Generation Church

Jesus vs. Legion: Freedom from Demonic Oppression | Mark 5 Explained

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Show Notes

What happens when Jesus confronts darkness head-on? In this powerful and intense message from Mark 5, Pastor Ryan Visconti walks through one of the most dramatic encounters in the Bible Jesus delivering a demon-possessed man known as “Legion.”

This story isn’t just strange or extreme it reveals something critical No matter how broken, bound, or far gone someone is… Jesus has the power to set them free.

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