EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
10/31/2026 7:27 PM
My
Worship Time
Focus: “Demon Possession”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
9:37-39
Message of the verses: “On the next day, when they came down from
the mountain, a large crowd met Him. And
a man from the crowd shouted, saying, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son,
for he is my only boy, and a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it
throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty
does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves.”
I will pick up where I left off in last evening’s SD
as I was quoting from John MacArthur’s commentary.
“How, why
or at what age the child became demon possessed is not revealed, so it is
futile to speculate. God ultimately
permitted it to happen, as He did in the case of the man born blind (John
9:1-3), for His glory in demonstrating Christ’s power.
(John 9:1-3)
“1 ¶ As he passed by, he saw a man blind from
birth. 2 And his disciples asked him,
“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this
man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in
him.”
“The boy’s
condition also illustrates the reality that everyone who is outside the kingdom
of God is under the power of Satan (Eph. 2:2).
It is only a question of degree.
(Eph. 2:2)
“ 2 in which you once walked, following the
course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
that is now at work in the sons of disobedience”
“That the boy’s father addressed
Jesus as ‘Lord’ (Matt. 17:15) and teacher suggests that he had faith not
only in the person of Christ, but also believed that His teaching was the truth
of God.”
(Matt. 17:15)
“15 said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he
is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and
often into the water.”
“He begged
the Lord to look (epiblepo; to look upon with concern, have
regard for [Luke 1:48], or to ‘pay special attention to’ [James 2:3] at his
son.”
(Luke 1:48)
“48 for he has looked on the humble estate of his
servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;”
(James 2:3)
“3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears
the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the
poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”
“Adding to
the poignancy of the situation, his father told Jesus, He is my only boy.’ Only Luke notes the detail that the boy
was his father’s only son (cf. 7:12; 8:38).”
(cf. Luke 7:12; 8:38)
“12 As he drew near to the gate of the town,
behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother,
and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.”
“38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged
that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,”
“The father then described his son’s
terrifying symptoms: he suddenly screams (exhibiting the demon’s control
of his physical faculties; (cf. 4:33; 8:30), and it throws him into a
convulsion and slams him to the ground (Mark 9:18) with foaming at the
mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves.”
(cf. Luke 4:33; 8:30)
33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had
the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,”
“30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?”
And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him.”
(Mark 9:18)
“18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him
down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your
disciples to cast it out, and they were not able."
“That the
demon only left the boy with difficulty signifies the relentless,
prolonged, non-stop nature of the attacks.
Mauling translates a form of the verb suntribo which
means, ‘to crush,’ ‘to shatter,’ or ‘to break in pieces,’ signifying the
violence of the demon’s assaults on this unfortunate boy—violent, sustained
demonic assaults not unlike the bizarre behavior of the men in Gadara.”
11/1/2026
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