Date: Thursday, 20th June, 2024
Text: Mark 16:16-18
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
There was a man whose mental health had seriously deteriorated. This man lived among the tombs. Nobody could keep him tied with chains anymore; many times his feet and his hands had been tied, but every time he broke the chains and smashed the irons on his feet. He was too strong for anyone to control him. Day and night he wandered among the tombs and through the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones- Mark 5:1-20.
When Jesus met him he asked him what his name was (Mark 5:9). The demons having been identified by name were successfully driven out and the man got his mental health back.
In the ninth chapter of the book of Mark, a boy was brought to Christ who could not talk. The word of God described the sickness as a spiritual attack. Whenever the evil spirit attacked him, it threw him to the ground, and he foamed at the mouth, gritted his teeth, and became stiff all over. Jesus identified the evil spirit by name. “Deaf and dumb spirit,” he said, “I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!” and the boy was completely healed. Mark 9:14-26
Every infection, germ or sickness has an evil spirit behind it. Just as Christ identified the spirits by their names, believers in Christ are expected to address every illness by its name and cast it out.
Mark 16:16-18, says, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Action Nugget: Exercise your faith- mention that illness by name and cast it out in Jesus name.