I remember the 1992 USA Olympic basketball team called "The Dream Team". Whenever they entered the court, they played circles around their opponents. They easily executed plays with minimal resistance from the other team and on some occasions had their opponents dumbfounded. They simply dominated the court. This type of domination could not compare to what was experienced by the maniac of Gadera.
Mark 5:1-15 is a very familiar passage of scripture on the account of this man. How this man came to be possessed with devils is unknown, but the bondage and control that he experienced was described. These fallen spirit beings had a heyday. They did to him whatever they wanted with minimal resistance and completely dominated his life.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. (Mark 5:5)
This too was your life before salvation. You may not have been possessed by a demon, but your life was under the dominating control of sin, your flesh and the fallen spiritual influences upon your life. No matter how hard you tried, you were unable to break free from their grips. Your life was crushed under their domination and spiraling out of control. Then you met Jesus. His love and power shattered the grip that was upon you and set you free. He clothed you in with his righteousness and gave you a new right mind.
Jesus's miracle was great when he set the maniac free, but even greater when he set you and me free.
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