WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.859 through to chapter 5 verse 20. Two amazing, extraordinary things happen in these events. 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:09.679 Thanks Jeff. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:19.440 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, let us go over to the other side. 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:24.719 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:32.539 There were also other boats with him. A furious school came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:40.200 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, teacher, don't you care if you drown? 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:49.799 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, quiet, be still. And then the wind died down, and it was completely calm. 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:56.140 He said to his disciples, why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith? 00:00:57.299 --> 00:01:02.119 They were terrified, and asked each other, who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him. 00:01:03.459 --> 00:01:08.019 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:12.659 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:19.079 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:26.140 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons off his feet. 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:35.519 No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.599 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:42.920 He shouted at the top of his voice, 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.140 What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.700 Swear to God that you won't torture me. 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:52.040 For Jesus had said to him, 00:01:52.820 --> 00:01:55.219 Come out of this man, you evil spirit. 00:01:55.859 --> 00:01:57.060 And then Jesus asked him, 00:01:57.420 --> 00:01:58.240 What is your name? 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:00.640 My name is Legion, he replied, 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:01.920 for we are many. 00:02:02.460 --> 00:02:06.480 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area. 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.439 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:12.480 The demons begged Jesus, 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.000 Send us among the pigs, allow us to go into them. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:19.159 He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. 00:02:20.420 --> 00:02:25.580 The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.699 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and the countryside, 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:33.240 and the people went out to see what had happened. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:39.420 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, 00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:43.980 dressed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 00:02:44.820 --> 00:02:48.240 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, 00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:50.160 and told about the pigs as well. 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:53.760 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region. 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:56.340 As Jesus was getting into the boat, 00:02:56.920 --> 00:02:59.500 the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 00:03:00.540 --> 00:03:02.040 Jesus did not let him, but said, 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:03.160 Go home to your family. 00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:05.520 And tell them how much the Lord has done for you, 00:03:05.700 --> 00:03:07.219 and how he has had mercy on you. 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:11.719 So the man went away, and began to tell in the Decapolis, 00:03:11.820 --> 00:03:13.240 how much Jesus had done for him. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:14.740 And all the people were amazed. 00:03:19.820 --> 00:03:21.020 Thanks very much, Jez. 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.400 Well, please keep your Bibles open. 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:41.480 And there's sheets there if anybody likes to take notes. 00:03:43.060 --> 00:03:43.840 There's a pen. 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:45.780 Kirstie's there, handing them out at the front. 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:47.540 Just put your hand up if you'd like one. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:51.000 Keep your Bibles open at Mark. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.659 Chapter 4, these two amazing stories. 00:03:54.659 --> 00:04:00.139 And we're going to look at them together. 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.680 One of the reasons why we're looking at Mark's Gospel together 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:10.240 is to prepare us as, in the new year in January, 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:14.860 we're going to be looking at Christianity Explored. 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:20.300 It's a study to help people understand who Jesus is. 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:24.139 So we'll just be looking at that in the new year. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:31.379 So let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at this together. 00:04:35.419 --> 00:04:39.259 Our Father, we thank you for your word for the Bible. 00:04:39.500 --> 00:04:44.339 We thank you for these amazing events that are recorded for us, 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.779 to teach us and to show us who Jesus is. 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:52.959 We pray that we will see clearly who he is and what he has come to do. 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:56.959 That we would welcome him and accept him. 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:00.719 And we ask, above all, that you would change us 00:05:00.719 --> 00:05:03.379 by your power 00:05:03.379 --> 00:05:07.439 to be more like himself, 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:09.159 more like the Lord Jesus. 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.500 We pray for your spirit to be at work amongst us all. 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:14.399 In Jesus' name. 00:05:15.219 --> 00:05:15.599 Amen. 00:05:18.039 --> 00:05:21.399 Well, Mark begins his Gospel, if you remember, 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.439 like this in chapter 1, verse 1. 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:29.459 The beginning of the Gospel about Jesus Christ, 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:31.019 the Son of God. 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:37.239 It's what we call Jesus Christ. 00:05:37.679 --> 00:05:39.919 So as we read through the book of God, 00:05:40.679 --> 00:05:42.719 it's a little bit like a sub-temporary, 00:05:42.859 --> 00:05:44.039 or a biologist, 00:05:45.039 --> 00:05:46.399 who Jesus is, 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:48.959 and what things are going to be. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.019 He sees that we've come across. 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:54.000 As Jesus meets people, 00:05:54.359 --> 00:05:55.979 as he begins to talk to people, 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:57.879 and he interacts with people, 00:05:58.459 --> 00:06:01.439 he sees another piece of the picture, 00:06:01.919 --> 00:06:03.779 which gives us a glimpse into the heart, 00:06:04.159 --> 00:06:05.279 and the blood of Jesus. 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:09.120 And the picture that we've been doing so far 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.000 is that Jesus is God's face, 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:15.459 which is in three power and power to be. 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:17.779 He is coming to the world 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:20.839 and he comes to the border of the cross, 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:23.019 and he comes to the world, 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:24.919 and through his words, 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:26.579 in his spoken voice, 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:29.620 he is coming to the storm in me 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:31.120 what has been broken. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.500 And in the next few incredible things, 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:35.579 he comes to the world. 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:38.879 It's all subject to the creation. 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:41.139 And he sees, 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:44.500 he was expected by the same people of the world, 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:46.459 and he tells us, 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:47.860 he is the spirit. 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:50.120 He is the spirit, 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.100 and he tells us what Jesus does. