In Your Right Mind

Luke 8:26–35 (NIV84)

26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.

27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!”

29 For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

31 And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.

33 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside,

35 and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

1. Jesus is Lord of all

The demon possessed man saw Jesus and fell at Jesus’ feet

Every knee will bow

The demons can’t stand in the presence of the All Mighty

The enemy will bend the knee

Every sickness, disease, ailment, must bend the knee before Jesus

Jesus is still Lord

Jesus is still able to deliver His people

Jesus is still able to heal the sick

Jesus is still able to protect His own

Every knee will bow

Every tongue will confess

Jesus is Lord

2. Sin costs more than you want to pay

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.

Uncovered and without a place to live

The enemy wants to kill, still, and destroy

You will uncover you so that he can have his way with you

He will drive you away from family so that you will be without support

The enemy will drive you to solitary places where you won’t find support

The enemy wants you alone

A life without Jesus is costly

3. A life without Jesus is costly

Beware of the pronoun spirit

People are being defined by a spirit

What is your gender? (name)

Jesus questioned the demon, it said—call me Legion (they, them)

God made us male and female (He/Her; Him/She)

You are not a them or a they

You are the temple of the Holy Spirit—not a hotel for demons

4. From nothing to something

1 Pet 2:10 “Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

Jesus is in the business of making something out of nothing

You were once nothing, now you are something

Once you were not even a person

Now, you are a child of God

Once you were without mercy

Now, you have and are under His mercy

5. A life without a covering is costly

Without a covering is like living a life out of your mind

When sin entered the world, the man was able to see that he was naked. God made coverings for them

This demon possessed man was without a covering

No clothing

No place to live

He was driven by the demon to solitary places

Get under cover

The man was sitting at the feet of Jesus — Dressed

The man was sitting at the feet of Jesus — In His Right Mind

No more solitary places

Fellowship is key

Covering is a must