Jesus is Essential
Mark 5:6–10: When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.” For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
Nevertheless, demons do drive men and women to the depths of degradation. Why? Because Satan and his minions hate God. They will do anything to attack him. Mankind was created in the image of God and brings glory to him the more we manifest his image. Satan hates this. Thus, the demonic function is to distort and destroy the image of God in man. As Werner Foerster says:
…in most of the stories of possession, what is at issue is not merely sickness but a destruction and distortion of the divine likeness of man according to creation. The center of personality, the volitional and active ego, is inspired by alien powers which seek to ruin man. 1
Walking with Jesus
Does your life purposefully glorify your creator? If our life is not yielded to God, it will be yielded to ungodliness.
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27
Created by God, in the image of God, for the glory of God.
Praying
Lord, thank You for Your indwelling Holy Spirit that allows no place for the indwelling of darkness.
1. Hughes, R. K. (1989). Mark: Jesus, servant and savior. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books.
