Thursday, October 25, 2012

Poetry of the Demoniac

"Jesus crossed the angry waves to make a madman whole.
He who stilled a stormy sea can calm a raging soul."
Broken Chains by Doug Batchelor p.11
 
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Luke 8:26
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
Luke 8:27
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Mark :3-5
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Luke 8:28
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
Mark 5:8
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:9
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Matthew 8:30
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark 5:12
And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Matthew 8:32
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Mark 5:15
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. 
Luke 8:38,39