Angels and Demons
Mike Smith
July 14th, 2024
Mark 5:1-20; Galatians 1:6-9
“They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him. 3He lived in the tombs, and no one was able to restrain him anymore—not even with a chain— 4 because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. 7 And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me!” 8 For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9 “What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.” —Mark 5:1–9 (CSB)
Be careful not to
Daniel 10:8-9; Acts 19:11-16; Col. 2:15, 18.
Biblically, angels are worshippers,
Isaiah 6:2-3; Ex. 12:23; Matt. 1:20; Matt. 4:11; 18:10
Biblically, demons are oppressors,
Daniel 10:13; Matt. 17:15-18; 1 Tim. 4:1; Mark 5:1-20
God didn’t choose