"Jesus Defeats the Devil!"

I don’t know if you noticed or not, but Ibelieve there was a big football game played last Sunday. Did you catch thegame? Well, even if you missed some or all of it, all you had to do was look atthe headlines this past week to give you a pretty good idea of what took place–

§  “Defense powersBroncos to Victory”

§  “Broncos giveManning 2nd Super Bowl Ring”

§  “What’s next forPayton?

And the headlines for the losing team, theCarolina Panthers weren’t nearly as kind.

§  “Is Cam a SoreLoser?”

§  “Why didn’t Camdive for the fumble?”

It certainly was a battle, a big game –and there were winners and losers.

There was another battle – or Big Game –that took place almost 2000 years ago. Jesus vs. the Devil. While we weren’tthere at the event, the headlines tell it all – “Jesus Defeats the Devil!” This morning we’ll hear about theenemy, about his game plan, but even more importantly, about Jesus our Saviorwho went to battle with the devil and won and why it’s so important for you andme.