I guess the things that I'd want to focus on are Jesus's overwhelming authority - this was heard in his teaching and then seen in his casting out of the evil spirit. And unlike anyone ever in history - as Ben says this is God! The (eternal) Word speaking The Word directly to the listeners! The king of the kingdom is starting to declare himself - mind blowing! And that this is the challenge to us as a church - to speak and act in that same authority. But to start by setting the challenge - that we have to go beyond knowing who Jesus is, and believing in him - to then the conscious decision to make him our Lord and Saviour.
I guess the things that I'd want to focus on are Jesus's overwhelming authority - this was heard in his teaching and then seen in his casting out of the evil spirit. And unlike anyone ever in history - as Ben says this is God! The (eternal) Word speaking The Word directly to the listeners! The king of the kingdom is starting to declare himself - mind blowing! And that this is the challenge to us as a church - to speak and act in that same authority. But to start by setting the challenge - that we have to go beyond knowing who Jesus is, and believing in him - to then the conscious decision to make him our Lord and Saviour.