The Legion Story

What can we learn from Jesus casting out of the evil spirit from the man (legion)?

This story can be found at Mark 5

 
1. There will be judgement when demons will be tormented. 
⁷ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Revelation 14:11

2. Demons can recognise the people who are filled by God's spirit.

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

⁷ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Philippians 2:10
 
3. Spirits do not die. They move from one habitation to the other.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

¹² And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

¹³ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

4. People who are possessed have unclean spirits. There are spirits behind diseases.

² And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. ⁴ For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵ Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

  5. Evil spirits make people strong but Holy Spirit make Christians stronger

³ Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

⁴ 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, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. Acts 12:7

6. The devil destroys whoever he is possessed.

⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10

7. Names have got meanings and they also influence the person who bears the name. 

⁹ And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

8. We should tell what great things the Lord has done for us.

¹⁹ Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee,

9. We should have compassion on people we pray for. 

¹⁹ Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Without having real love for the people we pray for, there can not be healing.

10. Legions also come to the righteous.
⁹ Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.-Psalm 34:7

Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?-Matthew 26:53