“Free at Last!” (Mark 5:14-20 & Luke 8:35-39)
Published 21 Jan. 2026
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Designed for Personal Bible Study or for Bible Teaching
💥 Lessons Learned – Sins / Failures
- 1️⃣ Fear can cause people to reject Jesus even after witnessing His power (Mk 5:17).
- 2️⃣ Valuing comfort or loss-prevention can outweigh gratitude for spiritual deliverance (Lk 8:37).
- 3️⃣ Communities can prefer darkness they control over freedom they cannot manage (Jn 3:19).
- 4️⃣ Asking Jesus to “leave” is a real human choice with serious consequences (Mk 5:17).
- 5️⃣ Fear-driven decisions often block the very help God is offering (2 Tim 1:7).
🏆 Lessons Learned – Successes / Spiritual Growth
- 1️⃣ Jesus’ deliverance restores dignity, clarity, and peace (Lk 8:35).
- 2️⃣ Jesus honors human choice and does not force Himself on anyone (Mk 5:17).
- 3️⃣ Gratitude is meant to overflow into testimony, not remain private (Mk 5:19).
- 4️⃣ Your story is often most powerful among people who knew your past (Mk 5:19–20).
- 5️⃣ Jesus can turn a former captive into a bold messenger of freedom (Mk 5:20).
🧭 Lessons Learned – Leadership Dynamics
- 1️⃣ Jesus-led leadership invites response but never coerces compliance (Lk 8:37).
- 2️⃣ Great leaders send restored people into mission, not dependency (Mk 5:19).
- 3️⃣ The strongest witness is a transformed life told with clarity and humility (Mk 5:20).
- 4️⃣ Leaders prepare people to recognize fear-based resistance to God’s work (Lk 8:37).
- 5️⃣ Kingdom leadership multiplies by commissioning ordinary people to tell what Jesus has done (Mk 5:19–20).