As we continue our series of Luke, we come to another illustration of Christ’s authority on display in helping a man in bad shape. This man has been completely bound by demons who have taken his life and everything else from him… until Jesus comes on the scene. A hallmark of Jesus’s ministry was his authority over demonic forces revealed in His exorcisms. In addition, Acts highlights that the apostles and other in church demonstrated that same authority. In a culture here in the PNW that is more and more open to the occult and demonic forces, texts like this give us confidence about how we are to respond in a culture and world becoming increasing occultist and spiritualist. In the presence of Christ, the demons flee and because Christ is in us, we too have nothing to fear.