Heralds Digest

  “ And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.” Mark 5 : 18 - 20 KJV If possession by the devils is a great loss, possession by the Lord Jesus Christ is definitely a great gain. Unfortunately, those who haven’t grasped the scope of the great gain are necessarily possessed with the fear of invasion. When the people of the country of the Gadarenes initially encountered the deliverance of the man previously possessed by the Legion of evil spirits, the scriptures say “ And they began to pray him (Jesus) to depart out of their coasts ” because of their fear of reprisals from the power of darkness. Even the freed man would not leave...

“However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭5:19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/mrk.5.19.nkjv The first time the demon-possessed man saw Jesus and approached him with a proposed presentation of worship, the camouflaged legion of demon within him was immediately exposed and expelled. Whereas, being free from the legion, Jesus still did not permit the man to misinterpret the true heart of worship as simply staying with Jesus in idleness: “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you...”, He commanded. It implies that the shackle that the enemy laid on all his captives are designed to hinder them from the true worship of the living God. And when the heart is dominated by wickedness and satanic manipulation, the head is released to offer worthless and unacceptable worship to ‘the unknown God’. But true an...