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:57.879 And of course, 00:06:57.959 --> 00:06:59.019 the whole purpose of this 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.680 is not just to give you information 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:01.560 for money, 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:04.600 but it can help us to engage 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.240 in the real universe 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:07.220 that we have come to, 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:09.459 confront us as we are, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:11.500 to our human beings. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:14.759 So let's look at the same 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:16.279 in the first place. 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:16.300 First, 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:16.879 we see, 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:17.819 we see something 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:18.639 of the same one. 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:22.379 I don't know if we've ever seen 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:23.339 in the school. 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:26.180 It's a very unique, 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:29.120 terrified experience. 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:31.579 We've all our hundred and many, 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:33.180 not going to be the same. 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:36.420 But we all are hundred and many, 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:37.300 and we have probably 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:38.600 from the right place, 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:40.259 from the right place, 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:42.279 in Central America, 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:44.039 to a mutual island of the trust. 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:46.079 And we all are thankful 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:47.500 to the next few hours, 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:49.439 because there's eight hours, 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:51.240 which is four million, 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:52.019 and we have to meet. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.000 Because we get it, 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:54.579 like we've seen 00:07:54.579 --> 00:07:55.539 the breakfast store, 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:57.019 and we've seen 00:07:57.019 --> 00:07:58.199 the civil war show, 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.699 we explain our lives 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.379 to the time, 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:01.459 and we are hanging on 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:02.219 to the real life 00:08:02.219 --> 00:08:03.620 under the territory. 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:05.120 We saw this 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.379 in the way to God, 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:07.439 in the midst of it. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:12.040 the real life 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:12.620 and the things 00:08:12.620 --> 00:08:13.120 of the land 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:14.920 of the fear, 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:15.660 of noogi, 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:16.939 of no Flint 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:17.620 and the tenths, 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:18.439 of an instant. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:21.259 And we have seen 00:08:21.259 --> 00:08:22.240 the future 00:08:23.659 --> 00:08:24.139 before the future 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:24.439 and in life 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:24.959 and the little thing 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:25.459 in life 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:26.319 that we are 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:28.220 watching that. 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:30.240 I've seen the earthly 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:36.379 When the לא� commencer, 00:08:36.379 --> 00:09:06.360 Thank you. 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:36.360 Thank you. 00:09:36.379 --> 00:10:06.360 Thank you. 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00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:14.439 Do you still have your faith? 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:22.820 Because the disciples have really found the reality that God is in the boat. 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:31.039 Because if we know the true identity of Jesus, 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:35.460 then here is the spell from all of us. 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:40.799 If Jesus is in control of the universe, 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:43.259 if he is with it all into his history, 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.139 if he controls the sun, 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.679 if he controls the moon, 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:48.139 the light, the light, the light, 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.820 and the light, 00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.639 if he is here, 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:53.039 if he controls every detail that happens in our universe, 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:55.120 why do we hear? 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.840 Why are we afraid? 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:56.899 Why are we afraid? 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:57.600 Why are we afraid? 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.700 What happens when we face our face? 00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:06.580 We are afraid. 00:16:07.540 --> 00:16:12.900 We worry, don't we? 00:16:13.400 --> 00:16:15.840 When we don't have faith in this awesome God, 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:16.500 we worry. 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:18.320 We get stressed, 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.720 and we get anxious. 00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:21.180 We get overwhelmed. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.320 We get concerned about, 00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.440 am I going to have a job? 00:16:23.660 --> 00:16:24.879 Am I not going to have a job? 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:26.180 What about my children? 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.480 Am I going to get sick? 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.440 Am I going to get well? 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.640 What's going to happen in two weeks' time? 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:32.280 What's going to happen in three years' time? 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.660 Am I going to have a tension? 00:16:34.020 --> 00:16:35.560 Am I worried, worried, worried? 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.520 And we panic, 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.980 and we make ourselves sick, 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.480 and we make ourselves unwell. 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.520 That's what worry does. 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.020 We have no faith, 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.920 so we worry. 00:16:45.760 --> 00:16:46.680 We get anxious. 00:16:49.880 --> 00:16:51.560 Maybe the other response is this. 00:16:51.640 --> 00:16:52.260 We control. 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:55.379 We try and change our circumstances. 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:58.500 We try to control situations. 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.879 We begin to manipulate people. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.779 We try to get them to do things 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:04.160 the way we want them to do it. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:06.819 We try to change people 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:08.819 to bring some kind of order 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.920 into our lives. 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.940 And we're getting frustrated 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:14.339 and annoyed and angry. 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.799 We're getting frustrated. 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.379 We're getting frustrated. 00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:16.959 We're getting frustrated. 00:17:16.959 --> 00:17:19.740 You see, if you are a warrior, 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.859 if we are controllers, 00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.579 perhaps it's because 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:28.859 we're living in fear 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:31.839 instead of living in faith 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.039 in Jesus, who is God, 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.759 who controls the universe 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.699 and controls your life. 