Price of a single soul--thanks to Evangel Family Church in Singapore
Mark 5:1-16 à the Healing of a Demon-Possessed Man
Basically, a demon-possessed man who had been dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him nor tame him, lived in isolation where he often cried and cut himself with stones. When Jesus came, he ran and worshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.” Jesus cast out the demons in him into 2000 pigs that ran into the sea and drowned. The owners of the pigs came and asked Jesus to leave after seeing that their pigs were gone.
*What is the price of a single soul?
Answer: priceless.
The most priceless gem/jewel/stone/piece of worth cannot compare to the price of a single soul.
Matt 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
*How much are we willing to spend/sacrifice so that a soul may be set free from the bondage of sin and find salvation in Christ?
-Are we willing to dig into our pockets if need be?
1)When a life is dirty/filthy, YOU can clean it up if you try hard/ WORK on it.
2) However, it is not by our own strength, God WILL help us
3)But we must be willing to get ourselves involved in the process to win souls, and be willing to pay the price.
[just like a burnt and dirty pot can be redeemed/cleaned up if you put in a lot of effort to scrub it and also needing to dirty your hands and fingers.]
Countless men are crying out today like that demon-possessed man. They have turned out to be people they don’t want to be, and they don’t want their future to be like their past. (E.g. becoming lascivious like that demon-possessed man, unrestrained/out of control/lustful/abusers)
Jesus heard the cry of the heart from the demon-possessed man, that he did not want to continue this sort of life that he has.
*What is it that you don’t want to be anymore?
God can and DOES hear your cries. He WILL help to change your heart and CONVICT you to change because he FORGIVES you. God will come to you and deliver you if you cry out to Him for help. He’ll lead you to repentance, through the Holy Spirit.
Only the devil condemns you. If you hear yourself condemning yourself about the sins you’ve done, it’s the voice of the devil! He wants to make you lose faith and become dejected.
*Was it a high price of 2000 pigs for the deliverance of one man?
Jesus was asked to leave as the owners of the pigs found that too high a price. They didn’t celebrate for the salvation of that man. That at long last, the man was free of the demons and now a new man, sane and joyful.
This post is taken from one of the sermons in Evangel Family Church, in Singapore
