The incident occurs when he crosses the Sea of Galilee, and he goes to the other side to the region of Gadera. And so Matthew brings home to us, with particular force, the truth that Jesus Christ is the very Son of God. In Matthew 8:28-29, Matthew reminds us that even the demons acknowledge that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The first of them you will see in verses 28 and 29 where we learn, in fact, that Jesus Christ is the very Son of God. And there are many great spiritual truths for us in this feast of the word, but I would like to point your attention to three of them. Now, we see an incident actually depicted for us. It had been mentioned earlier in this chapter that the Lord Jesus Christ had healed those who were demon-possessed. It is the first passage in the Gospel of Matthew where the Lord Jesus Christ’s encounter with the demon-possessed is described. So teach us the spiritual truths contained in it, and by the spirit apply it to our hearts. This word is written for our instruction, for our counsel, for our admonition. Our Lord and our God, we know that this word is not recorded simply to cause us interest, nor even to give us an accurate account of the deeds of our Lord Jesus Christ, though it does that, and we praise You for it. Let us attend to the words of the living God, beginning in verse 28 of Matthew chapter 8: And so the sovereignty of Christ is set forth in Matthew chapter 8. And now, in verses 28 to the end, showing the Lord’s sovereign power, even over the forces of evil. The first 17 verses showing His power over bodily diseases then, especially verses 23-27, showing His power even over the forces of nature. And so, the whole of chapter 8 shows us the power of Christ. Then, as we reviewed verses 18-27, we saw a focus, particularly in verses 23 to the end of that section, on Jesus’ control of the physical universe. And then finally, in verses 14 through 17, we reviewed Jesus’ healing of Peter’s mother-in-law, as well as the testimony that He had fulfilled the prophecy of the Old Testament. Then, in verses 5 through 13, we saw Jesus heal the centurion’s servant. First, in verses 1 through 4, we saw Jesus’ healing of the leper. If you will scan the beginning of chapter 8, you will remember in our study of verses 1 through 17 we saw three scenes of healing. Chapters 8 and 9 of Matthew, miracles, mighty attesting signs of the Lord Jesus Christ, are performed so that the word of life is set side by side with the powerful deeds of Christ, thus attesting to the fact that He is indeed the very Son of God, the Messiah, the Christ, sent from God for the sins of the world The Lord Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is recorded from chapter 5 to chapter 7, giving us the words of life and the way of life. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 8. The following is a lightly edited transcript. Ligon Duncan preaches on Jesus and Demons from Matthew 8:28-34 in part 3 of his series The Miracles of the Kingdom.
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