Mark 4:35 – 5:20 (HG1)
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Mark 4:35 – 5:20
Overview
1. Observation: We will see Jesus show His power – both over the natural and the supernatural.
2. Interpretation: We will analyze different people’s responses to Jesus’ power.
3. Application: We will consider our own responses to Jesus’ power.
What we see
Jesus shows His power over the natural realm (Mark 4:35-41)
Who: crowd, Jesus, disciples
Where: in the Sea of Galilee, in a boat, Jesus in the stern.
When: evening, after Jesus had taught the crowd in parables
Jesus shows His power over the supernatural realm(Mark 5:1-20)
Who: Jesus, demonized man, demons (Legion), herdsmen, the Gerasenes, the people of Decapolis
Where: The country of the Gerasenes, on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
When: After the boat ride. Likely still evening –perhaps an eerie horror-film-like scene near the tombs.
What it means
How did people respond to Jesus’ power?
Disciples
What is my response to Jesus’ power? Fear? Doubt? Feeling a loss of control? Amazement?
1. In the midst of the storms in my life, do I believe that Jesus is with me, that He is in control of the circumstances around me, and that He will get me to the other side? (Draw a picture of waves and among them list some of the turbulence in your life right now. Next, hear Jesus’ words. Write PEACE above your storm.)
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2. Is there anything I need to change about my understanding of demons? This passage says they are personal beings with names and that they prefer to inhabit – and wreak havoc in – warm bodies. The Greek audience to whom Mark wrote this gospel believed in demons, but they thought some of them were good and some were bad. But this passage makes clear that demons are hell-bent on harming God’s most precious creation: people.
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3. The demonized man was written off by everyone as a lost case. But Jesus transformed Him! Write down the name of a person you are trusting Jesus to transform and pray for him/her.
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4. Might Jesus have a better plan for my life and do I trust Him? The man from the Gerasenes wanted to go with Jesus, but Jesus told him to go home and tell everyone what He had done. Why did Jesus tell some people not to tell what He had done, this man to tell? Some possible reasons: Jesus sent him as a lead man to Decapolis to prepare for His future ministry there (Mark 7: 31). His transformed life would speak best to those who knew him. Also, some commentators believe that while Jesus was doing ministry in strongly Jewish areas, He didn’t want to fuel populist hopes for a showy, political Messiah. But in Gentile areas (Decapolis was Greco-Roman), that wasn’t an issue. The bottom line: Jesus has a unique plan for each person.
Comment here
5. What are the “great things” (Mark 5:19) God has done for me? Who do I need to tell? Write down the name(s) of that person (s) and do it.
Comment here
Overview
1. Observation: We will see Jesus show His power – both over the natural and the supernatural.
2. Interpretation: We will analyze different people’s responses to Jesus’ power.
3. Application: We will consider our own responses to Jesus’ power.
What we see
Jesus shows His power over the natural realm (Mark 4:35-41)
Who: crowd, Jesus, disciples
Where: in the Sea of Galilee, in a boat, Jesus in the stern.
When: evening, after Jesus had taught the crowd in parables
Jesus shows His power over the supernatural realm(Mark 5:1-20)
Who: Jesus, demonized man, demons (Legion), herdsmen, the Gerasenes, the people of Decapolis
Where: The country of the Gerasenes, on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
When: After the boat ride. Likely still evening –perhaps an eerie horror-film-like scene near the tombs.
What it means
How did people respond to Jesus’ power?
Disciples
- Afraid of His power.
- Awed by His power. They saw another side of Him.
- Doubted His power. If Jesus told them, “Let us go to the other side” (Mark 4: 35) then they certainly wouldn’t be going under! They hadn’t heard Jesus properly.
- Complete submission to Jesus’ power.
- Didn’t want to experience the power of His judgment, asked for mercy.
- Recognized His deity.
- Transformed by Jesus’ power.
- Before His deliverance: anti-social, isolated, uncontrollable, super human strength, naked, constant screaming, not sleeping, tormented, cutting himself.
- After: Clothed, in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus (Luke 8:35). Wants to go with Jesus. Goes back home to tell others about Him.
- Afraid of of Jesus’ power and told Him to go away. Not only had they seen Him transform the untamable man, but they also saw 2,000 pigs destroyed – a huge financial blow. They felt a loss of control and feared what else Jesus might do.
- Amazed by Jesus’ power. They heard the story and saw the changed life of the demonized man.
What is my response to Jesus’ power? Fear? Doubt? Feeling a loss of control? Amazement?
1. In the midst of the storms in my life, do I believe that Jesus is with me, that He is in control of the circumstances around me, and that He will get me to the other side? (Draw a picture of waves and among them list some of the turbulence in your life right now. Next, hear Jesus’ words. Write PEACE above your storm.)
Comment here
2. Is there anything I need to change about my understanding of demons? This passage says they are personal beings with names and that they prefer to inhabit – and wreak havoc in – warm bodies. The Greek audience to whom Mark wrote this gospel believed in demons, but they thought some of them were good and some were bad. But this passage makes clear that demons are hell-bent on harming God’s most precious creation: people.
Comment here
3. The demonized man was written off by everyone as a lost case. But Jesus transformed Him! Write down the name of a person you are trusting Jesus to transform and pray for him/her.
Comment here
4. Might Jesus have a better plan for my life and do I trust Him? The man from the Gerasenes wanted to go with Jesus, but Jesus told him to go home and tell everyone what He had done. Why did Jesus tell some people not to tell what He had done, this man to tell? Some possible reasons: Jesus sent him as a lead man to Decapolis to prepare for His future ministry there (Mark 7: 31). His transformed life would speak best to those who knew him. Also, some commentators believe that while Jesus was doing ministry in strongly Jewish areas, He didn’t want to fuel populist hopes for a showy, political Messiah. But in Gentile areas (Decapolis was Greco-Roman), that wasn’t an issue. The bottom line: Jesus has a unique plan for each person.
Comment here
5. What are the “great things” (Mark 5:19) God has done for me? Who do I need to tell? Write down the name(s) of that person (s) and do it.
Comment here
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