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Christmas has just happened, and it’s all we talk about.
We see each other and some of the first words out of our mouths are, How was your Christmas?
I’m never really sure what the question is or what kind of answer we want.
Do we want to talk about the gifts we’ve received as if they are loot from a sunken treasure?
Are we asking for the most recent gossip?
Are we tactfully asking if anyone had a blow up at the dinner table or a huge family brawl?
But we want to know how it went.
Christmas was a big event, it’s a huge part of the year, and it’s what we talk about at this time of the year.
What do you love to talk about?
Christmas just happened, so it’s on our heart.
But as the Christmas season fades, what is it you will talk about?
The stuff you frequently talk about is the stuff that is on your heart the most.
It’s the stuff right in front of you.
It’s the stuff that consumes your time.
There’s a World War II tank video game that I love to play.
Mark Mandio also plays it.
And when we get together we ask ourselves about our tanks and how it’s going.
Often times on Wednesday nights, before Bible study, we will be eating our dinner, and Mark will say “So, did you get any new tanks?”
And Amanda just rolls her eyes.
She knows I love tanks.
She knows Mark loves tanks.
She doesn’t love tanks.
And we continue talking about tanks.
Not all the things we talk about make others roll their eyes.
Joe and Karen Enfield love talking about their grandson little Luke.
And if he keeps growing, I think I’ll become little Luke and he’ll be big Luke.
Donna Branstetter loves talking about Trevor and how good he is at running.
She loves talking about how much he’s improved.
She’s impressed by his dedication, skill and character.
The things that we talk about are the things that are on our hearts.
Today we will be in .
And in this text, Jesus gives a man something to talk about.
Please open you Bible to .
Read .
This morning is all about what are people talking about.
First thing we see is what demons are talking about?
The passage begins with Jesus and his disciples getting out of a boat after a long boat ride.
They were out on the Sea of Galilee for about 10 miles, they arrived on the other side.
As soon as they get there, a crazy demon possessed man runs up to Jesus.
I’d say that this was a scary event.
He reminds me a little bit of a satanic version of Samson.
Samson was known for his great strength.
He couldn’t be bound, and he couldn’t be stopped.
This man was just like that, only demonic.
He was a violent man.
The people had tried to tie him up and bind him and it didn’t work.
They even chained him, but like Samson, he would break the chains.
In his demonic rage, he found himself living isolated among the tombs.
Basically, he lives in a graveyard.
Among Jews, this would have made him unclean.
In a sense, he was doubly unclean.
He was demon possessed, and lived among the dead.
The poor man was naked.
It doesn’t say that now, but later on, he will be clothed in contrast to his first appearance.
And in his nakedness, his body is scarred from cutting himself.
This man is not right, he’s not possessed by a single demon, but he has many demons.
Demons are fallen angels.
They were originally angels, but they joined with Satan in his rebellion against God.
We know that demons aim to deceive people.
They aren’t to be trusted.
II Corinthians says that Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
Jesus said that Satan is a liar and that he is the father of lies.
But notice what happens when Jesus encounters this man filled with deceiving demons.
You see it in verse 7.
He cries out with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?
I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”
A demon, who’s sole purpose is to deceive, speaks truth.
He trembles before Christ.
He prays, he begs, not to be tormented.
He seems to put into action what says, “You believe that God is one; you do well.
Even the demons believe - and shudder!”
This demon believed … and shuddered.
What I want you to see is that the demons know what to talk about when it comes to Jesus.
They may be liars and deceivers, but they know the truth.
A strange and sad truth is that humans - the pinnacle of God’s creation, created in His image - seem to be ignorant of this one great truth.
We are commanded to speak truth.
The 8th commandment teaches us not to lie.
And yet, we can’t grasp this one truth.
Jesus is the Son of the Most High God.
He is the Savior.
He is Lord.
And yet, most men reject this truth, and they’d never tremble before Christ the way this demon did.
Something’s off here.
Here’s a strange statement, if we have something to learn from the deceiving demons, it’s that we should know who Christ is.
He’s the King of kings.
The Lord of lords.
He causes the demons to tremble.
While they are fearful of His judgment, we can know that we can be spared it.
By repenting.
By having faith that Christ is Lord and Savior, who died for your sins.
And knowing that He
Then the right response to this is by repenting.
Turning from sin and running to Christ.
Next, Jesus gives us something to talk about, talk about His authority.
Remember who this man was.
He was a satanic version of Samson.
He couldn’t be tamed.
He couldn’t be restrained.
And look what happens in verse 10, “And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.”
Out of the country - I like that.
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