Insanity

 

Mark 5:15  NKJV  15 Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Seen on the news those in their nudity parading in front of the public, especially in front of children. But here in Mark 5:15 this man was found sane, fully clothed and in his right mind.

 Luke 8:35  NKJV 35  Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 

People who wandered were found in their insanity. Fools, not wise men, reject God (Psalm 14:1), and sin invites Satan into a person's mind. Ultimately, his influence causes madness.

1.   Is seen as on who indulges….in the day of discovery, man has freed himself of God. He readily unplugs his conscience and can do whatever his own heart desires while answering to no one else. He is the supreme god. He can change the rules if he wants. He can partake of the forbidden fruit  in that which brings them to that speaking: “I’m okay, Your okay” 

2.   The demonic teaching set forth by satan is that which attempts to displace God’s truth: like with High-muh-nee-uhs and Alexander.

4.   Paul warns Timothy, as a leader for the second generation of Christians In 2 Timothy 1:13-14…., “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us. 

Jesus explains: "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order" (Luke 11:24-25). When a demon is removed, a person's mind is cleaned of chaos and made orderly. To avoid being possessed again, he needs to replace what was swept out with God's Spirit and truth.

The words "right mind" (Mark 5:15; Luke 8:35) suggest the controlling of thoughts and actions, so it indicates, not only sanity, but also self-control. The demons in the men are uncontrollable ("neither could anyone tame him," Mark 5:4), but when Jesus comes, they recognize God's authority over them. Evil people cannot control their desires, and society cannot control them, so crime rages on. Living God's way of life as revealed in the life of Christ is the answer. God provides the right mind to produce the fruit of the Spirit, including self-control (Galatians 5:23).

Looking at Roman 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became foolish 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man---and birds and four -footed animals and creeping things.

There are citizens on the upper east coast having parades with them dressed as some animal they relate to.  People without God are given up to increasingly immoral and self-destructive activities.

There was a spirit of insanity found in King Saul:  When Saul inquired of the Lord and the Lord did not answer, he went to a woman with the spirit of divination.

1 Sam 28:6-7: And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Then Saul said unto his servants, ‘Seek me a woman that has a familiar spirit that I may go to her, and enquire of her’.  And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that has a familiar spirit at Endor.

Like Saul, when many people today seek of the LORD and the LORD does not answer, they seek people with spirit of divination.

To seek and use spirit of divination is provoking God to anger.  2 Kings 17:17: And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.  Has the Bible not revealed your future if you are the Christian you claim to be? Has God not told us we will inherit heaven?  You seek to know your future because you are worried about tomorrow. You are worried that God will wait too long to accomplish His plan for you. Understand God is waiting on us.  Jesus Christ spoke this in Matthew 6:25-34 do not be worried about tomorrow......and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Madness, blindness, and confusion of heart is seen in those who disobey His Voice and for failing to observe His commandments. (Deuteronomy 28:15) How choosing one's own way brings destruction is found :

Examples of suicide in the Bible:

Saul ( 1 Samuels 31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:4-5)

the first king of Israel

Suicide by falling on his sword once wounded; 1 Chron. 10:14 says the Lord killed Saul

2 Samuel 1:10 says an Amalekite killed Saul; 2 Samuel 1:10 says the Philistines killed Saul.

Saul's armor Bearer seen in 1 Samuel 31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:4-5

Suicide by falling on his sword, Saul disobeyed God

Ahithophel: 2 Samuel 17:23

A counselor to David and Absalom; Suicide by hanging when his advice was spurned, He chose to follow Absalom and not King David

Zimri found in 1 King 16:15-19

The fifth king of Israel; Suicide when deposed, after a week, by structural fire.

Judas Iscariot found in Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:15-19

One of the 12 disciples, Suicide by hanging after betrayal of Jesus, Taken by his greed for money, he wanted others to perform his plan.

• Observations;
• All of the biblical examples of successful suicide are men.

This act is insanity. It is a spiral collapse of those who once knew God, chose their own way. Destruction was seen in them all. In most cases to, these seem to want to take others with them in this horror.  We are to have hope in this life. We have trials and tribulations. We can have loss of a loved one, the loss of job or maybe that loss of walking with your own legs. But for me, I know the Lord is the chosen path, it is one where you walk again, and see the the goodness of the Lord.

Many today have already had a loss of their life due to taking drugs. They signed on the dotted line for death to be immediate. But a believer will walk facing the future trials knowing a greater life is ahead in Jesus. And ask anyone who might have that grey hair on their head. They know the trials and the work to keep a marriage together for a lifetime to the same person.

