SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, June 16, 2024

Dear Friends in Jesus –

Jesus is crossing over the Sea of Galilee to the land of the Gerasenes –actually crossing the sea and also crossing boundaries. The land of the Gerasenes is a land of Gentiles.

Jesus lands and immediately a man appears. We are told he is possessed. Actually, he’s more than possessed, he’s occupied. When asked his name, the answer is uttered through the man by the spirits that possess him. “Legion,” they say. The man himself has no name, no identity left, except for what/whom he is captive to. He is alone, wandering the tombs, a danger to himself and to others. But Jesus sees him and has compassion.

Come to worship as we set sail with Jesus, the God who casts out demons and casts his love on us.

See you in worship!