Jezus i uczniowie Jego przybyli na drugą stronę jeziora do kraju Gerazeńczyków. Ledwie wysiadł z łodzi, zaraz wyszedł Mu naprzeciw z grobowców człowiek opętany przez ducha nieczystego. Mieszkał on stale w grobowcach i nikt już nawet łańcuchem nie mógł go związać. Często bowiem nakładano mu pęta i łańcuchy; ale łańcuchy kruszył, a pęta rozrywał, i nikt nie zdołał go poskromić. Wciąż dniem i nocą w grobowcach i po górach krzyczał i tłukł się kamieniami. Skoro z daleka ujrzał Jezusa, przybiegł, oddał Mu pokłon i zawołał wniebogłosy: «Czego chcesz ode mnie, Jezusie, Synu Boga Najwyższego? Zaklinam Cię na Boga, nie dręcz mnie!» Powiedział mu bowiem: «Wyjdź, duchu nieczysty, z tego człowieka». I zapytał go: «Jak ci na imię?» Odpowiedział Mu: «Na imię mi „Legion”, bo nas jest wielu». I zaczął prosić Go usilnie, żeby ich nie wyganiał z tej okolicy. A pasła się tam na górze wielka trzoda świń. Prosiły Go więc złe duchy: «Poślij nas w świnie, żebyśmy mogli w nie wejść». I pozwolił im. Tak, wyszedłszy, duchy nieczyste weszły w świnie. A trzoda około dwutysięczna ruszyła pędem po urwistym zboczu do jeziora. I potonęły w jeziorze. Gdy wsiadał do łodzi, prosił Go opętany, żeby mógł przy Nim zostać. Ale nie zgodził się na to, tylko rzekł do niego: «Wracaj do domu, do swoich, i opowiedz im wszystko, co Pan ci uczynił i jak ulitował się nad tobą». Poszedł więc i zaczął rozgłaszać w Dekapolu wszystko, co Jezus mu uczynił, a wszyscy się dziwili. Mk 5, 1-13. 18-20
Jesus is stronger than Satan
They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain. In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones. Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him, crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!” (He had been saying to him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”) He asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion is my name. There are many of us.” And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside. And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.” And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him. But he would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed. Mark 5:1-13. 18-20
The power of God's love
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Test na miłość
Miłość cierpliwa jest, łaskawa jest. Miłość nie zazdrości, nie szuka poklasku, nie unosi się pychą; nie jest bezwstydna, nie szuka swego, nie unosi się gniewem, nie pamięta złego; nie cieszy się z niesprawiedliwości, lecz współweseli się z prawdą. Wszystko znosi, wszystkiemu wierzy, we wszystkim pokłada nadzieję, wszystko przetrzyma. 1 Kor 13, 4-7
Can You trust Him?
On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey? Mark 4:35-41