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“THE GENTLE HEALER”
*SELMA ORIGINAL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH*
*SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2003*
*EPIPHANY 5*
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*MARK 1:29-39*
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WELCOME
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THANKS
*LET US PRAY:*
*COME HOLY SPIRIT…*
*AMEN*
* 29 And at once on leaving the synagogue, he went with James and John straight to the house of Simon and Andrew.
30 Now Simon’s mother–in–law was in bed and feverish, and at once they told him about her. 31 He went in to her, took her by the hand and helped her up.
And the fever left her and she began to serve them.*
* 32 That evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.
33 The whole town came crowding round the door, 34 and he cured many who were sick with diseases of one kind or another; he also drove out many devils, but he would not allow them to speak, because they knew who he was.*
* 35 In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there.
36 Simon and his companions set out in search of him, 37 and when they found him they said, ‘Everybody is looking for you.’
38 He answered, ‘Let us go elsewhere, to the neighboring country towns, so that I can proclaim the message there too, because that is why I came.’
39 And he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out devils.*
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!! THE MIRACLES ASSOCIATED WITH JESUS
*OCCUPY A FULL THIRD OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK.
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*THAT’S A LARGER PORTION OF THE GOSPEL *
*THAN IS DEVOTED TO THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION.
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*HEALINGS MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THESE MIRACLE STORIES.*
*IN THESE FEW VERSES FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MARK,*
*WE ARE TOLD ABOUT TWO MIRACLE~/HEALING INCIDENTS.*
*IN THE FIRST INCIDENT,*
*JESUS HEALS THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF HIS FRIEND SIMON,*
*LATER TO BE RENAMED PETER.*
*THEN JESUS HEALS MANY, PROBABLY TOTAL STRANGERS,*
*WHO HAVE CROWED NEAR THE HOME OF SIMON AND ANDREW.*
*JUST BEFORE THESE TWO MIRACLES,*
*JESUS HAD CURED A MAN POSSESSED BY DEMONS*
*WHILE IN THE SYNAGOGUE AT CAPERNAUM.*
*YOU WILL RECALL THAT AFTER CASTING OUT DEMONS,*
*JESUS HAD ASKED THE MAN TO TELL NO ONE.*
*THE MAN PROMPTLY IGNORED THE REQUEST OF JESUS,*
*AND THE WORD BEGAN TO SPREAD.*
*THE CROWD THAT GATHERS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE*
*WHERE JESUS IS STAYING,*
*HAS COME NOT ONLY BECAUSE JESUS HAS HEALED*
*SIMON’S MOTHER-IN-LAW,*
*BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE HEALING AT SYNAGOGUE*
*WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT IN CAPERNAUM.*
*THE VERY FIRST STORIES ABOUT JESUS,*
*THAT WERE PASSED ON AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS*
*IN THE ORAL TRADITION *
*AND THEN WRITTEN DOWN FOR LATER GENERATIONS IN THE FOUR GOSPELS,*
*ARE NOT THE ‘LILIES-OF-THE-FIELD’ TEACHINGS,*
*OR PROFOUND WISDOM ON PRAYER OR SOCIAL REFORM,*
*OR EVEN THOSE WONDERFUL PARABLES.*
*THE VERY FIRST STORIES ABOUT JESUS,*
*TELL US ABOUT JESUS, THE HEALER.*
*JESUS OFTEN TALKS AND TEACHES ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD,*
*ESPECIALLY IN MARK’S GOSPEL.*
*BUT WHAT HE DOES ARE ACTS OF HEALING.*
*WHAT DE DOES IS SHOW US WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE.*
*THE KINGDOM OF GOD, JESUS SHOWS US,*
*IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE MADE WHOLE.*
*THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A PLACE *
*WHERE THE POOR AND THE POWERLESS ARE LIFTED UP, *
*WHERE NOT JUST THOSE AT SYNAGOGUE,*
*AND FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY,*
*AND THE PEOPLE OF CAPERNAUM,*
*ARE HEALED,*
*BUT THE KINGDOM IS A PLACE OF HEALING FOR ALL.*
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!! JESUS GETS UP THE NEXT MORNING, EARLY
*AND GOES AWAY TO PRAY.*
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*THE GOSPEL WRITERS TELL US THAT JESUS PRAYS OFTEN*
!! AND THEY TELL US THAT JESUS PRAYS WHEN HE IS STRESSED
*AND WHEN HE OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S*
*WILL FOR HIS MESSIAHSHIP.*
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*AGAIN, JESUS NOT ONLY TELLS US WHAT WE MIGHT DO*
*BUT HE SHOWS US WHAT GOD WANTS FROM US IN OUR PRAYER LIFE;*
*PRAY OFTEN,*
*PRAY WHEN LIFE CAUSES US PAIN,*
*AND PRAY TO UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF GOD.*
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*HEALING,*
*THE CHURCH HAS OFTEN BEEN AMBIVALENT WHEN IT CONSIDERS HEALING.*
*JESUS HOWEVER WAS NEVER AMBIVALENT ABOUT HEALING.*
*THERE IS NO RECORD IN THE GOSPELS*
*THAT JESUS EVER DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF UNANSWERED PRAYER.*
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*THE FAITH OF THE MAN POSSESSED BY DEMONS *
*IN THE SYNAGOGUE IS NOT AN ISSUE .*
*THE FAITH OF SIMON’S MOTHER-IN-LAW *
*IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR HER HEALING.*
*NO, THE FAITH OF THE ONE TO BE HEALED *
*IS NOT THE ISSUE IN THESE HEALINGS.*
*IT IS NEVER THE ISSUE.*
*THE ISSUE IS THE POWER OF GOD.*
*THE ISSUE IS THAT GOD LOVES US,*
*AND WANTS THE BEST FOR US, ALWAYS.*
*JESUS DID NOT HEAL TO BRING PRAISE AND ADORATION TO HIMSELF.*
*JESUS HEALED TO BRING GLORY TO GOD *
*AND BECAUSE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WERE SICK IN MIND AND BODY.*
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*JESUS IS NOT REPORTED TO HAVE USED ANY LONG *
*OR MAGICAL INCANTATIONS IN THE HEALINGS HE PERFORMED,*
*RATHER HE SAYS THINGS LIKE, “COME OUT”, “RISE UP’, “GO”!*
*EVEN IN THE PRAYER HE TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES *
*AND THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO US, *
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