Don`t Let The Devil Ride -If You Let Him Ride He Will Want To Drive

Mark 5:1-10 (GW) They arrived in the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

[2] As Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out of the tombs and met him. The man was controlled by

an evil spirit

[3] and lived among the tombs. No one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.

[4] He had often been chained hand and foot. However, he snapped the chains off his hands and broke the

chains from his feet. No one could control him.

[5] Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with

stones.

[6] The man saw Jesus at a distance. So he ran {to Jesus}, bowed down in front of him,

[7] and shouted, "Why are you bothering me now, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that

you won't torture me."

[8] He shouted this because Jesus said, "You evil spirit, come out of the man."

[9] Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"He told Jesus, "My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us."

[10] He begged Jesus not to send them out of the territory.

WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

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DON`T LET THE DEVIL RIDE -IF YOU LET HIM RIDE HE WILL WANT TO DRIVE

-SO DON`T LET HIM RIDE

OUR BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE WILL BE TAKEN

FROM THE 4TH CHAPTER OF MARK-VERSES 35-41

AND THE RECORD REVEALS THAT

AFTER A LONG DAY OF TEACHING THE MULITITUDE AND

THE EVENING HAD COME

JESUS SAID UNTO HIS DICIPLES

LET US PASSOVER TO THE OTHER SIDE

MARK REVEALS TO US IN THE 4TH CHAPTER

THAT AFTER SENDING THE MULTIDUDE AWAY JESUS AND HIS DICIPLES ENTERED INTO A SHIP TO

GO TO THE OTHER SIDE

AND AS THEY WE`RE GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE A TERRIBLE STORM AROSE

AND JESUS WAS ASLEEP IN THE HINDER PART OF THE SHIP

AND THE DICIPLES BECAME FRANTIC AND AWOKE JESUS

AND SAID DO YOU NOT CARE THAT WE PERISH

THER RECORD REVEALS THAT

JESUS AROSE AND WENT WERE THE STORM WAS AND REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID UNTO

THE SEA (PEACE BE STILL)

AND THIS IS WHERE OUR TEXT WILL BEGIN

(BUT DON`T FORGET ABOUT THE STORM)

AND WHEN JESUS AND HIS DICIPLES ARRIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE

THEY ARRIVED AT THE COAST

MARK SAYS IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GADERENES

AND WHEN JESUS ARRIVED HE DISCOVERER A MAN WHO WAS DEMON POSSESS

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE GOSPEL OF MARK AND LUKE TEACHES US ABOUT 1 MAN

BUT WHEN YOU READ THE ACCOUNT ACORDING TO MATTHEW

MATTHEW TEACHES US ABOUT 2 MENS

AND IT`S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOSPELS ARE NOT IN DISHARMONY

FOR THERE WERE 2 MENS

BUT MARK AND LUKE ONLY WRITES ABOUT THE ONE WHO WAS THE MOST VIOLENT OF THE 2

AND WITHOUT JESUS SAYING A WORD THERE WAS A VOICE FROM A MAN WHO WAS DEMON POSSEDED

WHO CRYED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE AND SAID JESUS WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE SON OF

THE MOST HIGH GOD

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US TODAY WE WILL EXAMINE 3 COURSES

THE COURSE OF SATAN

THE COURSE OF SOCIETY

AND THE COURSE OF A SAVIOUR

VERY BRIEFLY LETS EXAMINE THE COURSE OF A SATAN

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

WE LIVE IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE

A LOT OF FOLKS WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT THE DEVIL IS NOT REAL

BUT I STOP BY TO TELL YOU THAT SATAN IS REAL

FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS IMPS AND WIMPS WILL TEAR UP YOUR MARRIAGE

THEY WILL EVEN DIVIDE YOUR COMMUNTIES

AND IF YOU LET THEM THEY WILL EVEN TRY TO TEAR UP THE CHURCH

THE DEVIL AND HIS IMPS AND WIMPS ARE REAL

AND ALL THEY WANT FROM US IS A LITTLE COOPERATION

AND IT`S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT

THAT THE DEVIL CAN`T DO ANYTHING UNLESS

WE GIVE HIM SOME COOPERATION

James 4:7 So place yourselves under God's authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

BECAUSE THE DEVIL NEEDS A BODY TO WORK IN AND WORK THRU

SO HIS AIM IS TO GET IN OUR MINDS AND DO HIS DIRTY WORK HIS DIRTY WORK THROUGH US

FOR THE DEVIL DON`T HAVE A CAR OR NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

HE`S A HITCHHIKER

THERES A SONG THE LATE ELDER GUY RICHARD USE TO SING

DON`T LET THE DEVIL RIDE -IF YOU LET HIM RIDE HE WILL WANT TO DRIVE -SO DON`T LET HIM RIDE

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT YOU CAN`T GIVE THE DEVIL