Deamon possessed pigs

Mark 5




The Healing of a Demon-possessed Man


1They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain. 4For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" 8For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
"My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many." 10And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." 13He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.


I can't take credit for this one. I am just sharing something that touched me this morning at Bible Study. This one is thanks to Nathaniel...

I have read this story in the Bible many times but didn't really get the meaning of the message being portrayed. I was asked to think of the deamon-possessed man and myself and how I am without Christ.
This man was lonely, harmed himself, hopeless and deamons controled him. When we are without Christ we are controled by sin, we have no hope, we can't find anything to fill that void in our hearts, and we often intintionally harm ourselves with our actions.
This man saw Jesus and ran to Him, falling on his knees in worship. This is what we should do daily-run to Jesus. Jesus allowed the deamons to be cast into pigs. Then Jesus was getting back on His boat and the deamon-possessed man wanted to go with Him and spend more time with Him. For myself personally, I have found it hard to have that kind of worshipful attitude about Christ. I have also found out though that the more time I spend with Him and in the Word the more I want to spend time with Him. The more He consumes my thoughts. It's like the saying "you become who you spend time with." The more time I spend with Him the more I become like Him.
Jesus told the man to, instead of going with Him, go and share with everyone what He had done. Chris calls us to share what He has done for us with others. Here is yet another place that I stumble. I fail to share what God is doing in my life for fear of what other people think. I am working on this but still sumble alot.

So that's what we talked about this morning and what was on my mind.