Sunday 25th January 2026 // Morning // Luke 8:26-39 // Legion

Rev. Craig Lynn preaches Luke 8:26-39 at morning worship on Sunday 25th January 2026 in First Ards. Jesus steps ashore and meets a man utterly ruined by demonic power and, with a word, restores him to dignity, sanity and peace, showing that even a “legion” is subject to his authority. Yet, while the healed man longs to stay with Jesus, the townspeople, unsettled by his holy presence, ask him to leave and Jesus instead sends the restored man home to tell what God has done. This leaves us with the question of whether we will push Jesus away when he comes close or come to him for mercy and then speak of his grace where we are.