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:43.019 And those who do have faith in Jesus 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:45.200 are not immune to sickness 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:47.180 or tragedy or disaster. 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.440 The storms will come, 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.700 and he promised us 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.359 they will come. 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:53.059 We're not immune to suffering. 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.879 But what we do know 00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.579 from this story 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:59.099 is that Jesus is present with us 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:01.079 in every storm of life 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:02.059 that we go through. 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.079 And he is the God 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.619 who's in control of the universe. 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.819 You might otherwise understand why, 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.440 but he is there 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.579 and he's in control. 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.960 So why? 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:16.180 We still have no fear. 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.660 Why do we get so afraid? 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:23.160 Suffer the God 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.000 who is in control 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.579 of the universe. 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.599 That's scene one. 00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.359 Scene two. 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.200 What Jesus does. 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:37.279 We leave one storm 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.019 and we enter into another storm. 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:42.299 The violence that was present 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.259 out on the lake 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.660 is now present 00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:47.240 inside a man. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.819 Look at verse two. 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.899 When Jesus got out of the boat, 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:53.420 a man with an evil spirit 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:55.039 came from the tomb 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.319 to meet him. 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.799 This man lived in the tomb. 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:00.420 This was at a graveyard 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.580 out on the hill 00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:04.420 and no one could bind him anymore, 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.800 not even with a chain. 00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:07.680 For he had often been changed 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.500 hands and foot, 00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:10.519 but he tore the chains apart 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:12.360 and he broke irons on his feet. 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.700 No one was strong enough 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.920 to subdue him. 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.960 The word there to subdue 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:19.500 is one that describes 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.360 trying to tame 00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.420 a wild animal. 00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:23.640 That's what he was like, 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.460 a madman, 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.580 out of control 00:19:25.580 --> 00:19:27.140 and nobody could tame him. 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.039 Not only is he a problem 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:31.400 to the local community 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.800 and to his family, 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.820 he's actually a danger 00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.700 to himself. 00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.700 Look at first time. 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.440 Night and day 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.440 among the tombs 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.220 and in the hills 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.680 he would cry out 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.660 and get stones 00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.759 and cut himself 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.539 with the stones. 00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:49.000 In his anguish 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.160 he begins to self-harm. 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.580 It's a way of communicating 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:57.340 emotional distress. 00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.960 I just read up a little bit 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.360 about self-harm 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.740 and this is what it says. 00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:06.360 It's a way of communicating. 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.900 It says, 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:09.060 the body becomes 00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:11.480 like a public notice board 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.259 where the scars 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.960 and the wounds 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.759 on the body 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.300 reflect the pain 00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:17.660 or the distress 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.820 the person is feeling 00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.840 that they can't 00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.960 verbally communicate. 00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.920 And this is what 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.040 this man is doing. 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:28.759 His life is a living hell 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:30.380 and the only comfort 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.060 that he's got 00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:32.340 are these roaming pigs. 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.040 He's lonely 00:20:34.040 --> 00:20:35.060 and he's tortured 00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:36.540 and he's been shut out 00:20:36.540 --> 00:20:37.340 of society. 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:39.500 His home is a graveyard. 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:41.199 That's where he lives. 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.859 Left to die 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:44.119 a miserable death. 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.000 It's a desperate picture 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.879 of mankind 00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:49.279 at his worst. 00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:51.240 Broken and ruined 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.500 with chaos 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.379 and disorder 00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:54.459 ruling his life. 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.699 And yet he is powerful. 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.659 He's powerful 00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.799 to break chains 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.419 and ropes 00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:01.199 that people try 00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:02.079 to bind him with. 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:04.179 but he's powerless 00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:05.720 to change 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.539 his own life. 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.460 And no matter 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.139 what people 00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:11.099 try to do 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.740 they can do 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.919 nothing for him. 