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昨天我们看到耶稣如何平息海上的风暴，今天，耶稣和祂的门徒却遇到了发生在陆地上的风暴。故事中那个狂暴的人是很危险和不受控制的，他像怒吼的狂风般大声喊叫，然而令人惊奇的是，他所说的却是事实：他认出耶稣是“至高神的儿子。”

门徒自己也从未尝试宣告这个关于耶稣身份的事实，他们只是逐渐开始明白祂是谁；他们仍然在学习和认知的过程中，而我们也一样在学习着。

就像祂在海上所作的，耶稣以祂的权能平静了这个人内心的风暴，他从污鬼的折磨中被释放出来，头脑也恢复正常了，他便回家告诉亲属和众人，“主为他所做的是何等大的事。”

这个故事令人想起昔日神藉摩西在红海所作的事。（参出 14-15）具有强大杀伤力的埃及军兵整体都被海水淹没了，神的权柄和能力制伏了邪恶，结果众百姓便得了释放和拯救。这些都是历史上重要的事件，而耶稣也始终都临在那现场。

当我们正确地认出耶稣是谁时，我们或许也会问：“我与祢有什么相干？”惟愿我们都认识耶稣是谁、从撒但的势力中得释放、并且接受邀请去领受信心和新的生命。我们不再陷于混乱和损伤中，因为耶稣已经释放了我们，赐给我们平安了！

Yesterday we saw how Jesus dealt with a storm on the sea. Today Jesus and his disciples encounter a storm on the land. The raging man in this story is dangerous and uncontrollable, and his howling voice screams like the wind but with a remarkable truth: he identifies Jesus as the “Son of the Most High God.”

The disciples themselves have not yet declared this truth about Jesus, and they are only slowly coming to realize who he is. They are still learning, and so are we.

Just as he did on the sea, Jesus calms the furious storm in this man by using his authority. The man is freed from his torment by evil spirits, he returns to his right mind, and he goes home to tell his family and many ­others “how much Jesus had done for him.”

This story has reminded people of God’s work through Moses at the Red Sea (see Exodus 14-15). The legion of destructive forces is drowned in the sea, evil is put in its place by God’s authority and power, and there is deliverance, salvation. These are big themes, and Jesus is right in the middle of them.

When we correctly identify who Jesus is, we too may wonder, “What do you want with me?” May we learn who Jesus is, be delivered from the power of Satan, and be invited to faith and new life. Instead of chaos and damage, Jesus brings deliverance and peace!