A demon-possessed man asks Jesus, 'What business do we have with each other?' In other words, he is saying that he has nothing to do with Jesus. The only ones who have nothing to do with Jesus are the enemy and the devil. Jesus came to save us, but if someone claims they have nothing to do with Him, they are essentially aligning themselves with the devil. When a person is possessed by demons, they kill both people and animals. Therefore, demons are spirits of death that kill both humans and animals. That's why one must not be possessed by demons.
These demons were driven into a herd of pigs, causing their destruction. The person who performs such acts is the Messiah, the one sent by God, who cannot be found anywhere else on earth. The man from whom the demons had gone out became an evangelist, proclaiming throughout the whole city the great things Jesus had done for him.
So the question is, who would you rather be – the man once possessed by an army of demons or the townspeople possessed by little demons but who did not want Jesus around?
Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Aug 9, 2024.
Luke 8:26-39