Gratitude

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I try my best to avoid using large amounts of Bible quotes with Copyrighted Bibles, so, this go around, we're going with King James,
Anyway, my favorite Gospel is the Gospel of John, or, as my RCIA teacher, the late Reverend Fr. Peter Clarke called it, “the most sacramental Gospel”.
The Gospel, that, for, whatever reason, I have the hardest time reading, is the Gospel of Luke.
It's not that it's a “bad” Gospel, I just don't “feel” it, if that makes sense.
It might be overexposure. (For those not in the know, in the western church, remember, the Catholic Church is 24 Self-governing churches in communion with the Pope of Rome, has yearly cycles, and this generally determines what synoptic Gospel is usually read during Sundays in ordinary time, I'm not a liturgist, so please don't get angry at me if I didn't get that quite right).
I don't know, maybe something in my head feels like it's competing with Matthew.
But, there is one thing I did notice,
“And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and fetters; and brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying What is thy name? And he said Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would not command them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. When they that fed saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. Then they went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. They also saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
Then the whole multitutde of the country of the Garadenes round about brought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him”
(Luke 8:26-39)
Now, I really want to focus on v.38 and 39,
“ Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him”.
First of all, I noticed something interesting, besides the text hinting at Jesus's divinity (take that, Unitarians)!
Anyway, I love when Jesus tells him “ Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee”, and then what does he do?
And he went his way and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him”
You know, as the late Rev. Fr. Peter Clarke told me about living the Christian life, just do it. And the hint at Jesus's divinity?
Let's check the Greek to make sure I got this right, I did, apparently;  Luke 8:39 . So, not, it's not a case of the translator forcing his theology into it, it's an accurate translation. The man was told to tell of the great things that God has done for him, and he praises what Jesus done for him.
Because, sorry Bart Ehrman, but the Gospel of John is not the only Gospel that portrays Jesus as God.
Luke clearly does.
As does Mark. Yes, Mark portrays Jesus as God
May we all remember to thank Jesus for what he's done for us.

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