When The Lord Works In A Town

Luke 8:37-40

Theme: The Power of Jesus

Key verse: Luke 8:21

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

56 verses; 1,431 words

Grade level: 5.2

Outline:

I. The Ministry of Jesus. Vs.1-3

II. The Message of Jesus. Vs.4-21

III. The Miracles of Jesus. Vs.22-56

When a contractor builds a house he does so in phase:

Constitution

Clearing

Construction

Conclusion

Here are the PHASES when the Lord works in a town:

I. We See The Multitudes Rejection. v.37

They rejected Jesus’ presence.

37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them;

They rejected Jesus’ peace.

for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

NIV leaves out “and returned back again”

II. We See The Maniac’s Restoration. vs.38-39

His desire was to go.

38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

NIV leaves out “that he might be with him”

His Director said to stay.

39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

NIV changes “shew” to “told”

NIV changes “unto” to “for”

This tells us where we publish what Jesus done unto us.

“throughout the whole city”

This tells us when we publish what Jesus done unto us.

“he went his way”

This tells us why we publish what Jesus done unto us.

“great things” twice

This tells us Who we publish.

“God hath done” = “Jesus had done”

III. We See The Master’s Reception. v.40

The return.

40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned,

The reception.

the people gladly received him:

The rejoicing.

for they were all waiting for him.

Conclusion:

This passage is a picture of the end times:

Jesus is rejected and leaves. V.37

Jesus tells followers to go and publish what He did. Vs.38-39

Jesus returns. V.40