The battle between good and evil has been going on since the beginning of time.  And it should be of no surprise to us.

I was captivated by the first movie of Wonder Woman as it paints the gospel picture so perfectly clearly.

The man, Jesus, takes the death of mankind on a poison loaded plane into the atmosphere.

The evil Ares who is the god of war, Satan, celebrates the demise of humanity.

The heroine Wonder Woman, God, faces off with Satan in a final battle.

The poison making woman, man, sits on the ground waiting for God to punish her.  But the heroine does not, instead focusing all of her attention on Ares, the god of war.

In their final showdown, Ares says:

“They do not deserve your protection.”

To which, Wonder Woman replies:

“It is not about deserve–it’s about what you believe.  And I believe in love.”

A compelling story that represents the gospel.  If you would like to watch it, here it is:

The horror story in Mark 5 is also right out of a movie.  

This demon possessed man came came from the graveyard.

Chains could not hold him, even if they shackled his hands and feet.

He cut himself with stones.

I am quite positive that everyone feared him greatly and stayed well away from that graveyard.

And I have to think that Jesus approached without, worry, fear, or even a second thought.  He was going to break a foothold and fight the most powerful force of evil the world has ever seen.

But the drama ends there.

This man sprinted to Jesus and was at His feet on two knees begging for help.

Jesus is not afraid of your sin.

He is not afraid of your tempting and evil thoughts.

And He is not afraid if you carried out some, or all, of them.

He isn’t afraid of a man who could break chains, or the evil in the graveyard, death, or the devil himself.  In the horror movie, He is the Savior, and He walks into the teeth of death to meet the most evil presence we could conjure.

Demons begged.

Pigs died.

A man was freed.

Read it in Mark 5.

Mark 5 18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

The ten cities in Greece were saved because of a demon possessed crazy man’s testimony.  And it expanded out from there.

As you go into your weekend, I want to leave you with three thoughts:

1.  If you are going to the graveyard, take God with you.  He is good for opening caskets, driving out demons, raising the dead, and redeeming your broken life.

2.  The Physical, Mental, and Emotional are all controlled by the Spiritual.  And the Spiritual has a King that will not be sharing with anyone else (thank God).  Beware of anything that will challenge His reign on your spiritual health.  And remember, filling up your emotional, or your physical, or your mental needs will work for a while … but it won’t be long until you have come to the end of this pursuit and feel empty.  Fill up your Spiritual tank.  Daily.  With Jesus.

3.  Weigh The Cost.  We worry, with our faith, about how it looks, about what we fear, about how much it might cost us, and, certainly, about what it would do for us (what’s in this for ME?).  Let me just say:  You can’t afford NOT to do it.

So enjoy the weekend.

And if Jesus wants to go to the graveyard to face up with the scariest person you could imagine, go with Him.  He is not afraid.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J