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Paul McNutt

July 30 & August 2, 2026

JESUS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Mark 5:1–20 (NLT)

Objective: Jesus is still transforming lives today.

Jesus changes everything

He pursues the unreachable.
He breaks the unbreakable.
He transforms the hopeless.
He sends the transformed.

Jesus Pursues the Unreachable

Mark 5:1-8(NLT)

1 So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.

2 When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from the tombs to meet him.

3 This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.

4 Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.

6 When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him.

7 With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!”

8 For Jesus had already said to the spirit, “Come out of the man, you evil spirit.”

Jesus is still chasing after people like this today.

Hebrews 13:8 (NLT)

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

No One Is Beyond His Reach

Jesus Breaks the Unbreakable

Mark 5:9-13(NLT)

9 Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

10 Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.

11 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby.

12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”

13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.

Do You Need a Breakthrough Today?

John 10:10 (NIV)

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have

life, and have it to the full.

He came to breakthrough the chains that bind you!

Jesus Transforms the Hopeless

Mark 5:14-16 (NLT)

14 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened.

15 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He

was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.

16 Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the

pigs.

Jesus Sends the Transformed

Mark 5:17-20 (NLT)

17 And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.

18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.

19 But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.”

20 So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.

Ephesians 2:1-5 (NLT)

1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.

2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.

4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,

5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s

grace that you have been saved!)