Verses 31-39 “31And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
33And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”
Everyone in the synagogue was amazed that Jesus had power to cast demons out of people. Demon possession of unsaved people is a very real possibility. These evil spirits are the cause of some mental and physical afflictions in those who are possessed, but that is not the only cause of mental and physical affliction, and we should not easily make the assumption that people are possessed by devils. A notable point in this Scripture is that Jesus has power over the spirit world and over disease. The future is never hopeless for the Christian because Jesus is more powerful than the Devil and all of his evil host; He is more powerful than any disease; and He is more powerful than death. In Christ, we are over-comers. We are on the winning side.