Reading
SAA Notes
All along through these passages, we encounter the question: who is this? Luke has become convinced about who Jesus is. Are you? Find one point in these two incidents that strengthens your faith. How did the healed demon-possessed man think and feel at this time?
SJA Notes
* Dear God, please open our ears to hear Your word today and to follow You.
“And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.”
Here is another repeated story from the gospels, the man who was possessed by Legion.
What is Jesus’ purpose here?
Jesus will not let the man stay with Him as He leaves on the boat. This man now healed and in his right mind.
Instead, our King commands the newly minted believer to return home and preach the good news of salvation to all around him.
See the obedience of this believer!
“And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.”
What an example this is!
Let us be convicted today to do the same, proclaiming to all around how much Jesus has done for us.
* God Above,
You have done so much for us, thank You!
Please help us to take every opportunity You bring to tell people about what You have done for us.
A kind word, a humble action, a steady hand – Whatever form the opportunity might take.
Please help us be more like Jesus today.
Amen.