Life of Christ #6- Jesus Went After the One Everyone Forgot | The Compassion of Christ

Jesus went after the one everyone else had forgotten.

In this powerful Bible teaching from Gene Edwards’ Life of Christ series, we follow Jesus across the Sea of Galilee—from calming the storm to His encounter with the Gerasene man possessed by a legion of demons. But beneath the dramatic events is a deeply personal revelation of the compassion of Jesus and the pity of God.

Why did Jesus leave the crowds and cross the sea?

On the other side was a man living among the tombs—a man others feared, avoided, and had tried unsuccessfully to restrain. He was isolated, tormented, and seemingly beyond human help.

Yet Jesus came to him.

Gene Edwards examines the familiar biblical account from Matthew 8, Mark 4–5, and Luke 8 from an unusual perspective. Rather than concentrating only on Christ’s authority over demons, he draws our attention to God’s compassion for one suffering human being.

The message also explores Jesus calming the storm and His words to the disciples concerning fear and faith. Gene challenges common interpretations of this passage and asks us to consider whether Jesus’ rebuke was primarily about their inability to perform a miracle—or their fear despite having been sent into the boat by Christ Himself.

Then Jesus reaches the other side.

The man who had lived among the tombs is delivered and restored. When he asks to follow Jesus, Christ gives him an unexpected calling: go home and tell others what God has done for you. The forgotten man becomes a witness.

His testimony requires no theological education or elaborate preparation. He knows what Jesus has done for him—and he tells others.

This message ultimately becomes an extraordinary picture of God’s mercy toward people who have reached the end of themselves.

There are moments when we need God to guide us, forgive us, heal us, give us faith, or restore our hope. And sometimes, as Gene says near the conclusion of this message, we simply need to cry:

“Lord, have pity on me.”