"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee" (Mark 5:19).

These are the words Jesus spoke to the man we recognize by the name Legion. He had been delivered of demons and later returned to Jesus, asking if he could stay with Him. Instead of granting the man's request, the Lord told him to go back home. Was He unfair? After all, the man only wanted to be with the One who had done so much for him. No. Jesus knew that the man...