Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. 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. 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.(Luke 8:30-33 ESV)
From what we find in the three first gospels, Jesus had commanded the demons to come out of the man, and they in turn drove the man to come bow before Him and beg to come out. We now have a "civil" discussion, if you will between Him and them. Here is power under control. They recognized His ultimate power; do we? They begged Him to be merciful in His power: do we? Or do we complain to Him and whine to try to get our own way? Are we less civil than demons?
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