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Mark 5:4

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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

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  • Are those who believe Jesus is the Christ of God?

    First John lays down the test plainly: anyone who confesses that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is born of God and indwelt by God (1 John 4:2, 4:15, 5:1). But the Synoptic Gospels show unclean spirits and demons doing exactly that — Mark 1:23-24, Mark 3:11, Mark 5:7, Luke 4:34, Luke 4:41 all have demons publicly confessing Jesus as the Holy One of God, the Son of God, the Christ.

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