“My Victory" – Mark 5:19-20

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred-eleventh inspirational message dated Sunday, April 2nd, 2017.  The title of this message is, “My Victory" – Mark 5:19-20.  The title of this message is also the title of the above anointed song/video entitled “My Victory” as sung by David Crowder.  The scripture comes from the Gospel of Mark - the 19^th and 20^th verses of the fifth chapter. 

Mark 5:19-20

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁹ Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.” ²⁰ So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

The background text for the above scripture is found in Mark 5:1-20.  

This is the story of how Jesus restored a demon-possessed man. In summary, there was a man who lived in the tombs who was possessed by 2,000 demons – he was an outcast and was considered “out of his mind”.

Below is Mark 5:1-8:

5 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. ² When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet Him.

³ 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.

⁶ When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of Him. ⁷ He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
⁸ For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”

As noted in the eighth verse, above, Jesus called the demonic spirits  out of the man.  In verse twelve, the demons begged Jesus to send them into the 2,000 pigs that were herding nearby- which Jesus did, as the thirteenth verse below confirms:

¹² The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” ¹³ He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

Verse 15 (below) shows the man was “restored”…Made “ALIVE” again…FREED…HEALED and DELIVERED! The man was now… “In his right mind”...because of what JESUS did for him. JESUS gave him VICTORY!

¹⁵ When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;…

As Jesus was leaving, the “healed” man wanted to go with Jesus…but Jesus told him “NO”…But, to “GO HOME to your own people and TELL YOUR TESTIMONY" – as indicated in the below verse 19:

¹⁹ Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.” ²⁰ So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

This man – who was healed…is an example to us ALL!

The "restored" man went away and told in the "Decapolis" (which means TEN cities) HOW MUCH JESUS HAD DONE FOR HIM!

WHAT HAS JESUS DONE FOR “YOU” IN YOUR LIFE?

WE MUST TELL “OUR” TESTIMONY! WE MUST SHARE WITH THOSE “AROUND US” – WHAT “THE LORD HAS DONE FOR US AND HOW HE HAD MERCY ON US"!

NO ONE ELSE CAN TELL “OUR STORY” – LIKE WE CAN!

GOD HAS BLESSED US, HAD MERCY ON AND DELIVERED "US" -  SO THAT YOU WE CAN BE A BLESSING TO "SOMEONE ELSE"!

GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US – LET US BE “HIS WITNESSES” – LET US BE HIS AMBASSADORS IN CHRIST!

2 Corinthians 5:20

New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.


 LET US LIVE OUR LIVES WITH VICTORY IN JESUS CHRIST!



1 Corinthians 15:57
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Please enjoy the above inspirational song (with lyrics)  entitled “My Victory” as sung by David Crowder.

(I do not own the rights to this song.)


 
BE BLESSED!