“Go and Tell Them” (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When Jesus commanded evil spirits to leave a demon-possessed man, they entered a herd of pigs, rushed into the sea, and drowned. What does this story have to do with us? Hear some lessons of caution and encouragement on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | The When Jesus encountered a man who was demon possessed, he commanded the evil spirits to come out, |
| 0:31.0 | they immediately left the man and entered a herd of pigs, and the pigs then rushed into the sea and drown. |
| 0:38.7 | What does this dramatic story have to say to us today? |
| 0:42.6 | On Truth for Life weekend, Alastair Begg shares some lessons of caution and encouragement. |
| 0:53.7 | We're looking at these first 20 verses of Mark chapter 5. |
| 0:58.4 | Here we have a living, walking, vivid, unanswerable demonstration of the transforming |
| 1:03.8 | power of Jesus Christ. |
| 1:07.3 | Only Jesus can set such a person free. |
| 1:11.9 | And when you look at verse 7, it's almost as though this man knew that Christ could set |
| 1:16.7 | him free, but he was at the same time afraid of what that change would mean, running |
| 1:25.2 | and falling on his knees in front of him. |
| 1:29.2 | And then at the same time saying, |
| 1:30.7 | what is it that you want with me? |
| 1:33.0 | Please, I can't stand any more torture. |
| 1:34.4 | I can't stand. |
| 1:37.7 | If an encounter with you is to be tortuous in any way, |
| 1:39.5 | I can't stand that, Jesus. |
| 1:41.7 | Here I am on my knees before you, |
| 1:43.9 | but at the same time recoiling from you. |
| 1:51.5 | That's not so far removed from experience that I've encountered in 30 years of pastoral ministry, |
| 1:58.8 | because we fail to understand the grip that sin has on people, that Satan has on people, |
| 2:05.3 | when we suggest to them or to ourselves, that one's confronted with their predicament, it will just be obvious for them. It'll just be natural for them to surrender to |
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