HEAL – God’s Heart for Healing in MarkSample

Sick Among Us

Jesus was in the seaside town of Capernaum on a Sabbath. He went into the local synagogue and began to preach. Can you imagine Jesus stopping by your church to preach one day? He spoke with authority, not as the teachers of the law had taught. That’s because He literally was and still is the Word of God in the flesh (John 1:1–2).

There was a demon-possessed man in the synagogue that day. Could it be that he had hidden this spiritual affliction? When face-to-face with the Son of God, the demon could no longer hide for fear of Jesus. Notice how Jesus reacted to this demon-possessed man who was interrupting His teaching. He said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” And the demon left the man shrieking at that moment. All those attending that day saw Jesus’ power to cast out evil spirits.

Questions:

1. Does it surprise you the demon-possessed man was at the synagogue?
2. Did you notice how Jesus cast out the demon? What can we learn from Jesus’ approach to ridding this poor soul of the demonic possession?
3. Scriptures say that Jesus taught with authority. Have you ever witnessed someone teaching with authority versus someone, say, just teaching? Do you think it matters who we sit under and by what authority they teach? How so?