“Liberty From Legion”, words and music by Paul Hayden Mark 5.1: They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. (ESV) In the town of Capernaum, after healing a number of people and seeing the crowd begin to grow, Jesus directed his disciples to cross the Sea of Galilee and go to the other …

Mark 6.5-6: And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. (6) And he marveled because of their unbelief. (ESV) So the big losers in this interchange with Jesus were the majority of these hometown people. They could not see or believe beyond their own self-conceived notions …

Mark 6.4: And Jesus said to them, ” A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” (ESV) The truth of verse four above is spoken in the Bible for the first time by Jesus. This truth is also recorded in Matthew, Luke and John, all reflecting slight variations in …

Mark 6.3: “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. (ESV) Verse three communicates to us that Jesus had all the appearance of being ordinary in the eyes of these people of Nazareth. He …

Mark 6.1-2: He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. (2) And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?” …

Luke 4.12: And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the LORD your God to the test.’” (NASB) In this third temptation the devil proposed that Jesus should put God to the test by jumping off the highest point of the temple in Jerusalem. By this the devil challenged Jesus to challenge the truth …

Luke 4.9-11: And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here, (10) for it is written, ‘He will give His angels charge concerning You to guard You,’ (11) and, ‘On their hands they will bear You up, …

Luke 4.8: And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your GOD and serve HIM only.’” (NASB) In the second temptation the devil offers to Jesus, it is clear that the devil seeks to be worshipped himself. His enticement to do this is a lie, and it is for the purpose of destruction. …

Luke 4.5-7: And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, (6) and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. (7) If you, then, will worship me, …

Luke 4.3-4: The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” (4) And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” (ESV) At the conclusion of the 40 days of Jesus’ time of consecration and devotion to God, the devil implemented his strategy and made his …