Rev. Dr. Peter Scaer, professor of New Testament and chairman of the department of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Luke 8:22-39.
When Jesus gets into the boat with His disciples, He promises them that they are going to the other side of the lake. As long as they are in the boat with Jesus, they are safe. This provides a picture of our life in the Church. Jesus shows His power over wind and waves with only His Word, a type of miracle He does here for the first time. When the disciples ask themselves who Jesus, the text calls us to confess that Jesus truly is God. When He arrives on the opposite shore of the lake, He is clearly in enemy territory. A demon-possessed man confronts Jesus. The demon has proved too strong for the man or anyone else to subdue, but Jesus has come as the Stronger Man who binds Satan. Jesus casts the demon out of the man and into a herd of pigs. When the pigs rush to their doom, the people of the region are frightened by Jesus’ power. The man himself, now made entirely well by Jesus, is sent to his home to proclaim all that God has done for him in Jesus.
“The Beloved Physician’s Orderly Account” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. Luke. The Evangelist wrote his well-researched account of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection so that Theophilus would have certainty concerning the things he had been taught. As we still read the Word of God recorded by St. Luke, our gracious Lord gives us that same certainty that Jesus is our Savior.
