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 story repeated in the gospels, the man who was possessed by Legion.
What is Jesus’ purpose here?
He won’t let this man, now healed and in his right mind, follow Him physically.
Instead, our King commands His newly minted believer to return home and preach the good news of salvation to everyone.
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 exhorted to do the same, proclaiming to all around how much Jesus has done for us (through word and deed).
* 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 the opportunity may be.
Please help us be more like Jesus today.
Amen.