And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Mark 5: 15 (KJV)
Text: Mark 5: 1- 18
Mark 5 our scripture says from verse 2 – 4, And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
The bible says there was a man who had been dwelling in the tomb for a few years, he caused injury to himself and people bound him. However, no one could tame him, and he caused a lot of injury to himself.
What the bible is telling us is that this man is obviously not okay. I have a question for us. Is everybody you see and meet all okay? You find that you meet a look of people we think are okay who are not okay.
A lot of us meet people we think are okay and when they behave abnormally, we begin to get angry.
Another question, “once a man gets born again is it possible to be under the influence of a demon?” I remember when I did a teaching on the redemption of the first born. A friend of mine a colleague in the faith sat me down and told me off, saying I was teaching heresy and things that are not Christ like. He almost convinced me I was wrong until I reflected again on it.
It is like the blind man who was healed and delivered from blindness. When he was asked all, he said was that he didn’t know the kind of man he was that healed him but all he knew was that a time ago he was blind but now he could see.
If Jesus could look at the man and ask how many of you are inside this man and the demon could answer we are many, it means that a person can be under many influences. It is the same with a person that has had multiple partners; the person has shared and is under the influence of the many spirits from the multiple partners.
The truth of the matter is that almost everybody is not okay in this world we live in now. They are under one influence or the other and it may reflect in different degrees. From time to time it may also be a matter of where we find ourselves.
In mark 5: 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. This meant that his mind was not right at a time. The bible also tells us in Luke 15: 17 that the prodigal son was not in his right mind because it said when he came back to his mind. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! Luke 15:17 KJV.
What we see is an okay person, we deal with them as an okay person, but we end up being disappointed or hurt. A Christian that has left himself open can be attacked by the enemy. Therefore, a lot of people are not okay in these days. If you are born again it is still possible to be under captivity due to past sins or actions that we have not confessed to Christ and repented from.
What the bible says is that we will possess our promised land a little at a time. The Lord will not drive them away completely so that the land will not lie fallow. The fact that we backslide doesn’t mean we are not born again; we need to constantly renew our mind by praying right and doing right.
We find out that we have not prayed the right kind of prayer and because of this a lot of people are under a lot of influence. A lot of people, thinking they are free are not because they have not broken the bounds of the barriers that are holding them down in life.
To get out of the prison yard we need God to speak to someone to bring favour our way. For something to happen that we get out of prison.
Sometimes the demon doesn’t need to die, instead we may need to pray that God send an angel to bring us out of the prison, or we may need that God be the other person in the fire so that we are not affected by the fire. We may need a legion of angels to cause an earthquake that every chain may be broken, and doors unlocked so that we may get out.
Why suffer here on earth when we can have the good life that God has created us to have? Some women will tell you a man doesn’t love them if he hasn’t hit them. That not a right thinking. Some of us have continued to make the same mistakes our fathers and mothers have faced.
The same problem your father had, you have it even after being born again. It goes around with you wherever you may go. It is time for you to tell it to “Get Out!”. Being born again gives you access and information through the word of God if you are ready to apply yourself.
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