Jesus found him in a cemetery, and his story is in the fifth chapter of Mark. As Jesus stepped out of a boat, a demon-possessed man stormed out of a cave. The demons begged to be sent into a herd of pigs. Jesus consented, and 2000 demon-possessed pigs threw themselves into the sea.
The people begged Jesus to leave their area. Why? Fear of change. But before Jesus left, he told the man freed from demons to “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.” That was the commissioning of the first missionary sent to people who dismissed Jesus. Christ still sends messages to the unworthy. And he still uses the unworthy as messengers.
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