Jesus: Goes Where No Man Goes.

Matthew 8:28-34

28 When he had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

29 Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

30 A long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding.

31 “If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

32 “Go!” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

33 Then the men who tended them fled. They went into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to those who were demon-possessed.

34 At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

1. Jesus went where no other men would go.

a. Among the evil-possessed.

They were so possessed and acted so insane that no man would dare reach out with a helping hand. In fact, no man dared go near them. Yet God cares for all and cares equally. He cared for these as much as He cared for any.

And He wants His people to care and to reach out to all no matter how bad their condition. Christ was to demonstrate such care for all succeeding generations, so He went where no men dared to go.

b.Where the depth of evil can lead: Among the dead

Jesus was demonstrating His power to deliver men from the darkest forces imaginable—men possessed by devils (demons, evil spirits).

He wanted the world to know that He had now combated and conquered the forces of evil.

While He was on the cross, Christ bore the sins of the whole world, triumphing over the forces of evil.

When the heart is not filled with God, it is filled with self and evil, and it sometimes becomes angry and fierce against people and positions. There is no exception; everyone without God experiences some anger and fierceness during their journey without God. Some go so far as to become possessed with an evil spirit of fierceness.

He was “raised from the dead, and placed at [God’s] own right hand … far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come” (Eph. 1:20–21).

He now proclaims the most glorious hope for man.

“All power is given unto me in heaven and earth” (Mt. 28:18).

2. Jesus saved those whom no other men could reach.

a. The power of His word: Go

b. The result: Demons were driven out.

Jesus was demonstrating that He searches for men everywhere. He wants all men to be saved, even those who are the most wild and mean. And He wants everyone to know that He is out to save all, even the worst of men.

It is not the knowledge that God exists that makes a person a child of God. It is love: love of God and love of man. The person who truly reaches out for God and for man is born of God.

“Thou believest that there is one God; Thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble” (Jas. 2:19).

3. Jesus was rejected by covetous men.

a. The covetous heard about the loss of their property .

Some men react against Jesus Christ just as these evil spirits did.

They can call Jesus Christ the Son of God and have nothing to do with Him.

They can acknowledge a day of torment and still have nothing to do with Him.

b. The covetous felt nothing in common with Christ: He had destroyed their property.

c. The covetous rejected & expelled Him.

Jesus went where no other men would go.

Jesus saved those whom no other men could reach.

Jesus was rejected by covetous men .

You can be saved.

Hebrews 11:6

 Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

You can find God.

Jeremiah 29 : 13

You will seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

The power of Christ is able and all sufficient, sufficient enough to meet any need.