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Introduction
I have always referred to this as the story of the Maniac of Gadara.
I do not plan to that anymore.
He is our brother.
What Jesus makes new should not be referred to as it’s old, unchanged identity.
Son of God.... “While the men in the boat are doubting what manner of man this is, that even the winds and the sea obey him, the demons come to tell them....”
Major Premise: There are many ways to be bound by sin, but there is only one way to be set free.
Luke 8:26–40 (KJV 1900)
26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
27 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.
28 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.
29 (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.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name?
And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 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.
33 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.
34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
35 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.
36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
37 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.
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,
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.
40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
No man could pass by the way
Matthew 8:28 (KJV 1900)
28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Untold story of a mother that wonders how did we get here?
Did he get in some trouble at school and get around some other troubled kids?
In Matthew it speaks of two men.
Did he begin to experiment with drugs and that led him to friends who were getting into the occult?
Had his name been on a prayer list?
Had people tried to help.
We only know no man could pass by because apparently there had been some attempts.
This is a sad place for a family to be.
No more numbers to call.
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People could not constrain him because what he desperately needed as the Lord to come and free him.
Mark 5:3–4 (KJV 1900)
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Free Bird: 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now.
And this bird you cannot change
When you realize that you are helpless in this situation.
Acts 19:13–16 (KJV 1900)
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
If we are possessed by what we want or by what we have and if what we want or what we have is not God in the Gospel of His dear Son, Jesus Christ, then we are no less in the thrall of sin that this man.
Purpose of Satan in this world
Satan has come to steal.
John 10:10 (KJV 1900)
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
This is seen on the opening pages of Scripture with Adam and Eve.
Satan has come to destroy.
The fate of the pigs illustrates the sheer destructiveness of demons to their hosts.
It corresponds with the father’s report in Mk. 9:22 of the demon’s attempts to kill his possessed child by throwing him into water.
Mark 9:22 (KJV 1900)
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Satan wants to take our life.
The devil is the enemy of life and truth.
By a lie he brought spiritual and physical death to mankind
John 8:44 (KJV 1900)
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Satan doesn’t even stop after we become believers.
He would love to have you live your days in the tomb of despair.
Luke 22:31 (KJV 1900)
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Many testimonies of people who say I was away from the Lord and I had a friend who knew Jesus but was not living for Him get his life right and invite me to church.
No man could constrain him until he met Jesus.
Luke 8:28 (KJV 1900)
28 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 Jesus is enthroned, Satan is dethroned.
In times past.
Ephesians 2:2–3 (KJV 1900)
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
There is a battle.
Ephesians 6:12 (KJV 1900)
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
What is Satan’s strategy?
Satan lies, and is the father of lies.
John 8:44
Satan blinds the mind of unbelievers.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Satan disguises himself as a messenger of light giving him access to more areas and influence. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
I am certain Satan is pleased with some occult practice happening in the woods of North GA.
Satan is certainly find with people dressing up and going into nice buildings to hear less harsh but equally damning lies about God.
Satan wants to remove the Word of God from peoples heart.
Luke 8
The battle has been won by Jesus, who disarmed them in the cross and resurrection.
Colossians 2:14–15 (KJV 1900)
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