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
-
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
1 SECOND-FOR IF YOU GIVE HIM A SECOND -HE`LL WANT A MINUTE
-IF YOU GIVE HIM A MINUTE -HE`LL WANT AN HOUR
-IF YOU GIVE HIM AND HOUR
-HE`LL WANT A DAY
- GIVE HIM A DAY HE`LL WANT A WEEK
- GIVE HIM A WEEK HE`LL WANT A MONTH
-GIVE HIM A MONTH HE`LL WANT A YEAR
-GIVE HIM A YEAR HE`LL TRY TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE
-SO DON`T LET THE DEVIL RIDE
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AS WE EXAMINE THE TEXT BEFORE US
THE GOSPEL OF MARK REVEALS THAT THE DEVIL HITCH A RIDE WITH THE MAN IN THE TEXT
HE WAS ABLE TO HITCH A RIDE BECAUSE THE MAN BECAME WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH THE
DEVIL
AND WHEN SATAN HITCH A RIDE IN THE MAN LIFE SEVERAL THINGS STARTED TO HAPPEN
THE 1ST THING HAPPEN WAS THIS MAN BEGAN TO HURT HIMSELF
AND THE DEVIL HAD HIM BELIEVE THAT HE DID`NT HURT ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF
BUT YOU CAN`T HURT YOURSELF WITHOUT HURTING YOUR LOVE ONES AS WELL
AND I`M GLAD I GOT SOME MOTHERS SITTING IN THE A-MEN CORNER
WHO CAN TESTIFY THAT IT`S HARD ON A PARENT TO SIT BACK AND WATCH
THERE CHILD LIVE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE LIFE
AND OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD
BUT NOT ONLY WOULD THIS MAN CUT HIMSELF
BUT HE WOULD RUN OUT OF THE GRAVE YARD AND SCARE PEOPLE
HE WAS A TERROR TO HIMSELF AS WELL TO OTHERS
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THIS MAN WAS
UNCONTROLABLE---UNRESTRAIN AND UNTAMED
BECAUSE HE BEGAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE DEVIL
AND THIS MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IS WHAT SIN WILL DO
IT WILL KEEP YOU LONGER THAN YOU WANT TO BE KEPT
TAKE YOU WHERE YOU DON`T WANT TO GO
AND DO YOU BADDER THAN YOU WANT TO BE DID
AND LOT OF TIMES WE TRY TO PIN-POINT WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN
BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING
BECAUSE SATAN IS STILL IN THE HITCH HIKING BUSSINESS
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
HE`S STILL HITCHING RIDES TO THE LORDS HOUSE
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD`S HOUSE LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS BUT WON`T LIFT A HAND TO HELP NOBODY
-------YOU LETTING HIM RIDE
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD`S HOUSE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU LOVE THE LORD
BUT NEVER COME TO SUNDAY SCHOOL ---BIBLE STUDY---AND WHEN YOU DO COME YOU COME LATE AND
LEAVE EARLY -----------YOU LETTING HIM RIDE
WON`T COME TO PRAYER MEETING BUT WILL SHOW UP FOR A MESS MEETING---YOU LETTING HIM RIDE
COME TO GOD`S HOUSE RAISING $10`000 WORTH OF HELL THEN HAVE THE NERVE AN NADASITY TO ONLY PUT
A $1.00 IN THE COLLECTION PLATE -----YOU LETTING HIM RIDE
BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU IF YOU LET HIM RIDE HE WILL WANT TO DRIVE SO DON`T LET HIM RIDE
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BUT NOT ONLY DID THIS MAN CUT HIMSELF WITH STONES AND WAS A TERROR TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT HE SET UP RESIDENT IN THE GRAVE YARD
HE DID`NT LIVE IN A HOUSE SUCH AS YOU AND I
BUT HE LIVED IN A GRAVE YARD
WHEN HE LAID DOWN A TOMBSTONE WAS HIS PILLOW
FOR HE SET UP RESIDENT IN THE GRAVEYARD
AND A LOT OF FOLKS SAY I WOULD`NT LIVE IN A GRAVE YARD
BUT A LOT OF FOLKS GO TO THERE JOB CLOCK IN AND WORK IN A SPIRITUAL GRAVE YARD
GET OFF THERE JOB RIDE THRU THERE COMMUNITY AND RIDE THRU A SPIRITUAL GRAVEYARD
WHEN THEY GET HOME GO IN THERE HOUSE AND WHEN THEY CLOSE THE DOOR THEY ARE LIVING IN A SPIRITUAL
GRAVEYARD
JAMES 3:16 SAYS FOR WHERE THERE IS ENVY STRIFE THERE IS CONFUSION AND EVERY EVIL WORK
AND ANY WHERE THERE IS A EVIL WORK THERES A SPIRITUAL GRAVEYARDS
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WELL WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE COURSE OF SATAN
NOW LETS LOOK AT THE COURSE OF SOCIETY
IN THE TEXT WE SEE THAT SOCIETY TRIED TO ISOLATE THIS MAN TO THE GRAVE YARD
BUT THIS MAN WOULD`NT STAY IN THE GRAVE YARD
SO THIS SOCIETY THOUGHT IF THEY CHAIN AND FEATHER HIM THEIR PROBLEM WOULD BE OVER
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT THE DEMONS IN HIM WAS SO STRONG THAT THE CHAINS WOULD`NT HOLD
AND OUR SOCIETY HAS`NT CHANGE MUCH
BECAUSE WE ARE STILL ISOLATING THEM
(EXPOUND ON PRISON AND CRAZY HOUSES AND PILLS )
PRISONS NOT THE ANSWER--CRAZY HOUSES AND PILLS ARE NOT THE ANSWER
BUT THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST
BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT GOING TO REHABILATE THEM FROM THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL IS THE WORD OF