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.199 It's not hard 00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:18.359 for us to imagine 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:20.519 people's lives 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.519 in such a mess. 00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.240 Demon possession 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.359 is not so common 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.220 in our culture. 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.519 It's common 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.579 in many cultures. 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:30.939 but within our culture 00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:32.139 people still live 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:33.519 with terrible darkness 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.819 and disorder 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.679 in their life. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.059 Lives are broken 00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.759 and shattered 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.099 by the choices 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:41.240 that they have made 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:43.039 and because of the actions 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.419 done to other people. 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.099 And as a result of it 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:49.000 addictive patterns form 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:51.420 and abusive relationships 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.980 begin 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:54.200 and lonely 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:55.220 and tortured 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:56.779 people begin 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.559 to respond 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.440 with things like 00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.420 self-harm 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.700 or worse 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.619 suicide 00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:03.460 and it reflects 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.380 the deep pain 00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.200 and the distress 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.259 that people are in 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.480 and you'll find 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.559 stories like this 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.700 all over Cork 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:11.900 and all over Ireland. 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.680 Ireland has one 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.960 of the highest rates 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.019 of suicide 00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.980 in Europe 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.500 amongst young people. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:22.240 And self-harm 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.839 is becoming 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.720 more and more 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.579 regular 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.880 with young people 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:27.000 who are in distress 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.839 and don't know 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.599 how to say 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.400 how they're feeling 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.359 and what they're thinking 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.160 in their lives. 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.960 People's lives 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.880 are in darkness 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:37.319 and disorder. 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.240 And like the disciples 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.259 in the storm 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.519 and this man 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.680 with an inner storm 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.880 inside his life 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.039 were powerless 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.480 powerless 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.920 to change 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.980 what's going on. 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.079 That is 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.620 until 00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.839 he meets 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.400 Jesus. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.500 Verse 6 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:58.259 When he saw 00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.539 Jesus from a distance 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.599 he ran 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.339 and he fell 00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.059 on his knees 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.839 in front of him 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.460 and he shouted 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.039 at the top 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.559 of his voice 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.019 what do you want 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.839 with me Jesus 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.079 son of the 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.279 most high God? 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:13.240 ironically 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.259 the disciples 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.000 who spent 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.160 all their time 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.240 with Jesus 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:19.099 and seen 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.920 him cast out 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.720 many demons 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.960 seen him 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.000 healing the sick 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.039 they're still 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.180 asking the question 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.379 who is this? 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.039 But Jesus 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:31.279 comes to this man 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:33.019 and with the 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.980 demons in him 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:36.339 they recognise 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.240 who he is 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.980 and he cries 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.259 out 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.679 Jesus 00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:41.220 son of the 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.000 most high 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.779 God 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.299 this is 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.259 the supreme 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.879 power 00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.980 and authority 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.619 the one who 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.579 controls the 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.500 entire universe 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.159 and he comes 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.959 and he falls 00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.679 down on his 00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.359 knees before 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.819 Jesus 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.899 in complete 00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.480 submission 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.799 and he cries 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.599 out in mercy 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.139 to him 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.740 look at the 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.659 rest of verse 7 00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:01.079 swear to God 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.359 or by God 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.339 because you are 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.779 God 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.139 don't torture 00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.480 me 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:07.160 don't ruin 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.599 me 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:10.759 in Jesus 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.839 he knows 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.279 