IN MARK’S GOSPEL, chapter 9, we read about a poor boy who was possessed by a devil, or demon. The terrible demon would cause the lad often to fall into the fire and get badly burnt; or he would fall into the water and nearly drown. The boy could not help himself.
His father brought him to Jesus, saying “Have compassion on us, and help us.”
Now the Lord Jesus loved that dear boy, and with words of power He rebuked the evil spirit saying, “Come out of him, and enter no more into him.”
The wicked spirit tore him for the last time, and came out of him. The Lord Jesus took the little lad by the hand, and tenderly lifted him up no longer a slave of Satan, but set free by the Son of God.
In these lands where the power of the gospel is felt, as a rule, demons do not possess people in that way, but Satan does have power over souls in other ways. He leads us away from God and into sin if he can. Only the Lord Jesus can deliver us from his power. Every boy and girl, every man and woman too, needs the Saviour. Have you asked Him to save you from your sins, and from Satan’s power? If you have come yourself, then perhaps you can, like the father in our story, bring someone else who needs Jesus too.
ML-05/07/1972