JESUS HEALED THE DEMON POSSESSED MAN
Key verse 5 : 8
Ever since the beginning of his Ministry, Jesus has healed a number of demon possessed people. This man was possessed by an impure spirit. Through this story let’s learn about Jesus powerful works and some key characteristics of a demon.
1. Jesus, Son of the most High (1-9)
As soon as he arrived, a demon possessed man ran to encounter Jesus leaving his dwelling place : the tombs. He was a very violent man as he did harm to his body. He was masochistic. How did he get there? Surely, it was because he tried finding his freedom beyond the bonds of society. However, very quickly he became a victim of the devil instead of a free man. He became a societal menace and threat so they attempted to put him in chains. However, the demon that possessed him was so strong that it burst free from these chains. Jesus saw his suffering and so as soon as he saw him his shepherd’s heart reached out to him. Jesus asked him his name. He did not have one but rather he responded legion which refers to a league of 600 Roman soldiers. In the meanwhile Satan made the man approach Jesus with a false confession “You are the Son of the most High” but on the other hand the man fled Jesus’ presence. The demon in this man beseeched Jesus to leave him be. This man was thus greatly torn in two like a schizophrenic patient. Jesus chased the demon with a single word and the man became healthy and whole again.
As soon as he arrived, a demon possessed man ran to encounter Jesus leaving his dwelling place : the tombs. He was a very violent man as he did harm to his body. He was masochistic. How did he get there? Surely, it was because he tried finding his freedom beyond the bonds of society. However, very quickly he became a victim of the devil instead of a free man. He became a societal menace and threat so they attempted to put him in chains. However, the demon that possessed him was so strong that it burst free from these chains. Jesus saw his suffering and so as soon as he saw him his shepherd’s heart reached out to him. Jesus asked him his name. He did not have one but rather he responded legion which refers to a league of 600 Roman soldiers. In the meanwhile Satan made the man approach Jesus with a false confession “You are the Son of the most High” but on the other hand the man fled Jesus’ presence. The demon in this man beseeched Jesus to leave him be. This man was thus greatly torn in two like a schizophrenic patient. Jesus chased the demon with a single word and the man became healthy and whole again.
2. They begged him (10-19)
The demons were living inside the man. As they did not want to have to stray in the country, their dwelling place, they asked Jesus to send them into the pigs nearby. Demons always seek the same thing : to destroy the object that hosts them. Therefore, no sooner had they entered into the pig did they become suicidal and jumped over the hill. The inhabitants were so alarmed and terrified by what they saw that they asked Jesus to leave the country. The death of so many pigs was a catastrophic happening for them. Due to their selfishness, the inhabitants were blinded and instead of seeing a man whose life was normal and beautiful they only saw the loss of their pigs. They were blinded because of their materialism. The man, however, wanted to follow Jesus but Jesus gave him a different mission : to be the director of evangelising his region.
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