Summary: The forty-first message from the Book of Luke which highlights our response to Jesus’ Gospel. The Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy.
Scripture: Luke 9:37-43
Why Here and Why Now?
The healing of the demoniac boy was a further picture of Jesus’ purpose in coming - a foreshadowing of His own death and resurrection:
His descent from the mountain into brokenness (v.37)
Jesus’ authority over Satan and his demonic forces (v.42)
Jesus’ rebuke of the faithless generation and their unbelief (v.41)
The boy’s violent experience (v.39, 42)
Restoration of the boy and the '“giving back to his father (v.42)
Amazed at God’s greatness (v.43)