that he 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.059 holds this 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.599 power 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:16.220 power to 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.000 break his 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.379 life 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:19.420 or power 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.119 to perhaps 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.940 change 00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:22.039 his life 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:24.639 and as the 00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.720 story unfolds 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.220 we get to 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.420 see what 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.399 Jesus does 00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:30.160 Jesus 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.359 is God 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.319 who 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.200 transforms 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.779 broken 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.400 lives 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.200 the same 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.960 power that 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.319 Jesus 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.160 shows over 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.759 nature 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.819 he now 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.600 shows over 00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.819 an individual's 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.120 life 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:44.220 because he's 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.660 come to 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.759 transform people 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.680 where we are 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.539 powerless and 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.019 helpless 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.180 the good news 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.660 of Jesus 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.640 breaks through 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.299 and we have 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.700 the most 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.600 extraordinary 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.200 scene 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.039 here as 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.900 Jesus commands 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.460 the demons 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.940 out of the 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.120 man 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.460 look at 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.080 verse 11 00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:59.819 a large 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.319 herd of 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.840 pigs were 00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.480 feeding on 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.000 the nearby 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.840 hillside 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:04.119 and the 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.480 demons 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.819 begged 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.259 Jesus 00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.339 send us 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.759 among the 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.079 pigs 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.879 let us 00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.339 go into 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.659 them 00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:12.019 he gives 00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.399 them 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.039 permission 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.980 and the 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.759 evil spirits 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.319 came out 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.779 and went 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.240 into the 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.579 pigs 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.899 the herd 00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.240 about 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.220 2000 in 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.500 number 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.159 rushed down 00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.619 the steep 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:21.980 bank 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.879 and into 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.359 the lake 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.059 and were 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.480 drowned 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:26.880 and 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.339 now most 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:27.620 of us 00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:27.799 get 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.180 troubled 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.640 with this 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.019 section 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.319 of the 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.640 story 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.880 don't 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.099 we 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:32.279 the poor 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.759 pigs 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.360 the animal 00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.740 rights 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.160 activists 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.579 are up 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.160 in arms 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.460 those cute 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.079 little pink 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.500 animals 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.900 with their 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.620 curly tails 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.220 and floppy 00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.620 ears 00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:43.960 Jesus has 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.460 just killed 00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.960 these poor 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.720 little pigs 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.620 the local 00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.740 economist is 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.380 joining in 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.740 as well 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.319 because each 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.620 of those 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:50.900 pigs 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.759 represented a 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.200 few months 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.720 wages 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.640 and now 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.039 they've all 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.519 gone like 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.160 lemmings over 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.500 the edge 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.720 of the 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.039 cliff 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.059 clearly 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.460 pigs 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.799 don't 00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:01.059 what's 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.799 going on 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:03.900 well if 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.559 we try to 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.180 figure out 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.960 what happened 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.379 to the poor 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.799 pigs 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.400 it's to 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.879 completely 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.460 lose the 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.980 focus of 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.599 the story 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:12.160 