SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/22/2021 10:51 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “Intro
to Matt. 8:28-34
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 8:28-34
Message of the verses: “28 When He came to
the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were
demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were
so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29 And they cried out,
saying, "What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You
come here to torment us before the time?" 30 Now there was a herd of many
swine feeding at a distance from them. 31 The demons began to entreat
Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the
herd of swine." 32 And He said to them, "Go!" And they came out
and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the
sea and perished in the waters. 33 The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city
and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. 34 And
behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they
implored Him to leave their region.”
We
begin a new paragraph, a new chapter from MacArthur’s commentary which he entitles
“Jesus’ Power over the Supernatural,” and as you can see it covers the very
last paragraph in the 8th chapter of the book of Matthew.
Matthew continues to write about Jesus powers showing
that He is truly the Messiah, by showing His power over the supernatural as
well as over disease, deformity, and the natural world. MacArthur adds “For Jesus to redeem the earth
and reverse the curse, He would have to have total power over Satan and his
demon hosts. In order to rescue fallen
humanity, He would have to be able to overpower the evil forces that hold men
in physical, mental, and spiritual bondage.
Throughout the gospel record, therefore, we repeatedly find accounts of
Jesus’ ability to cast out demons from those under their evil control. He exercised His power instantaneously,
authoritatively, and with total success—often by the use of but a single word,
as in the present instance.”
I would like to insert her something that will probably
come up as we got through this section, and that is in Matthew’s account we see
two men who are possessed by demons and in Mark’s and Luke’s account we see only
one man, and it seems even from Matthew’s account that one of these men was the
more dominant of the two and perhaps that is why the other gospel writers only
write about the one. When we read the
Bible we have to remember that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit of God,
but the Holy Spirit of God does use the personalities of the different authors
who have been chosen to write the Word of God, so if Mark and Luke only want to
write about only one of these men then there is no problem with that being
done, for as stated before it was inspired by the Holy Spirit of God. “for no prophecy was ever made by an act of
human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Pet.
1:21).
I think that it best that I continue writing about this
introduction in our next SD as my life is very full at this point working on
doing two Spiritual Diaries a day, and then teaching two classes a week, along
with trying to prepare something short to talk about before we have our prayer
time for revival on Wednesday evenings.
4/22/2021 11:27 AM
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