Matthew 8:28 says, And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.  After Jesus had crossed to the other side to get away from the multitudes for awhile and had calmed the stormy sea, He encountered another obstacle.  There were two possessed with devils, who were evidently living in the grave yard, who would have blocked the way Jesus was going.  I believe that what we need to understand is that just because we have been successful in overcoming problems by our faith in Christ, that does not mean that we will never face another problem.  The opposite may be true.  If we are being successful in witnessing for Christ, Satan will notice and attempt to stop us.  Verse twenty-nine says, And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?  These two, possessed by devils, recognized Jesus for Who He is.  That was more than the religious leaders of God's people did.  They asked what Jesus, the Son of God, had to do with them.  They may have felt that they were just too evil for Jesus to redeem them, so they wondered if He had come to torment them.  We need to understand that no one is ever to evil to be redeemed by Christ, and that He never comes to torment people, but to save them.  Verse thirty states, And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.  Swine were really considered as unclean to the people of Israel, so they would likely have been of no real significance to Jesus.  Verse thirty-one states, So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.  We should first recognize that these devils that possessed these two men acknowledged the power of Jesus over them.  They did not say cast us out if you are able to do so.  They simply said to Jesus that if He cast them out that they be allowed to enter the swine.  Like these demons, Satan knows that he is powerless against God.  Though Satan may rule a person completely, if that person calls on Jesus for salvation, then Satan's rule over that person will be over.  Verse thirty-two states, And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.  Jesus allowed the demons to enter the swine, but their escape was brief.  The whole herd of swine ran violently into the sea and drowned.  I am not sure why the demons were not able to escape the swine, but I think it was because they had submitted to the authority of Jesus.  Satan and his disciples really do have limited power in the world.  Verse thirty-three says, And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.  Those who had kept the swine went into the city and told what had happened to the swine and to the two who had been possessed of the devils.  Verse thirty-four declares, And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.  Evidently the people were not happy about the two who were restored to sanity.  They were evidently more concerned about the loss of the swine.  For whatever reason, the whole city came out to Jesus to ask Him to leave their coasts.  There are whole countries today where Jesus is not welcome.  In some places, it is because they worship another god, and some places it is because they claim there is no God.  Even if miracles occur, they will never welcome Jesus.