out better when your arch rival has to come to YOUR house to play the all-important contest.
Statistics even prove that over time, the home team is always more successful in most every sport. In Major League Baseball it’s 54%, in the National Football League it’s 57%, in the NBA it’s 61%, and in Major League Soccer the victory percentage of games played at home is up to 70%. That’s nothing to laugh at. Home field advantages are legit! If you’re going to be in a turf war, you’re better off if you play on your home turf!
The Bible seems to agree.
On more than one occasion Jesus sent his disciples out into a hostile world to: “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.” Jesus gave them tremendous power over the Enemy– the Devil. But Luke 9 records that it didn’t always work that way. On one occasion, a young boy was tormented by a demon but the disciples failed miserably when they tried to cast the demons out of him. Wait a minute. What happened? Did Jesus lie? Did He abandon his disciples and leave them powerless against the Enemy? Let’s look closer.
