Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Do we take evil as seriously as we should?

And do we truly desire deliverance from evil or only relief from its consequences.

In today's episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, the gospel according to

Mark, as Paul walks through Mark 5 in the dramatic account of Jesus casting the demons out of

the man, known as Legion, revealing Christ's unmatched authority over the powers of darkness.

To hear more sermons from Paul,

visit paultrip.com slash sermons. Now here's Paul with today's message.

I was raised in Toledo, Ohio, and anyone who is a driver in Ohio knows of the Ohio State Highway Patrol films.

There is a tradition in Ohio that whenever there is a violent accident,

the State Patrol comes out and takes graphic films of the accident.

And when you have been caught speeding or you're found guilty of traffic violation or you've caused an accident, part of your sentence is to watch these films.

They're much worse than any fine. And people tell the horror stories of what they saw. Now,

the purpose of these films is warning. It's to warn you against the dangers

of breaking traffic laws, because breaking traffic laws doesn't seem so dangerous at some times.

Don't look at me like you don't know what I'm talking about. You do, because you break those laws.

We have such a passage this evening. It is very interesting that this casting out of these evil

spirits from this man is given so much ink in Mark. It is really told to us in rather

graphic detail. It's one of the longer narratives in Mark, and surely the narrative has at the center the stunning power of the Messiah

of the Lord Jesus over evil. But there's more here than that. There's tremendous warning to us,

as we can see in the physical picture of this man, the evil of evil.

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