Pigs don't fly they fall

I usually stay away from long sections of scripture however today I could not focus on just one or two verses in the Luke’s account in chapter 8 of how Jesus healed a man with many demons. Please take a couple of minutes and read this account. In turn my thoughts at the end will be brief.

[27] When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. [28] When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” [29] For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) [30] Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. [31] And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. [32] Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. [33] Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. [34] When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. [35] Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. [36] And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. [37] Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. [38] The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, [39] “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout

First and foremost this account is about Jesus and not demons

Jesus has authority over demons. We know this because pigs don't fly they fall.

Demons know who Jesus is better than some humans.

Demons know that they are eventually headed for Hell

Jesus can dramatically change a person’s life

People who don’t know Jesus are afraid of him. They are afraid of the things they may have to give up, the fear of where Jesus might lead them. They are in fact afraid of his power and authority.

Then finally at the end of this account Jesus commands the man (which is also a command for us) to go out tell others what God has done for us so others won't be afraid.