In sports, it’s always better to play your arch rival on your own turf; to have home field advantage. I don’t know if it’s crowd support, familiarity with the surroundings, or home cooking with the referees– it just seems to work
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.
