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Well, we'll start over here with Rick McLean in that line and give me your name and then your question.

Yes, my name is Stan and first of all, I'm very grateful for your teaching.

Thank you, Stan.

My question is with all the mass shootings and the homeless and a culture that believes man can get pregnant. We live in a crazy world.

And I have relatives in my family who are mentally ill. So I went to the Bible to try and

get some guidance and I find that for such a huge problem that really affects such huge parts

of our, since there's very little in the Bible. So the one thing I did find was in Luke chapter 8 when Christ is dealing with the demonic guy,

lives in the tombs, and it says, you know, Christ cast out the demons, and then it says,

and out of the guy, and then it says, and then he was sane.

So I guess my question is, is every mental illness have a demonic component, or is there such a thing as just a mental illness?

And if so, why didn't Christ ever heal somebody who had a mental illness, you know, apart

from demonic activity?

Right. Really good question. Let me see if I can't come at it this way. Every person

without God is in a dire mental condition. It doesn't mean their rational faculties

are not functioning, but it does mean that they are

in the kingdom of darkness, right?

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