²⁸ When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. ²⁹ “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”³⁰ Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. ³¹ The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” ³² He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. ³³ Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. ³⁴ Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region. (Matthew 8:28-34)

Last time we saw that the Lord Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, now He came to the other side of the sea, two demon-possessed men met him. In the parallel passage only mentioned one demon-possessed man. The demon here is the evil spirit, they recognized the Lord Jesus and knew that He was the Son of God.
And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss. (Luke 8:31)
This parallel passage tells us that the demons were afraid of going to the abyss, so they asked the Lord Jesus to let them enter the herd of pigs.
He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. (Mark 5:13)
After the demons were driven out of the man by the Lord Jesus, they entered the pigs, and the pigs were thrown into the sea and drowned. The number of the pigs was about two thousand. the parallel passage also tells us that the name of the demons is called Legion, because there were many. Here we see that many demons can possess one person at the same time.
and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. (Luke 8:35)
After the demon, the evil spirits were driven out of the man, the man was his right mind, and everyone was very afraid and asked Jesus to leave there.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊

²³ Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. ²⁴ Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. ²⁵ The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” ²⁶ He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. ²⁷ The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” (Matthew 8:23-27)
Here the Lord Jesus told the disciples to cross the sea or the lake in a boat, the sea here was the sea of Galilee. Suddenly there was a storm. The parallel passage Luke 8:23 says that the boat was about to be filled with water, but the Lord Jesus fell asleep. The disciples were very afraid and woke the Lord Jesus up. The Lord Jesus rebuked the wind and the sea, and the wind and sea became calm right away. Here we see the humanity and divinity of the Lord Jesus. As a human being, he needed sleep, but as God, with just one word, the wind and sea got calm down. Not only can the Lord Jesus calm the storm of the sea, He can also calm the storms in our lives.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊

18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” (Matthew 8:18-22)
Here we see that a scribe, a teacher of the law, came to the Lord Jesus and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” The Lord Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” The Lord Jesus knows everything, he preached everywhere and had no fixed residence, he knew that this scribe could not take this hardship. The Lord Jesus called another disciple to follow him, he said: “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” The Lord Jesus said: “let the dead bury their own dead.” If a person doesn’t have spiritual life, doesn’t have a new life, he is like a dead man in the eyes of the Lord. The Lord Jesus said that let the dead bury their own dead and asked him to preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:61-62)
This parallel passage says that another disciple wanted to follow the Lord but wanted to say goodbye to his family first. The Lord Jesus said: “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” The Lord asked him to concentrate on plowing the field and not look back. If he looked back, the plow would not be straight. The Lord wanted him to follow Him wholeheartedly and preach the Kingdom of God without being distracted.
May God bless you and your family.

14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:14-17)
Here we see that the Lord Jesus went to Peter’s house, saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever, and he healed her. Many people were possessed by demons, the Lord Jesus cast out the demons with a word and also healed all the sick people.
41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah. (Luke 4:41)
In this parallel passage in the Gospel of Luke, it says that after the demons were cast out, they wanted to speak, but the Lord Jesus did not allow them to speak. In the spiritual world, there is God, the Devil Satan, there are also angels and the demons or the evil spirits. If a person interacts with the spiritual world, such as practicing Qigong, some might be possessed by the demons. All demons recognize the Lord Jesus and know that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ, but the Lord Jesus didn’t allow them to speak.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” (Mark 16:17-18)
The Lord Jesus not only healed the sick and cast out demons in the Biblical time, but now He still heals the sick and casts out demons through His believers and disciples. I have heard testimonies about these. I have also prayed for some people’s sickness and pain, and the Lord healed them, some were healed immediately, some were healed after a period of time, some were fully healed, and some were partially healed, some were not healed for the moment. Thank the Lord and glory to the Lord.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😊

⁷ “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ⁹ “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!  (Matthew 7:7-11)
Here the Lord Jesus says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” What is being asked for here? From verse 11 we can see that they are good gifts. What good gifts are they? From the parallel passage Luke 11:13, we know that the good gifts here refer to the Holy Spirit,  That is the heavenly Father is willing to give Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. But you may not receive it as soon as you ask. You should ask until you receive, seek until you find, and knock until the door is opened. Asking for the Holy Spirit here means asking for the Lord Himself and ask for His presence.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😊

 ¹ “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ² For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ³ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. ⁶ “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. (Matthew 7:1-6)
Here the Lord Jesus teaches people not to judge. If you judge others, you will be judged. in the same way you judge others, you will be judged. You see the speck in the brother’s eye, but I don’t see the log in my own eye. Log in the eye blind people from seeing their own problems.
¹¹ Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. ¹² There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? (James 4:11-12)
Here James tells people not to criticize or judge one another. There is only one who can judge, that is God or the Lord Jesus. We cannot stand in God’s place to judge other people .
The Lord Jesus continued to say, do not give your holy things to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine. Holy things are things from God, spiritual things. The Lord Jesus said not to give these things to dogs, and to throw your pearls and precious things to pigs, because they do not know their preciousness. Here the Lord Jesus says not to give holy things or precious things to people who don’t appreciate them.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😊

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? ²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25-34)
Here the Lord Jesus teaches us not to worry about what we will eat, drink, or wear. God watches over the birds of the air and clothes the flowers of the field, how much more will he take care of us. If we seek first God’s kingdom and His righteousness, all these things will be added to us. What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness? The kingdom of God is the kingship of God. The words of the Bible are the words of God. The words of God are the words of righteousness. The words of God are the righteousness of God. The words of God are the will of God. If people do the will of God and live under his kingship, God will take care of them, if we put the God’s kingdom and His righteousness first, God will provide for our needs.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😊