because to 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.700 Jesus 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.220 the rescue 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.339 and restoration 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.680 of one 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.559 single 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.319 person 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.680 is far 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.599 more valuable 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.400 than the 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.740 lost 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.740 of huge 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.180 wealth 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:25.140 the story 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.539 is not 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.120 interested 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.500 in the 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.880 pigs 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:28.140 the story 00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.599 is about 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.140 Jesus 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.819 who is 00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.279 interested 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.160 in people 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.680 in his 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.120 mercy 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.680 and in his 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.000 grace 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.680 Jesus has 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.299 gone out 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.579 of his 00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:35.960 way 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.039 to go 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.559 where 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.059 everybody 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.440 else 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.099 runs away 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.559 from 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:41.819 this man 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.359 is living 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.799 he's a 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.319 gentile 00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.880 he's 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.680 unclean 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.180 nobody 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.720 wants to 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.120 be near 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.359 him 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.839 he's 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.259 living in 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.460 an 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.019 unclean 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.400 area 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.620 the 00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.120 graveyard 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.640 he's 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.839 with 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.380 unclean 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.759 animals 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.279 the pigs 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.960 everybody 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.399 runs 00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.660 away 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:52.920 from 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.039 him 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.339 he's 00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.619 mad 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.879 he's 00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.339 crazy 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.099 but 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.440 Jesus 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:55.839 in his 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.139 mercy 00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.480 and his 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.740 grace 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.579 goes out 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.859 of his 00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.079 way 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.619 deliberately 00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.619 to meet 00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.879 this 00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.180 man 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:03.220 he has 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.839 come to 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.359 redeem 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.799 us 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.240 and to 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.680 welcome 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.299 us back 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.799 into his 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.200 family 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.599 and to 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.119 restore 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.660 us 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.399 verse 00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:10.980 14 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.099 stars 00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.380 in 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.559 those 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.980 tending 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.000 ones 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.599 those 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.000 tending 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.160 the pigs 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.180 ran off and 00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.579 reported 00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.000 this to 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.460 the town 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.740 and the 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.240 countryside 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.500 and the 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.039 people went 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.460 out to 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.920 see what 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.079 had 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.420 happened 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.360 and when 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.880 they came 00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.059 to 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.460 Jesus 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.500 they saw 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.039 the man 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.400 who had 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.579 been 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.059 possessed 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.819 by the 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.240 legion 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.900 of demons 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.640 sitting 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.059 there 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:28.039 dressed 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.099 and in 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.360 his 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.799 right 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.759 mind 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:38.660 for me this is one of the most beautiful pictures 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:41.799 of the whole of Mark's gospel 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:46.160 picture that man in verses 2 and 3 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.599 broken 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.420 cutting himself with stones 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:55.680 and now restored 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:58.299 sitting with Jesus 00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:01.139 and in his right mind 00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:04.419 once naked going mad 00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:06.680 now closed 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:11.639 because being clothed by another 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:14.500 was a sign of adoption 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:18.460 and Jesus is doing that for this man 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.859 he's making him clean 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.519 he's adopting him 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.919 he's welcoming into Jesus' family 00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:26.700 because he's come to transform 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:29.259 broken lives and fix them up 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:37.860 we've got to ask ourselves the question 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:40.200 do we accept 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:43.279 or do we reject this Jesus? 