The Power of a Changed Life
Tim Melton
Mark 5:1-20
In Mark 5 we find a dramatic story from the life of Jesus. He and his disciples have just survived a life-threatening storm on the Sea of Galilee. At one point in their journey the storm had gotten so bad that even the professional fishermen amongst the disciples feared that they would die. Jesus had rebuked the wind and the sea and all had grown quiet and calm. Even His disciples, who had by this time seen a number of miracles, had been left in a state of fear and awe.
It is at this point that we begin the story found in Mark 5:1-20.
Immediately as Jesus and His disciples stepped out of the boat onto the shore they were confronted by a man who seemed to have lost his mind. The story tells us that this man lived amongst the tombs and had an unclean spirit. He was so strong that no one could bind him, not even with chains. No one could restrain him. Night and day he was continually screaming and shrieking and cutting himself with stones.
When this man saw Jesus he ran to Jesus and fell at his feet. Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Crying out to Jesus he said, ''What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.'' The man had many unclean spirits. Even though the spirits were evil they knew exactly who Jesus was and humbled themselves before His authority. In the end Jesus cast the unclean spirits out of the man and into a herd of pigs which then rushed down the bank into the sea and drowned. The herdsmen then fled to the city and told what had happened.
When the town's people came out to see they found the man, ''sitting there, clothed and in his right mind.'' The man's life had been dramatically changed in ways that no one could have ever imagined. As Jesus departed, the man begged to go with Jesus but Jesus did not permit him to go with them. But Jesus said to him, ''Go home to your friends and tell them how much the ...
Tim Melton
Mark 5:1-20
In Mark 5 we find a dramatic story from the life of Jesus. He and his disciples have just survived a life-threatening storm on the Sea of Galilee. At one point in their journey the storm had gotten so bad that even the professional fishermen amongst the disciples feared that they would die. Jesus had rebuked the wind and the sea and all had grown quiet and calm. Even His disciples, who had by this time seen a number of miracles, had been left in a state of fear and awe.
It is at this point that we begin the story found in Mark 5:1-20.
Immediately as Jesus and His disciples stepped out of the boat onto the shore they were confronted by a man who seemed to have lost his mind. The story tells us that this man lived amongst the tombs and had an unclean spirit. He was so strong that no one could bind him, not even with chains. No one could restrain him. Night and day he was continually screaming and shrieking and cutting himself with stones.
When this man saw Jesus he ran to Jesus and fell at his feet. Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Crying out to Jesus he said, ''What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.'' The man had many unclean spirits. Even though the spirits were evil they knew exactly who Jesus was and humbled themselves before His authority. In the end Jesus cast the unclean spirits out of the man and into a herd of pigs which then rushed down the bank into the sea and drowned. The herdsmen then fled to the city and told what had happened.
When the town's people came out to see they found the man, ''sitting there, clothed and in his right mind.'' The man's life had been dramatically changed in ways that no one could have ever imagined. As Jesus departed, the man begged to go with Jesus but Jesus did not permit him to go with them. But Jesus said to him, ''Go home to your friends and tell them how much the ...
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