The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-08

AB~~M emory VDHbFs AO~ UtFACf ANRpne,
Facts Respecting Salvation.
1. The fierce demoniac Tvs. 80. a.
"They" Jesus and the disciples. The
other side" They crossed the Sea OIL
Galllee from Capernaum to the EasternI
shore. "Gadarenes" This name I'M
Matthew is Gergesenes, and in the Re-
vised Version is Gerasenes.
2. 1.-THE tombs" These tombs werel
either natural caves or recesses hewnI
out of the rock, with cells upon their
sides for the reception of the dead.I
"a man. Matthew mentions two men,.
Mark and Luke speak only of one,
probably the fiercer Of the two, with-
out denying that two were healed.
"Unclean spirit" Called unclean be-
cause the spirit defiied both body and
soul, the outward filth being type Of
the inward defilement.
3. Gould bind him" Attempts had
been made to bind him because he was
exceedingly fierce Matt. 1928. Luke
tells as that he was naked. 4. "Fetl
tiers and chains" Fetters were for the
feet; chains for any other part of the
body Tame him." 1t was impOssis
Bile to bring his wild, savage nature un-
der restraint.
prived of sleep. "Mountains-to mbs.~
Here the demoniac had his home; for
all maniacs were outcast as soon as
they became violent, for that age had
no provision for taking care of them.
Institutions of pity for the unfortunate
are among the gifts of Christ; an
tiquity knew nothing Of them, or of
the spirit that would produce them.
Crying" Probably with hideous yells.i
Cutting himself" Here is an impress
sive picture Of what all men would
become under the absolute dominion Of
Satan.
III. The demoniac goes to Christ and
is delivered Tvs 6-13). 6. Ran and
worshiped." AS man he is attracted
toward Christ, but when under the
influence of the demons he desires to-
withdraw from Christ. ~ and
cried" etc. 1t is impossible to account
for his strange consciousness of oil
wonderful power in Jesus, or for the
utterance of language which comes, as
it were, from a being within the man
on any other hypothesis than the ex-
istence of beings superinduced upon
men. ITO do with Thee" Literally
What is there between Thee and me 3
What have we in common? Why in-
terferest Thou with us? The devils
at once recognize their great enemy
with divine power. Torment me not'7
Herein the true devilish spirit speaks
out, which counts it q torment not t0l
be suffered to torment others, and an
injury done to itself when it is no more
permitted to be injurious to others.
9. What is thy namew Christ asked
the man mot the demon) his name in
order to get his attention and bring
him to a consciousness of his own per-
sonality. Legion" The demon an
swered, speaking through the man,
The Roman legion consisted of about
six thousand men. The word has come
to mean a1y large number-a host.
TO- "Besought' The demon knew
who was in authority over him. "Out
of the country This is explained I'M
Luke 8:31. They did not wish to be-
sent into the deep;n that is, the abyss
of hell into sthe bottomless pit Rev.
20:3). Send us anywhere, anywherei
but to perdition. Send us to the most
shattered man; send us to the lowest
creature, into man or beast, bird or
reptile; anywhere but into hell. IL.
"Great herd" Though the Jews did
not eat pork the Roman soldiers did
and the swine may have been kept to-
supply their wants. H. Into the
swine" How could demons enter
swine? We do not know. But we see
many things quite as difficult to UNDER
stand The connection of mind and
body in us is an equally great mystery :.
10. ''Gave them leave" The devil
cannot so much as trouble swine with-
out leave from God. Were choked.'7
Cavilers have charged our Lord with
wrong doing in sending the demons
into the swine and thus causing such al
great loss to the owners; but it should
be noted that what Jesus did was to-
drive them cut of the man and then
permit them to go where they wished.
III. The effect of the cure Tvs. 14-1T.l
IA. Filed" Their occupation was
gone. in the city" Gergesa, near
the sea. Went out" The quickness
with which intelligence flies in the
East. Matthew says. Behold the
whole city came out to meet Jesus"
To- sSee him-sitting." There is al
marvellous contrast between the mans
former and his present condition. In-
stead of wandering among tOmbs, I'M
nakedness, and filing the people with
terror by his wild, maniacal rawlings,
ut 10 uON cAllAnG q Tue ACGL Va JCoQS,i
clothed and in his right mind. Those
who come to Christ and take Him Isl
their Savior always come into their
right mind. Were afraid" Thew
knew they were in the presence of one
who had great power, and perhaps
they feared Jesus might send upon
them the punishment they knew thew
deserved on account Of their sins.i
Wien Christ comes into place there
is either deadly fear or great rejoicing.
16. They saw it, Those who fed
the swine and others who may have
been there when Jesus landed. Then,
too, the disciples may have told the
story. II. TO depart" They moi
doubt feared greater losses. They pre-
ferred swine to Christ
Nv. The saved man at work for
Christ Tvs. 1920. is. BE with Him. q
How different is this grateful mani
from what he was before he met the
Savior. He loved Jesus now and de-
sired to join himself to Christ.
10. go home-tell" We owe our
first duty to our home and, friends. 90.
ssDecap0lis" From deka-ten, and
poIis-city. meaning ten cities.
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