{"id":1940,"date":"2026-01-27T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:13","slug":"confident-in-god-the-strong-man-parable-unfolded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/confident-in-god-the-strong-man-parable-unfolded\/","title":{"rendered":"Confident in God: The Strong Man Parable Unfolded"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1940-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2503792\/episodes\/18573152-confident-in-god-the-strong-man-parable-unfolded.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2503792\/episodes\/18573152-confident-in-god-the-strong-man-parable-unfolded.mp3\">https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2503792\/episodes\/18573152-confident-in-god-the-strong-man-parable-unfolded.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Have you ever skipped over a Bible verse because it seemed too obvious? Julie shares how God surprised her with unexpected depth in the Parable of the Strong Man&#8217;s House \u2014 a &#8220;flyover verse&#8221; she&#8217;d always dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Discover why Jesus is stronger than your enemy, the danger of a swept-clean but empty heart, and how to guard against renewed spiritual attack. This episode will inspire you to dig deeper into Scripture, trusting that God will reveal more of Himself when you seek Him.<\/p>\n<p><b>Resources:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/resources\/\">https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/recognizing-jesus-power-amidst-lifes-struggles\/\">Recognizing Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>EPISODE TIMELINE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Welcome &amp; Introduction<br \/>\n0:10 &#8211; God&#8217;s Faithfulness to Reveal More<br \/>\n1:00 &#8211; The &#8220;Flyover Verse&#8221; Concept<br \/>\n2:27 &#8211; Introduction to the Parable of the Strong Man&#8217;s House<br \/>\n2:55 &#8211; Reading Matthew 12:29<br \/>\n3:08 &#8211; Reading Luke 11:21-22<br \/>\n3:55 &#8211; Considering the Context<br \/>\n4:16 &#8211; Jesus Addressing the Scribes &amp; Pharisees<br \/>\n4:32 &#8211; The Parable&#8217;s Placement in Jesus&#8217; Teaching<br \/>\n5:01 &#8211; Jesus&#8217; Explanation Continues<br \/>\n5:26 &#8211; The Unclean Spirit Returns<br \/>\n6:07 &#8211; Jesus Explains Blasphemy<br \/>\n6:32 &#8211; How I Studied This Parable<br \/>\n7:02 &#8211; Beelzebub: Master of the House<br \/>\n7:43 &#8211; Why the Warning About Evil Spirits Returning?<br \/>\n8:39 &#8211; Understanding Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit<br \/>\n10:16 &#8211; Key Takeaways Begin<br \/>\n10:28 &#8211; Takeaway #1: Jesus Is Stronger<br \/>\n10:38 &#8211; Takeaway #2: Let Jesus Continue Working<br \/>\n11:00 &#8211; Takeaway #3: Don&#8217;t Mislabel God&#8217;s Activity<br \/>\n11:14 &#8211; Encouragement: Don&#8217;t Fly Over Scripture<br \/>\n11:46 &#8211; Closing Prayer<br \/>\n12:34 &#8211; Resource &amp; Related Episode Mention<br \/>\n13:29 &#8211; Closing Scripture &amp; Sign-Off<\/p>\n<p><b>Total Runtime: 13:38<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever read a Bible verse and thought, &#8220;That&#8217;s obvious&#8221; \u2014 and just moved on?<br \/>\nJulie used to do that with the Parable of the Strong Man&#8217;s House. It seemed so simple, so clear. But when she was assigned to teach on it, she asked God to show her more&#8230; and He did! Listen to this episode to learn what she discovered from such a simple parable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[162,161],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-bible-study","tag-strong-mans-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidenceingod.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}