Who's Your One?

Jesus Went After the Demon-Possessed Man

Sunday September 22, 2024 - Pastor Wungreiso Valui

Mark 5:1-20

Scripture & Key Theme: Jesus Sought Out The One Abandoned Mark 5:1-20

Key Verse: Mark 5:19-20 (NKJV)"Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you. And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and all marveled."

Mark 5:1. OTHER SIDE: Predominantly Gentile area on the eastern side.

Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. V1

GO: Go Home To Your Friends

- From isolation and uncleanness to wholeness and inclusion.

...There met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me." vs 2-7

TELL: Tell them what great things the Lord has done for you

- Freedom from oppression.

..."Come out of the man, unclean spirit! Then He asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many. Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains. So all the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the swine, that we may enter them. And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea... Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid... Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region Vs. 8-17.

OBEY: He departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him.

And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you. And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled. Vs18-20

Question: Are there areas in your life or in the lives of others where you feel beyond hope or help? How can you trust Jesus to bring healing and restoration, even to the most broken and hopeless situations?

Application: This week, reflect on an area in your life where you feel trapped, isolated, or hopeless. Surrender it to Jesus, trusting His power to bring deliverance and healing. Consider someone in your life who feels outcast or marginalized. Reach out to them with encouragement, reflecting the same compassion that Jesus showed to the demon-possessed man.