It’s All in Your Mind

l . f!Jwp1u. 5 ({&pd-~ "obu/_ /Jug, «JlffL kJ. ( fe.nu, ll.lf.d Ill /um IJ«d IJUU ~ wiJh flu J_,JJ.iL, and had flu /nµ.Mt, ~ and eh,.l1ud, and in Ith. .:~l.1. ---~-- ..I 11 ~u.. "'-l.l'l.lL•• • Mark 5:15 If there is a right mind, there must be a wrong mind. Possibly the account of the maniac of Gadara has been so highlighted in the subject of demons; we have failed to simply read what it says and what took place. The word right mind is often referred to in the Bible. But it is not always translated this same way. We will see this in reference to a number of passages in regard to all age groups. This has nothing to do with your salvation; it has nothing to do with your soul. This has to do with your mind. The actions of the maniac of Gadara before he was healed are important to consider. Let us be simple in our study and assume that his actions before healing were the actions of a wrong-minded person. From an evangelistic appeal~ this account proves that every sinner has a wrong mind. Christ said to the religious group gathered around him, "(lft an tJ/. fJAW<- loJJu,; ilu d.mll..." (lohn 8:44). I assume the Lord meant, "Apart from salvation through me, the mind of the unbeliever is swayed; governed~ and· controlled by Satan." So the conduct c,f the maniac before healing should never be seen in the believer inJesus Christ. The first characteristic of this man is found in Mark-5:2 in which we are told where he lives. He lived in the tombs. probably what we would call caves or possibly a place of burial. Wrong-minded people live where everything is dead. Ephesians 2:1 says, "ofnd lJ1'll lwJJ,, ltt ~ t.oluJ- m~ IU.lld ur. lJtap,tUll! and .mu." As a believer, if you are not living with Christ and for Christ and fellowshipping with Christ, it is possible that you are living with dead things. No believer in Christ should have a mind and life that lives where the dead sinner lives. The maniac c,f Gadara lived where everything was dead. That which the world presents. for the moment looks like life. It appeals; it causes enthusiasm. Satan does present a. beautiful picture; But he disguises the end result; which is always death. Ask anyone whom God has delivered from drugs, from the pleasures of the world that the world presented so appealingly and see if they will say to you that it was lasting. Any individual with common sense realizes and knows by experience that Satan's encouragements and directions end in death; 19