Glendale Graveyard
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And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 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.
Glendale Graveyard
Glendale Graveyard
INTRODUCTION:
Jesus found his man in the city of the dead.
The demoniac had his dwellings in a country graveyard.
This is perfect type of a lost man or woman spiritual condition.
Every sinner is dead in trespasses and sin.
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
I. HIS DREADFUL CONDITION
He Was— Shameless...
"He ware no Clothes"
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
Naked, and he knew it not.
He was so completely possessed and occupied by evil spirits that he was utterly unconscious of his own nakedness.
When Adam and Eve sinned they knew.
He was Friendless...
"Neither abode he in any house but in the tombs."
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
Being in league with the devil he was cut off from all his relatives and friends.
He could have no fellowship with the dead, yet his desire was to be there.
He was Helpless...
"He was driven of the devil"
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
He could in no wise help himself; he was like a beast driven by impulses wrought in him by the wicked spirits.
His mind was blinded by the God of this age.
II. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD CHRIST
It was one of— Fear...
"He cried, and fell down before Him"
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
When a person comes face to face with God the inner thought and intents of the heart are revealed.
There is the dominating power of fear that controls the mind.
Opposition...
"He said, what have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God Most High."
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
It is quite true that devil-possessed have nothing in common with the Son of God most High, any more than the pits of hell have with the glory of heaven.
Entreaty...
"I beseech thee, torment me not."
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Here is the confession of the inner heart with conviction that the final judgment is in the hands of Jesus the Son of God.
"He hath loosed us and from our sins by his Blood,"
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
III. HIS PERFECT DELIVERANCE
Confession...
"Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? and he said Legion."
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Nothing good can come from a deceitful heart.
Emancipation...
(Lifted) "They found the man out of whom the devils were departed sitting at the feet of Jesus, Clothed, and in his right mind."
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Witness-Bearing...
"He went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him..."
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.