Hunger and thirst must be our heart for the Lord: to fill our heart with the water of His word; To be cleansed Purity of Heart : Matthew 5:8  NKJV  (8) Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

Purity of heart is a work in progress in which both God and man share responsibility. Many scriptures show that God will cleanse by pardoning sin. But our responsibility in cleansing is very important and frequently mentioned along with what we must do to be cleansed. Clearly given here by James, he points to the purifying as our responsibility: "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8).

EXPOSE   these unfruitful works of darkness. You can hear it daily on some news network. THE Unfruitful is the barren; without any fruit that is acceptable to God. And it bears the boast in man and not God!  1 John 1:3…The Holy Spirit said, “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His son Jesus Christ”

That which was revealed by the apostles is necessary to have fellowship with them and with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ.   THE MESSAGE…. that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). Since “darkness” is in definite contrast with “light,” and since God is “light” and in Him is no darkness at all, whatever “darkness” is, it is completely contrary and oppressive to the nature and essence of God. God is truth, and in Him is no lie. In Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).  WE must walk in the light as He is in the light to have fellowship with him.

We are to be accountable that our walk is in the Light of God. Our boast is to be in Him! He provided a way through salvation in Him. Our conscience is to carry that knowing right from wrong. It is gained through knowing God and His Word. It is our righteousness that is maintained by the Holy Spirit and in His presence is the fullness of joy. Amen.

Will we deeply grieve over the filth that is still lurking within ourselves? Is there just a hint in our own conscious of a foul thought, a vile imagination, or evil desires? Do we mourn over our pride?  God came to wash us in the blood of Christ, and we are to abide in that which is of grace and mercy. Without that shed blood we are the lost in rags!

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Salvation is not in a trophy!

Proverbs 4:19 the way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

This word stumble has the meaning to totter by decay!

When we are led by the world we get into some very complicated things that lead to death. For the man or woman who chooses their own way can find hardship, and of course, death! 

Our Father’s word teaches us that those who are in the flesh cannot please God found in Romans 8:8. Those who walk in their own ways of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life find the paths of the destroyer. 
Psalm 17:4 concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
So ultimately being away from God and His word, is being led away from life, truth and eternity with Him!

John told us in 1 John 2:16 for all that is in the world---the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life---is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away; and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

There has been evil operating in this world since Eve was deceived in the Garden of Eden. And many, many people still fall to the schemes of the devil, although he has no new material to try out on any one person!  No he just listens to those times when covetousness speaking may be heard from our mouths and hearts!  He pays attention to those times we whine and complain and then he pulls out the same old trip-up he used some years ago.

 God demonstrated His love toward us that we might live for Him and have life!

Romans 5:8-10  NKJV 8 But demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

God initiated that relationship with us. AND He made it possible, paving the way so that we can have fellowship with Him. In this relationship, He made possible through the gift of His Son, those things He desires to develop such as trust in us. So by His love, He gave us His best gift. In this we respond by faith: that trust in God who has purpose for us that is for good and not evil. Without that gift, without that expression of His love, the relationship never would have begun. So without faith there is no love of God present… and it ends up being about Me, Me and Me…!!!

We know God continued the Message of His love by sending His prophets. He kept the relationship alive by being faithful to see those created in His image would hear truth and live by it.

The last time He sent a Prophet, the Prophet was also the Son of God who was the example of:  Obedience, loyalty, & devotion to Him the Father…… By His Son Jesus, He extended His hand forever beckoning us to come back to the relationship. This is so clearly seen in the way God dealt with Israel in the Old Testament. And from old testaments teachings, we find the Israelites were reminded when they were brought out of Egypt, when they were brought out of slavery to serve the living God.

 Luke 1:70-75 NKJV  70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies & from the hand of all who hate us, 72 to perform the mercy promised to our fathers & to remember His holy covenant, 73 the oath which he swore to our father Abraham: 74 to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 in Holiness & Righteousness before Him all the days of our life.    

While writing this, I was reminded of watching the video of Matthew, that story of Jesus in His ministry. And the young man who played the role of Jesus always makes me think of how Jesus is waving to us, still walking but beckoning us to come to Him and to know Him as He really is. Bruce Marchiano is the man who played that part of the Visual Bible Film series. With the smile he presents while walking and turning using his hands to wave us to come, I am forever thinking of Jesus' compassion for us. He died for us that we might have life through Him.

