Day 56 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Mark.5
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Mark.5
Mark 5:1-20
Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For 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. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure 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.
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When 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. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis[b] how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
February 25th Nothing outside of God
“For to me, to live is Christ.” PHILIPPIANS 1:21
The Lord Jesus only wanted the Father’s will. Paul also only wanted what God had for him. But we so many times want something else. We want something other than what God is giving us. Because of this, the best fellowship that we can be given is “Draw a circle around yourself. Do not touch anything outside of that circle. Just deal with yourself and want God alone. Just take God. Just pursue God Himself.” This is what it means to follow the pathway of the cross. If we do not come to this point in our experience, then we will have to settle for another level of Christian life, another kind of Christian life. It is a life in which you want a little bit of God, but you also want a lot of other things. So you eventually become shallow, empty, without any weight, because you have settled for another level of Christian life. You want something else besides God.Taking the pathway of the cross and dealing with the Lord by the cross means that we do not want anything outside of God. I do not want a marriage outside of God. I do not want a happy family outside of God. I do not want finances outside of God. I do not want a good job outside of God. I do not want to be successful for the Lord outside of God. I do not want to do anything outside of God. I just want God. This was Paul’s attitude in prison in Rome. There he was — bound. If he had wanted something other than God, he could never have testified, “For to me, to live is Christ.” That means he did not want anything outside of God. So also in our own experience, it is crucial that we want nothing outside of God.
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For 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. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure 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.
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When 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. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis[b] how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
February 25th Nothing outside of God
“For to me, to live is Christ.” PHILIPPIANS 1:21
The Lord Jesus only wanted the Father’s will. Paul also only wanted what God had for him. But we so many times want something else. We want something other than what God is giving us. Because of this, the best fellowship that we can be given is “Draw a circle around yourself. Do not touch anything outside of that circle. Just deal with yourself and want God alone. Just take God. Just pursue God Himself.” This is what it means to follow the pathway of the cross. If we do not come to this point in our experience, then we will have to settle for another level of Christian life, another kind of Christian life. It is a life in which you want a little bit of God, but you also want a lot of other things. So you eventually become shallow, empty, without any weight, because you have settled for another level of Christian life. You want something else besides God.Taking the pathway of the cross and dealing with the Lord by the cross means that we do not want anything outside of God. I do not want a marriage outside of God. I do not want a happy family outside of God. I do not want finances outside of God. I do not want a good job outside of God. I do not want to be successful for the Lord outside of God. I do not want to do anything outside of God. I just want God. This was Paul’s attitude in prison in Rome. There he was — bound. If he had wanted something other than God, he could never have testified, “For to me, to live is Christ.” That means he did not want anything outside of God. So also in our own experience, it is crucial that we want nothing outside of God.
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