Last Sunday's sermon covered Luke 8:26-39. This is Luke's version of the healing of the Demoniac at Gerasene. For most of us, there is simply no way to relate to a demonic possession... and that's a good thing... but, we all are at times taken over by impulses and behavior that is unhealthy or destructive for us and all too often those around us.
Each of us has allowed anger, ego, pride, and a myriad of other destructive natures take over us. All too often, once you allow one of these negative emotions or behaviors into your heart they bring 'friends' along with them and all too soon we are like the poor Demoniac and we are filled with a 'Legion' of destruction.
Please take a listen to the sermon, as always it's not a highly polished message but it is as always from the heart and hopefully, Spirit-led.
Be a blessing to someone today!
In His Grace,
Roy
Luke 8:26-39 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes,[a] which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn[b] no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me”— 29 for Jesus[c] had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. 31 They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
32 Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons[d] begged Jesus[e] to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
34 When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 36 Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes[f] asked Jesus[g] to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus[h] sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.
Footnotes:
Luke 8:26 Other ancient authorities read Gadarenes; others, Gergesenes
Luke 8:27 Other ancient authorities read a man of the city who had had demons for a long time met him. He wore
Luke 8:29 Gk he
Luke 8:32 Gk they
Luke 8:32 Gk him
Luke 8:37 Other ancient authorities read Gadarenes; others, Gergesenes
Luke 8:37 Gk him
Luke 8:38 Gk he
“Name” - Onoma
Transliteration: onoma
Phonetic Spelling: (on'-om-ah)
Definition: a name, authority, cause
Usage: name, character, fame, reputation.
“Abyss” - abusso
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: abussos
Phonetic Spelling: (ab'-us-sos)
Definition: boundless, bottomless
Usage: the abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits.
“Healed” - sózó:
to save
Original Word: σῴζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sózó
Phonetic Spelling: (sode'-zo)
Definition: to save
Usage: I save, heal, preserve, rescue.
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