But rejection can appear when man becomes obsessed with the power of self and self worship. It can appear in those who really live on the edge of danger in life: like bull-riders, horse-tamers, high-wire walkers, Wall Street moguls, or even those with both feet on the ground as the mother with several children, the one who sings like a sweet nightingale, the basketball player who scores more points than any other player on the team. Yes, these can start to worship themselves and will not voluntarily submit themselves to God's rules or laws.
                                                             

The ‘terrible’ thing about this is that many die early and usually is the result of suicide. We have known some people who have died in the last 15 years due to that suicide 'thing'. Both were friends, one of mine from my early years and high school and another, a young man we met at church.
Was that God’s plan for them? Certainly not, but the devil had his schemes and anything outside of God and His word of truth lies under the rule of the devil.

Sometimes people get caught up in the applause, the accolades, that cheer of the crowd, the cheer of the grateful husband who works all hours to make a living for the wife and children, or the cheer of the cowboy star who lives his latter years remembering his former glory days in the saddle as a star.

We are reminded in 1 Corinthians 15:33  Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits" . Amplified Bible: 33 do not be deceived & misled! Evil companionship's (communion, association’s ) corrupt & deprave good manners & morals & character.

If our mind is clutter with yesterday, when do we think about God and His goodness? If our mind is in the gutter, we cannot live a virtuous life. If we have received Jesus as Lord of our lives, there is hope in seeing that part of our hearts healed in His name. As Christians, we can never escape all the negative influences of sin around us, such as that which is spoken over the news by fake media, or the negative of that which assaults another by intruding on the personal space of another like men against women in serious acts by sexually immoral people of the world.

 Paul said this in one epistle or letter he wrote to the church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 5:9-10 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous or extortioners or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

Now what Paul wrote was that we were not to have associations with those known as a Christian who have the lifestyle as sexual immorality. Yes, immoral people can claim to be Christians! For a follower of Jesus will not openly persist in sin & will not heed the corrective counsel….Jesus regards this in  Matthew 5:27-30). Adultery in the heart is wrong and a rigid moral self-denial should be in place.

God our Father sent us a way out of the world, but it is to live for HIM through our life here on this earth. He sent Jesus our Savior.  God told us that He redeems our souls when we put our trust in Him according to what is written in Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

If your walk through this life has taken you in to the business arena, the life of the mother who is the nurturer, the doctor, the debater, the guidance counselor and meal maker, the cowboy who knows horses and wild rides, the basketball player who knows the court and players better than he knows God, then we can come under a funky thought like: not good enough, aging quickly, my body is out of condition and strength, will my kids remember me when I am older!  It is then our thoughts are not good thoughts, and a person can fall into a pit where the controlling things like depression, anger, anxiety, jealousy, hopelessness, fear or even suicide can become a part of your demeanor.  How does one come out of that 'funky thing'?
Funk has the meaning of being panicky! Also means to be overcome by great fear!

Suicide by ones own hand will end like Judas'. He hung himself when he had become a traitor to Jesus. For thirty pieces of silver he betrayed the Lord of glory. God is love and He loves all and will we receive His love or choose Me, Me and Me?
When someone's identity has been in themselves, they cannot possibly continue in that for long. I cannot have my identity in my husband. I must have an identity as Shelley, but must also be in Jesus who is life to me! My identity is within that which Jesus died to give me. But someone who has their identity in their children can suffer many bouts of anxiety, empty nest syndrome and even abandonment. The one who receives accolades from their sport ventures will find those trophy's cannot give back any love or remembrance of the winning moment when that point came to take that coveted gleaming silver cup!
Interesting that some of the games that people play all have the winning cup and I wonder how many end up drinking from the cup that provides nothing at the end.

Please take this seriously that any anxiety, any depression, fear or suicide is not of God. These are things the enemy can use against a man or woman made in the image of God. Please hear the voice of the Good Shepherd today and turn to Him who can deliver you from these terrible afflictions. Holy Spirit can guide you through the healing process. Find your identity in Him and not in other people or things.

 Today, we pray for you to hear, receive and know the Father’s love for your 'life' right now. We pray in Jesus’ name that you are delivered from controlling emotions (Psalm 40:17)

We also pray for you to be healed and restored to what the Father’s purpose for your life is. We speak words of life over you right now and believe you to be free to share your deepest feelings with those qualified to help.  We pray for you to have the gift of laughter and the ability to find humor in even serious situations. 

May you take your eyes off the circumstances that cause you dread or be in terror and be reminded that God sent the Son of His love for you to have salvation and that ‘relationship ‘with HIM! We pray you to have patience to possess your soul and the ability to take charge of it. (Luke 21:19)

Father, refresh your child now in the mighty name of Jesus. Refresh him with Your Holy Spirit and set him free today from any negative emotions that would cause him harm. We believe the best for Your child who YOU made for Your glory. May they run and prosper in Your name. Amen.

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