Prince Against Darkness

Jesus’ healing of two demon-possessed men illustrates his authority over the forces of darkness. It also raises some sticky questions about the reliability of the Bible and the reality of evil. By wrestling with them we learn that Scripture is reliable and trustworthy, even if it keeps us a bit off-balance with some of its little riddles; that demons are real and active in the world, but they are created beings destined for destruction; that until then, their main goal is to divert our worship using lies about God and accusations about us; and that Jesus has absolute authority over evil, and he exercises it to deliver us not just from evil and suffering, but from sin and death itself.