Pulpit Analyst Matthew 8:28-33 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils… I. SOME ASPECTS OF SIN. 1. Its contagiousness. 2. Its anti-social tendency — "Neither abode in any house." 3. Its embrutalization of character. 4. Its dread of righteousness. II. SOME ASPECTS OF SALVATION. 1. It is begun in expulsion, not repression, of evil principles and desires. 2. God accounts as nothing whatever material loss may be incurred in its effectuation. Souls more than swine. 3. Its moral and spiritual results have a counterpart and external evidence in improved material and social condition. 4. The surest proof of the reality of its accomplishment is renunciation of personal preferences in obedience to Christ's commands. (Pulpit Analyst.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. |
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