Tuesday 18 July 2023 – Service
Singing in Afrikaans: Ek is vry, vry, vry I am free Jesus maak my vry Jesus makes me free Eers was ek blind First I was blind Maar nou kan ek sien But now I can see
Be still and know that I am God Be still and know that I am God
Halleluyah, we give God the glory. He is true
He said: “praise me with everything. Everything that has breath must praise the Lord.”
He is a marvellous saviour, and He is worthy to be praised and worshipped. If we look at all the wonders that Jesus has done. He almost never received the glory for it, most of the people run away from Jesus, some people did not come back… But the praise and the glory is always the Lord’s one.
If we look at the … of Gadarenes, When Jesus was on a ship, and when He stepped out on the land, He met a man who was living in a graveyard, a man who had demons.
Luke 8 : 29 – Mark 5 …
The people could not hold him, if they tried to restain him with a chain, the chain would break off. There was no way the people could seize him. He was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness. Nobody could do anything to hel this man, nobody could control him.
Luke 8 : 28
But when he saw Jesus from afar, he run towards him, fell down before Him and cried out, and with a loud voice, he said: “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God ? I beg you, do not torment me !”
When he saw Jesus, the demons knew there was salvation, there was rescue, this is why they asked “do not torment me!”. Because they knows that if the man get his salvation, it will painful for them. What ever is in the man is going to experience pain for the man to be saved. This is why they asked before the time for Jesus to spare them pain… They know the power which is in Jesus, they know the power which is released at the mention of His name.
Luke 8: 29
As Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. When Jesus told the man this, the demons asked: Please do not torment us.
Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked the man, “what is your name ?”. and the man answered: “Legion is my name, because WE are many…”.
A legion is a lot, and that was more than 2000 of them in that man. Imagine, if you have one demon, how difficult his your life. So it does not matter what and how many is there, the Lord our God can defeat them. WHen they caught Jesus and He told Peter, do you think that I cannot pray to my Father, and he can send 12 legions of angels to save me.
The man had about 2000 demons in him, this is why they could not bind him, the chain could not restrain him… But it does not matter how strong the demon infested man is, the Lord our God is always the strongest. Nobody could control the man but Jesus redeemed him.
The demons asked that Jesus send them to the swine nearby, because they knew how painful it will be if Jesus destroy them.
Many time people get caught in things, and it looks for you as a legion, it looks like nothing work. You try this, you try that, you try everything … Jesus did not have to do anything to save the man, He just ordered the demons to go.
Mark 5 : 13
Jesus send them to the swine, and that herd of more than 2000 ran down the hill into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
Mark 5 : 14
The owners of the swine went to tell others in the city and they came to see what had happened.
It does not matter what is blocking you, it does not matter where you found yourself. Nothing is too big for the Lord, nothing is TOO big. If he could redeemed this man, then he can definitely redeem us. There is nothing impossible for the Lord, here is these verses we can see that NOTHING is impossible for the Lord our God, He could save a man with many, many demons. Jesus did not do much, did not ask much, He just said: “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” and “authorised them to go to the swine”… And the demons knew they had to obey the word of Jesus, Lord of lords and King of kings.
Before Jesus did or say anything, these demons recognised Him, knew who He was, they say: “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God!”. They knew the omnipotent power of Jesus, and ask Him to avoid them pain. They knew Jesus can destroy them with fire, He could send them back to hell.
Today, God is saying, there is nothing impossible in my name, it is the power that any unclean spirit can destroy or send away.
The authority and the power of Jesus, it is what can redeem us and others.
Be still and know that I am God Be still and know that I am God
Father in the name of Jesus.
Father today you told us about the omnipotent power of your name.
Redeem everyone from the demons, and punish the demons of their work and plans, in the name of Jesus.
I pray for victory , I pray for power, I pray for salvation, in the name of Jesus.
He is the son of God, our Father.
He is the son of the most high God.
And because He is the son of God, I rebuke the darkness, in the name of Jesus.
I pray blessings of God, over everyone’s life, wherever they go, they live, they work, in the name of Jesus.
With thankfulness
we praise and worship you.
Amen