GOD
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WELL WE LOOK AT THE COURSE OF SATAN AND THE COURSE OF SOCIETY
BUT LET`S TAKE A LOOK AT THE COURSE OF A SAVIOR
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHEN JESUS ARRIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE
THE ANSWER TO THE MAN PROBLEM ARRIVED
I SAY
WHEN JESUS ARRIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE
THE ONE WHO STEP OUT ON NOTHING -TOOK NOTHING AND MADE SOMETHING AND TOOK SOMETHING AND MADE
EVERYTHING
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LIGHTING WAS FLASHING AND THUNDER WAS ROARING THE SEA WAS RAGING
BUT JESUS STILL MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE
YOU SEE ON THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE JESUS REVEALS HIS POWER OVER NATURE TO HIS DICIPLES
BUT NOW HE`S FIXING TO REVEAL HIS POWER OVER DEMONS TO HIS DICIPLES AND THIS MAN
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN JESUS ARRIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE
THERE CAME A MAN OUT OF THE GRAVE YARD WITH UNCLEAN SPIRIT AND WORSHIP HIM
AND THE DEMONS IN THE MAN CRIED OUT WITH ALOUD VOICE AND SAID
WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH YOU JESUS SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD
AND JESUS COMMANDED THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS TO COME OUT OF THE MAN
AND ASK THE MAN HIS NAME -AND THE MAN TOLD HIM MY NAME IS LEGION FOR WE ARE MANY
AND THE DEMONS PLEADED WITH JESUS NOT TO SEND THEM OUT THE COUNTRY BUT INTO A HERD OF SWINE
THAT WHERE NEARBY
AND WHEN HE GAVE THEM PERMISSION THEY WENT INTO THE SWINE AND THE SWINE RAN VIOLENTLY INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED
AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THE PEOPLE OF GADARA ASK JESUS TO LEAVE THERE COAST
AND THE REASON WHY IS
THEY WE`RE MORE CONCERN ABOUT BACON AND PORK CHOPS THAN THIS MAN`S SOUL
AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT WHEN JESUS GOT INTO THE BOAT
THE ONE WHO HAD JUST BEEN CLOTHE IN HIS RIGHT MIND BEGGED JESUS TO GO WITH HIM
BUT JESUS TOLD HIM TO GO HOME TO YOUR FRIENDS AND TELL THEM WHAT GREAT THINGS THE LORD HAS DONE
FOR YOU
AND I TELL YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IF THE LORD HAS EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR YOU
YOU OUGHT TO TELL IT
IF HE`S MADE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY
IF THE LORD HAS BEEN YOUR --BURDEN BARRIER
--HEAVY LOAD CARRIER
--A HEART FIXER OR YOUR
-MIND REGULATOR
YOU OUGHT TO TELL IT
IF HE`S BEEN A DOCTOR IN YOUR SICK ROOM
---A LAWYER IN THE COURT ROOM
--A COMPANY KEEPER IN A LONELY HOUR ---YOU OUGHT TO TELL IT
YOU SEE I CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS MAN IN THE TEXT
BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE HITCH A RIDE IN MY LIFE
AND MAMA TRIED TO HELP ME BUT SHE COULD`NT HELP ME
DADDY TRIED TO HELP ME BUT HE COULD`NT HELP ME
BUT ONE DAY I MET JESUS AND HE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME
HE REACH WAY DOWN AND PICK ME UP ----CLEAN ME UP AND TURN MY LIFE
PLACE MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND
AND EVER SINCE THAT LIFE HAVE`NT BEEN THE SAME
SOME DAYS CRAWLING----SOME DAYS CRYING ALL NIGHT LONG
BUT HE PUY JOY IN MY HEART
A PRAISE ON MY LIPS
A SONG IN MY MOUTH
CLAPPING IN MY HANDS
SHOUTING IN MY SPIRIT
GAVE ME A NEW WAY TO WEAR MY HAIR --GOT A SMILE ON MY FACE AND JESUS PUT IT THERE
I`M TALKING ABOUT JESUS --
THE ONE WHO HAS MORE BOOKS WRITTEN IN HIS NAME THAN ANY LIBARY CAN CONTAIN
THE ONE THAT HEROD COULD`NT KILL
SIN COULD`NT SEDUCE HIM
DEATH COULD`NT KEEP HIM
AND THE GRAVE COULD`NT HOLD HIM
I`M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE WHO GOT ON HEAVEN`S ELEVATOR
CAME DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS A VIRGIN WOMB NAME MARY
REARED IN NAZARETH
BAPTIZE IN THE JORDAN
TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LED FROM JUDGEMENT HALL TO JUDGEMENT HALL
LED UP A MOUNTIAN CALL CALVARY
NAIL TO AND OLD RUGGED CROSS
DIED ON THAT CROSS FOR YOUR SINS AND MINES
OH HE DIED ---FOR THE SUN BLEW A FUSE AND REFUSE TO SHINE
THE MOON BLOOD PRESSURE GOT HIGH AND STARTED DRIPPING BLOOD
THE EARTH STARTED ROCKING AND REELING LIKE A DRUNK MAN
A CENTURION SOLDIER PREACH HIS HOMEGOING CELEBRATION
AND HE USE FOR A TOPIC SURELY SURELY THIS MAN WAS THE SON OF GOD
HE WAS PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT THATS NOT HOW THE STORY END
BECAUSE EARLY --- EARLY--- SUNDAY MORNING
BEFORE THE BARN YARD PIMP COULD SOUND THE ALARM CLOCK
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE DEW COULD FALL ON GOD`S PRETTY GREEN GRASS
HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
