Friday
Read Luke 8:26-39
26 Jesus and his disciples sailed on
over to the territory of Gerasa,g which is across the lake from
Galilee. 27As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the
town who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes
and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves. 28When
he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted,
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don’t
punish me!” 29He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit
to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a
prisoner, his hands and feet fastened with chains, he would break the chains
and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30 Jesus asked him, “What is your
name?”
“My name is ‘Mob’, “ he answered—because
many demons had gone into him. 31The demons begged Jesus not to send
them into the abyss.h
32 There was a large herd of pigs
near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into
the pigs, and he let them. 33They went out of the man and into the
pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
34 The men who had been taking care
of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town
and among the farms. 35People went out to see what had happened, and
when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out
sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all
afraid. 36Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been
cured. 37Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go
away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left. 38The
man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, “Let me go with you.”
But Jesus sent him away, saying, 39“Go
back home and tell what God has done for you.”
The man went through the town, telling
what Jesus had done for him.
Think
I'm going to ignore the pigs for now.
I really don't know why Jesus cast the demons into pigs. But I notice two things - someone who was
degraded by his bondage to demons was quickly cured.
The people were terribly afraid of Jesus - he healed someone but they lost
their pigs. What were their priorities?
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