Redeeming The Time

There is, as is often the case in the Scriptures, good news and bad news today. The good news is that a tormented demoniac, could be delivered from his affliction and that he could be "sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind." These are among the most beautiful words in Scripture. The healing of the Gadarene demoniac is our healing too. All the healings of the Scriptures apply to us. If we are not demon-possessed (God forbid!), how does the expulsion of a legion of demons from a possessed man apply to us? If we read the scripture with desire and compunction, the answer is clear. We have a legion of passions, and we are (should be) striving to be rid of all of them, so that we can be in our "right mind." The bad news is that man can be so tormented by his passions, and that even when healing occurs, it is not recognized, because of spiritual blindness. We must understand the bad to appreciate the good.