EVERY MAN WITHOUT JESUS IS A WILD MAN

08-13-06

(Eccl 3:18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God mightmanifest them[to make apparent to them], and that they might see [discern]that they themselves are beasts [(wild) animals].

WILD = Dict: 1. living in a state of nature, as animals that have not been tamed or domesticated. 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of man, as plants, flowers, fruit, honey, etc. 3. uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste, as land. 4. uncivilized or barbarous, as tribes or savages. 5. of unrestrained violence, fury, intensity, etc.; violent; furious: wild strife, wild storms. 6. characterized by or indicating violent excitement, as actions, the appearance, etc. 7. frantic; distracted, crazy, or mad: to drive someone wild. 8. violently excited: wild with rage, fear, or pain. 9. undisciplined, unruly, lawless, or turbulent: wild boys, a wild crew. 10. unrestrained, untrammeled, or unbridled: wild gaiety, wild orgies. 11. disregardful of moral restraints as to pleasurable indulgence. 12. unrestrained by reason or prudence: wild schemes. 13. extravagant or fantastic: wild fancies. 14. disorderly or disheveled: wild locks. 15. wide of the mark: a wild throw.

  1. Synonym: 1. undomesticated, untamed, feral, ferine, savage. 5. boisterous, stormy, tempestuous. 6. enthusiastic, eager. 9. self-willed, ungoverned, unrestrained, riotous, wayward. 12. reckless, rash, extravagant, impracticable. 13. queer, grotesque, bizarre.
  2. Antonym: 1. tame.

A “WILD” WILD MAN

(Mark 5:1-5) And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes [a land east of the Jordan]. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs [graves (in caves)]a[naked]manwith an unclean [demonic]spirit,Who had his dwelling among the tombs;and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces:neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

(Mark 5:6-13) But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion[a Roman legion contained 6,000 soldiers]: for we are many. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine [pigs] feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

(Mark 5:14-17) And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

  1. right mind = Gk: sophroneo, so-fron-eh'-o; to be of sound mind, i.e. sane, (fig.) moderate:--be in right mind, be sober (minded), soberly /// safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion):--discreet, sober, temperate. [i.e. TAME]
  2. (2 Tim 1:7) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. [i.e. TAME]
  3. sound mind = Gk: sophronismos, so-fron-is-mos'; discipline, i.e. self-control:--sound mind /// to make of sound mind, i.e. (fig.) to discipline or correct:--teach to be sober /// safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion):--discreet, sober, temperate. [i.e. TAME]
  4. (Gen 16:11,12) And the angel of the LORD said unto her [Hagar, Sarai's maid], Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
  5. Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Mohammed claimed Ishmael as his ancestor, as do most Arabs.

(Mark 5:18-20) And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis [a ten-city region] how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

Amen