Luk 8:39 | KingComments | STEP | It is understandable that the man, delivered by the Lord, wants to stay with Him. But the Lord sends him away. At the same time he gives him a commission. He tells the man to go to his house, where he has not been since he was demon-possessed and lived in the tombs. There he can show his family how he has changed and tell them what happened to him. That is the simplest thing that everyone who has been delivered by the Lord from the power of satan can do. This commission also applies to us. The Lord says to the man that he must tell “what great things God has done” for him. However, the man tells “what great things Jesus had done for him“. It is clear to him that the Lord Jesus is God. He tells his story not only at home, but throughout the whole city. They did not want the Lord to be with them, but in His great grace He sends them a witness. This is what has been happening since His rejection. We have been sent into the world from which He left because it rejected Him, to testify of what He did to us.

‏ Luke 8:39

The Commission

It is understandable that the man, delivered by the Lord, wants to stay with Him. But the Lord sends him away. At the same time he gives him a commission. He tells the man to go to his house, where he has not been since he was demon-possessed and lived in the tombs. There he can show his family how he has changed and tell them what happened to him. That is the simplest thing that everyone who has been delivered by the Lord from the power of satan can do. This commission also applies to us.

The Lord says to the man that he must tell “what great things God has done” for him. However, the man tells “what great things Jesus had done for him“. It is clear to him that the Lord Jesus is God. He tells his story not only at home, but throughout the whole city. They did not want the Lord to be with them, but in His great grace He sends them a witness. This is what has been happening since His rejection. We have been sent into the world from which He left because it rejected Him, to testify of what He did to us.