his mother was an insane, drug addicted prostitute…he was given up for adoption, his new forever family adopted him for $200. He said he remembers feeling so lucky to get a new chance, with a new life…but his new father was not the kind of father you would dream about as a being a good Dad. His Dad would get drunk and beat Tony Nolan, and he would tell him that he wished that he could get his $200 dollars back…he would tell Tony that he wished he would have never adopted him….As you can imagine Tony was in a lot of pain….as he described it last night….the Hurt dealer was messing up his life, his life was full of hurt, hate, drugs, and all the things Satan offers as quick fixes for our pain….but these things just end up bringing more pain.

At the age of 20 years old, in 1989, Tony found himself at the end of his rope, and in church at the invitation of a friend…He heard the Pastor talk about a Heavenly Father who was the Hurt Healer, a healer who Loved Him… A Hurt Healer who Loved Him so much that He sent His One and Only Son to Die of the Cross for Him….Tony Nolan was a desperate, sin scarred man who needed someone to Love him….He found Jesus, He found a Father who would love Him no matter the Cost, He found the One who could heal all the hurts the enemy had inflicted on his life. What a great testimony of Grace and Healing. (Testimony was heard at WinterJam Tour in Tulsa on Feb. 18th, 2011)

First, There is a real Satan who brings the Hurt…it’s what he deals into your life…if allowed a foothold. V. 22-23

MT 12:22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

If you’re here this morning and your feel like you have no value, that somehow your were born a mistake…that somehow God was asleep when you were conceived…. If that’s what you think, if you think those kind of things about yourself…Satan has been dealing hurt into your life, and today is the day to get free, to be set free from the lies that you have been listening too, and believing for too long.

Maybe this morning you’re here and your lonely, you may feel like there is no one out there in this dark, wide open world for you…or at least that’s what it feel like. Maybe this morning you feel like something is wrong with you…. “How come no one will love me?” This morning, I want to remind you that there is one out to destroy you, his mission is to infect your thinking with negative thoughts about yourself so you will look at the world through his negative, painful and self-centered eyes…. Satan wants you to hate yourself…..if you hate yourself today, you have allowed the Pain dealer to do his work in your life and in your heart and mind…. Today it’s time to be healed and let God, the Hurt Healer touch you, and free you to be yourself and be confident in who you are In Christ….YOU are a New Creation through Christ, a person of Great Worth and You need to be reminded of your eternal worth. Don’t listen to the lies for one more second….