Breakthrough Week 3 – Freedom

Breakthrough Pt 3 – Freedom – Dean Johnson – 08.30.2020

– Jesus is Lord of All, in the natural and the

– “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors…”

C.S. Lewis

– Mark 5:1-5
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 

– Mark 5:3-5
3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

– 1) Because of , we live in bondage

-Tactics Satan uses to keep people in bondage

A) Isolation

B) Hurting others

– Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

C) Hurting yourself

– Luke 5:5
5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

2) Because of Jesus, we live in

– Mark 5:6-10
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!” 9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”  “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

– Mark 5:7
…What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 

– Mark 5:10
10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

– Matthew 8:29
29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

– On the cross Jesus freed us from the of sin

– 1 Peter 2:24
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

– Mark 5:11-13
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.  12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 

– Mark 5:14–17
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.

– You’re not fighting FOR victory, you’re fighting victory!  

3) Because of your Story, others can live in

– Mark 5:18
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 

– Mark 5:19-20
19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

– Revelation 12:11
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…