Congregational Pulpit Mark 5:1-20 And they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.… 1. That there are ether intelligent and finite creatures beside men. 2. Some of these are wholly wicked, while others are wholly good. 3. Wicked spirits can tempt men to sin. 4. Yet it is conceivable that in some instances they should acquire an absolute physical control over a human being, so as to coerce him irresistibly and make him act against his own will. 5. Cases of possession were peculiarly numerous at the time of Christ's ministry upon earth.Lessons: 1. See the exceeding terribleness of sin, in ruining two orders of creatures and making one the means of ruin to the other. 2. Be thankful to be saved from the physical tyranny of the devil. He would make us all howling demoniacs if he could: but he is restrained by the power and interference of Jesus Christ. 3. Consider the dreadful doom of sinners who hereafter will be absolutely under the power of evil spirits. Hell is a pandemonium of devils, and a bedlam of demoniacs. 4. As still subject to the moral temptations of the evil one, look stedfastly to Jesus, who has power to bring you off more than conqueror in every conflict with the powers of darkness. (Congregational Pulpit.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.WEB: They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. |
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