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:48.920 knowing what Jesus does in people's lives 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.940 demands a response 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.740 from each one of us 00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.240 verse 15 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.079 let's read that again 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:58.299 when they came to Jesus 00:28:58.299 --> 00:29:00.660 they saw this man who had been possessed 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.440 by the legion of demons 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.759 sitting there 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.079 dressed 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:07.259 and in his right mind 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:10.440 and they were afraid 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:14.240 they're not unlike the disciples 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.960 it seems they're more afraid of Jesus 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:20.620 now than they were afraid of the demon possessed man 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:22.359 why are they afraid of Jesus? 00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:26.099 how do they deal with this Jesus? 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.739 well look at verse 17 00:29:27.739 --> 00:29:30.500 then the people began to plead with Jesus 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.479 to leave the region 00:29:31.479 --> 00:29:32.779 go away Jesus 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.119 we don't want you here 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:38.039 we would think that they would want him to stay 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.759 and to transform other people 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:42.939 and to bring his miracles into the lives of other people 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:44.399 but the reality is 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:47.139 they're more interested in property than people 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:49.460 they don't know what Jesus is going to do 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:51.480 or how he's going to upset their lives 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:53.900 their own material wealth 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.520 is of more value 00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:57.740 than the rescue and restoration 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.600 of their own lives 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:04.860 and we need to ask 00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:06.920 are we people who accept this Jesus 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.320 are we with him 00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:10.620 in the kind of ministry that he's doing 00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:12.800 or do I just put my hand out to him 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.160 and say 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.220 no thanks 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.460 stay away 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:20.319 and the sign of those who have accepted Jesus 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:23.600 are people who are going to be willing 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:25.380 to release their finances 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:27.539 and all of their resources 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:30.019 to see the gospel spread 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:32.380 to go and see it transform lives 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:36.259 despite the impact it's going to have on your own life 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.860 unlike the men here 00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:39.740 they didn't want Jesus 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.660 because it was going to cost them too much 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:47.080 if we reject Jesus 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:49.940 we will be tight-fisted 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:53.800 we will be caring more for our own livelihood today 00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:57.759 than the eternal destiny of others 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:05.779 these two scenes 00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:08.680 the raging storm 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.839 a violent graveyard 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.700 they give us a picture 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.700 a wonderful picture 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.920 of who Jesus is 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.900 and what Jesus does 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:20.019 but you know what 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.519 they also point forward 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.039 to the greatest scene 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.440 the big picture 00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.920 of Mark's gospel 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.759 where it will all end 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.400 Jesus' death 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.600 on the cross 00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:32.880 both of these scenes 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.019 are a little picture 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.759 of what the cross 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.620 talks about 00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:38.720 because at the cross 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.500 Jesus would enter into 00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.380 the ultimate storm 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:44.920 he would go into the storm 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.759 but this time 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.740 he would go alone 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:50.080 and on our behalf 00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.560 he was going to face 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.380 the storm 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.840 of God's wrath 00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:55.380 and God's judgment 00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.680 for our sin 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.860 and he would satisfy 00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.640 that wrath 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:01.020 on our behalf 00:32:01.020 --> 00:32:02.200 and he would bring 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.940 for all those 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.740 who would trust him 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:05.480 a calmness 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.320 into our lives 00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:08.140 he would still 00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.940 that storm 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.680 in our lives 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:11.600 and he would take away 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.900 the fear of death 00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.200 so that we can live 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.720 our life 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.700 calm 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:18.020 and at peace 00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:19.860 because Jesus 00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:21.059 took on the storm 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.539 that we could never 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.159 take on 00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:25.939 but not only that 00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.919 Jesus would enter 00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:28.519 a more violent grave 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.839 than the graveyard 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.679 we read about 00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.639 in chapter 5 00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:33.279 and he would go 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.219 to that grave 00:32:34.219 --> 00:32:35.279 alone 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:37.539 and he would experience 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.619 not only death 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:40.500 but he would experience 00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.299 hell itself 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.219 so that we don't 00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.699 have to 00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:46.199 he would experience 00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:46.879 evil 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:49.820 in its worst sense 00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:54.140 but three days later 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:55.100 he would rise 00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.880 from the grave 00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:57.140 he would defeat death 00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.140 he would defeat 00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.260 the powers of evil 00:32:59.260 --> 00:33:01.460 and for all those 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.540 who would accept him 00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:04.800 he would close 00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.100 with his righteousness 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.560 and he would adopt 00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.460 and bring us 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.420 into his family 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:14.180 the power 00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.780 and the grace 00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.440 of Jesus 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:18.860 is so extraordinary 00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.700 that if we would 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.640 just come to him 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.420 helpless 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:24.299 and powerless 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.740 and that's what 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.320 we get with 00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.160 every person 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.200 that Jesus meets 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.880 who he heals 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.660 and restores 00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.960 they all come 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.380 saying 00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.259 helpless 00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.420 powerless 00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:36.299 and he will change 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.259 and he will forgive 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.900 and he will renew 00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:42.539 we might come to him 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.299 like the rude 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.860 disciples in the boat 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.519 who shout 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.099 who shout at Jesus 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.399 don't you care 00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.099 if we drown 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:51.740 but Jesus responds 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.500 in grace 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.119 and mercy 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:55.559 or we might 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.519 come like the man 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.719 with the evil spirit 00:33:57.719 --> 00:34:00.419 who fell on his knees 00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.379 and in submission 00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.279 cries out 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.839 don't harm me 00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:09.000 in these stories 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.840 we meet a Jesus 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.779 who goes out 00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.460 of his way 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.539 and he has gone 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.460 out of his way 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.219 from heaven 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.259 to earth 00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.500 to meet us 00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:19.000 to meet this world 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:21.380 to speak his word 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.179 of salvation 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:24.099 into our lives 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:26.759 and so we are called 00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.659 as his people 00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:29.719 to go out of our way 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:32.739 to go and show 00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.779 people who Jesus 00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.139 is 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.980 to go and show 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.980 people what Jesus 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.519 does 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:39.019 to show the amazing 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.059 transformation 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.719 he can bring 00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:43.659 our hope 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:45.659 is in Christ 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.459 and in him 00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:48.379 alone 00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:50.459 let's pray 00:34:50.460 --> 00:35:06.539 when they came 00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.139 to Jesus 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.380 they saw the man 00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.360 who had been possessed 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.320 by the legion 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.000 of demons 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.240 sitting there 00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.740 dressed 00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:15.679 and in his 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.460 right mind 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.800 our father 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.440 we long 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.760 that by your power 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:24.280 you would reach 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.119 into the lives 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.619 of those 00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.340 who are broken 00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:28.619 who do not yet 00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.159 know you 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:31.460 and we pray 00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.980 that you would 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.000 transform them 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:35.079 that people 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.559 would come 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.220 before you 00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.780 and submit 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.200 to you 00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:38.039 and cry out 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.059 helpless 00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.880 and powerless 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.599 wanting you 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.420 to change them 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:44.960 please do your work 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.179 in their lives 00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:48.599 and in our lives 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:50.480 in Jesus name 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.819 Amen 00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:53.460 what you 00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.640 like 00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:57.100 or 00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:58.420 to say 00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.320 like 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.820 holding me 00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.200 perhaps 00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.960 the 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.120 that 00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:04.000 procedures