Last week, we looked at how a demon-possessed man was freed (Mark 5:1-20).
How was it possible that the demon-possessed man could be possessed by so many demons? InĀ Matthew 12:43-45,Ā Jesus points out that a person may be freed from one evil, but if not filled with something good and more powerful, the person can become possessed by even more evil. Sadly this can happen to us if we are not following and focused on God. But if we have Godās spirit in us, then no evil spirit can come and affect us.
In the end, the guy that was saved from being demon-possessed wanted to follow Jesus who saved him. But Jesus told the man to stay and tell the people of what Jesus had done for him (telling them the good news). I wonder how many of us are doing that? When God has saved us from our old destructive lives, are we sharing the goodness that is God to the people around us that we meet?
Summary by Eric