Safety With Christ!
"Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion;
for we are many.”
Mark 5: 9
Many expressions in contemporary culture have their origin
in the Bible—like the expression, “Clothed and in his right
mind,” referring to a person who is acting sanely,
normally.
The words come from Mark 5:15, referring to a crazed man who
Jesus delivered from the power and influence of demons.
After
his deliverance, the man was found “clothed and in his right mind.”
The New Testament takes the existence of demons as a fact, not
a
fantasy. Jesus drove demons out of many people resulting in
their
being made well or whole again. The crazed man Jesus delivered
from demons was so “demonized” that there was a multitude
of
demons dwelling in
him.
When Jesus asked the man his name, the demons
answered,
“Legion; for we are many” (Mark 5:9)—a legion referring to
a
Roman military unit of six thousand soldiers. The truth then,
and now, is that demons have no power or authority in the
presence of Jesus.
The best defense against demonic influence is
to live clothed in the full armor of God, the life
of Christ Himself (Ephesians 6: 10-18).
"There is nothing holier, or better, or safer,
than to content ourselves with the authority
of Christ alone."
John Calvin
