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Matthew 8:28-33 As always- interesting story- (Explain story)It's no different today- whole cities of people reject Jesus every day. Seattle police chief recently rescinded an invite from a National Christian organization because they were ‘filled with hate’ Leave- we don’t want you here Jesus-. It's happening more often. Schools, TV, Movies, workplaces, they don’t want Christians there. We’re labeled. We’re ostracized. Not invited. We look at them and we say “how could they beg Jesus to depart”? And we may not say it without mouths- but many of us beg Jesus to depart from us every single day. Why did they beg him to depart?

They begged him because demons had become the norm

READ v 28-29Demon possession is real - Job 2:2the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”in this town- its clear that the people had gotten used to the demons and just avoided themIt says “exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.”To me- that says- you know, we know that there is a place in the city that is overcome with demons- but we’re not going to go there and do some spiritual warfare and fix it- we’re just going to go around it. Eph 4:27 nor give place to the devil.- and these people had given place to the devil. Forwhatever reason- they thought it better to just avoid the problem instead of facing the problemTo them- just let the demons demon- let them have their way- we’ll just learn to live with themvisit this old lady when I was kid- house had cockroaches- she’d name them- better to clean?So in part- when these people come to Jesus at the edge of the city and beg him to leave- its because Jesus had upset their norm. what they were used to- how they did businessIts like when an addict gets clean and goes back to the house- they house knew how to deal with addiction- don’t know how to deal with healthy- it can create problems. So they beg him- Just leave Jesus- we didn’t want you to deal with this possession- we didn’t ask you to fix our issues- just leave- we liked our pet demons- Maybe it created a distraction so they wouldn’t have to deal with their own issues- liked having issues to blame their problems on? Who knowsWhat does it mean to youAre you begging Jesus to leave because you like your demons? Have you let them take up residence and now they are so much a part of the family you’re naming them like cockroaches?Matthew 12:43-45 READ when the unclean spirit has gone out of personDemons are real- possession and oppression - if you don’t deal with it- it just comes backBut people think they can play with this withcraft and it wont bother them- that everything okYou can’t camp in Sodom and expect that you wont come out smelling like smoke- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.ever had a kid go spend the night with a bad kid and come back with their spirit on them?You got to cast that thing out- you cant let that spirit take up with your kid- thinking its okthey accustomed to the demon possession and had adjusted their lives to avoid itWhat you should do when it comes to demons? Put on the whole armor of God. Get prayed upEphesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the [a]wiles of the devil.Demon possession is real folks. Everything isn’t a demon, but there are principalities involved in this world that you have to be aware of. If you don’t you can find yourself in a bad placeYou must James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.Submit to God- put up a fight- pray over yourself, your family, your house, where you go- Watch what you watch, who you associate with, and what you take part in- 2 Cor 2:11 lest Satan ...