It’s A Shame
Matthew 8:30-32 reads:
30 Now a good way off from them there was a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away[d] into the herd of swine.”
32 And He said to them, “Go.” So when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the whole herd of swine ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and perished in the water.
It is a shame that we will go our entire lives being possessed by demons and living our lives in sin. We have a wonderful, merciful, gracious, redeemer who is literally dying to remove our transgressions far from us, to make us clean, to make us pure, yet we steady allow ourselves to die in our sins. The pigs did not allow themselves, even for a minute, before they killed themselves. They would rather be dead than demon possessed. Jesus wants to kill our flesh so we can follow Him, and to worship God in spirit and in truth, to save us and redeem us, so we can be granted eternal life. Let us allow Jesus Christ to kill our flesh and live in the spirit of God so we can truly live to please our Father.