Central text: Mark 5:2–9: "When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him....Then Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' 'My name is Legion,' he replied, 'for we are many.'" I. Demons pose a genuine threat to human well-being. Negative example: Corinthians who ate food sacrificed to idols (1 Corinthians 10:14–21) Positive example: the Gerasene ex-demoniac, when he proclaimed what Christ had done for him (Mark 5:18–20) II. Demons are less powerful than God. Negative example: Ahaziah, when he consulted Baal-Zebub (2 Kings 1:2–4) Positive example: Ephesians who publicly burned their magic books (Acts 19:11–20) Less