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TRANSFORMATION BY JESUS. Gadarene demoniac-from bondage to freedom. Luke 8:26-39. before he met Jesus: running around naked. before he met Jesus: lived in the tombs not a house. before he met Jesus: seizures.
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TRANSFORMATION BY JESUS
before he met Jesus: broken all the shackles the guards tried to bind him with
After he met Jesus told others about the great transformation
When we assemble a crowd this large there is always someone who is in bondage to sin.
Satan has only one plan for your life- to destroy it.
“We aren't fighting against human enemies but against rulers, authorities, forces of cosmic darkness, and spiritual powers of evil in the heavens.” Ephesians 6:12 (CEV)
He tells us that Jesus is not who He says He is, but he is our enemy.
“Don't you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, that you are slaves of the one whom you serve as slaves of sin,
which leads to death, or as slaves of the kind of obedience that leads to righteousness.” Romans 6:16
We still have to battle sin, but now you have the power of the Spirit to overcome it.
Whichever of the two natures you feed will dominate the other.
Jesus is the only one who can bring you out of bondage and into freedom.
He wants you to believe that there is no hope for your deliverance from his control on your life.
Jesus replaced his bondage with a great new life, and He can do it for you.
Jesus gave him purpose for his life, and He can do it for you.
Who are you going to listen to? Question for the day: