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A central theme of Luke comes to a head in this passage, one that has come up throughout the book--the question of "Who is Jesus?" On the face of it, it sound straight forward and simple. But as Jesus performed miracles, rumors of his identity swirled. Jesus then presses his closest followers with the question "But who do YOU say that I am?"
In this last section of Luke 8, Forrest Brown preaches on the third set of miracles (out of three) right in a row. In this text, we see Jesus' power to heal a woman that has an incurable bleeding disorder. We see that Jesus is not only able to do what the doctors could not do, but he also does it passively. And because Jesus took time to restore this woman back into the community, the delay means that Jairus' daughter dies from illness. So Jesus simply places her spirit back into her. Jesus is powerful to save and to heal!
Forrest Brown preaches on the second of a trilogy of miracles of Jesus in Luke 8. This one involves casting out demons from a man living in tombs. This brings up not only the question of how demons/angels work but also what kind of power Jesus had to perform such a massive miracle.
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