4 February 2019. John de Britto
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME? (Mark 5:1-10)
It is striking that as soon as Jesus lands in the country of the Gerasenes
a man with multiple evil spirits recognises immediately who he is and the power
he has. A dialogue ensues and the man is
freed of the spirits but it is all too much for the locals. Jesus’ presence is just too threatening for
them and they ‘implored’ Jesus to leave.
It is a dramatic incident revealing the power of God but also the
reluctance of the people to come to close to Jesus. He might make them change their ways radically
just as this possessed man is changed radically and ‘went off and spread throughout
the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him.
And everyone was amazed.’
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