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Introduction:
Healed to Serve
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Here we have Jesus leaving the synagogue where he just cast out the unclean spirit.
And where did he go?
He went to Peter and his brother Andrew’s house.
James and John are still with him.
Can you imagine their excitement?
They had left everything to follow Jesus, and now by seeing his power they are feeling like they made the right choice.
Jesus has not disappointed them!
They listened to him teach as one with authority in the synagogue.
Jesus has not disappointed them!
They listened to him teach as one with authority in the synagogue.
They watched him cast out an evil spirit from a man.
They heard the unclean spirit confess that Jesus is indeed the Holy One of God.
They are excited!
They then go to their house feeling like superstars.
And it gets even better
Peter and Andrew’s mother is sick in bed with a fever.
This fever is not to be understood as one of those low grade fevers where you feel chilled and dizzy.
This is the type of fever that has kept her from even walking.
She is in bed sick unable to move.
Unable to even talk.
Luke records this account saying that Peter and Andrew had to appeal to Jesus on her behalf, for she was sick with a severe attack of fever.
They told Jesus about her and how does Jesus respond?
He came to her...
He wasn’t reclining by the fire taking the posture of a great and mighty king telling them to bring her to him.
He takes the form of the humble king who cares for his people.
She was sick and he goes to her.
He took her by the hand and lifted her up
A better way to translate this phrase would be
“and he came and raised her up by taking hold of her hand”
Lets look at this as a biblical principle -
Those whom Jesus takes hold of are raised
Our being raised, our being healed, our being made new is not because we have some how taken hold of Christ, rather Christ, the king, has taken hold of me.
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Those whom Jesus takes hold of are raised.
- This is good theology that must lead us into great doxology
Because of this simple truth we now have an eternity to praise God for his faithful grip, and promise to raise us up on that last day.
We are to praise the God who heals us, we are to sing to the God who reaches out for us.
Theology that doesn’t lead to doxology is dead orthodoxy.
Mark 1:
He lifted her up, or raised her, and in doing so he healed her - the fever left her right away
Now, how does Peter’s mother respond to having been raised up and healed by the power of Christ?
“and she began to serve them”
the response to being raised and healed is to serve.
Jesus raises her for a purpose, and she recognized that purpose right away and acted in obedience.
Jesus raises and heals his people so they might serve him.
How do we serve Christ?
loving the things he loves and hating the things he hates
Now the disciples are fully convinced they made the right choice to leave the fishing business.
Perhaps even James and John’s father, Zebedee is now convinced that they made the right choice.
The whole town is now buzzing with news that Jesus is a healer, that he is able to cast out demons, and they all come to Peter’s house to be healed.
They all gathered together at the door - They were trying to come into the house but were unable to fit everyone, so they formed a huge crowd right outside Peter’s door.
Now what a great start for Jesus to establish himself as king!
He has healed many, he has shown his authority in teaching and in his power of the demonic realm
This Jesus now has a whole city ready to follow him.
There is no doubt that the disciples are eager to see what going to happen next.
Will Jesus gather enough people to overthrow Rome? will he sit upon the throne and be the new king David?
All of these thoughts would no doubt be rushing through the disciples heads
They are excited, they are ready for Jesus to take his kingdom
So how does Jesus respond ?
Does he continue to draw people to himself by being a exorcist or a healer?
Does he begin to build an army of followers who would be ready to fight for their king knowing that if they were injured Jesus could heal them?
We see Jesus staying the course.
He stays faithful to his mission, which is to bring the kingdom of God into full realty.
However, they way in which he is to do this is not the way his disciples, or the people, or even we would establish a kingdom.
So how does Jesus respond to this sudden popularity and support?
Stay the Course
Mark 1:35-
The text is implying that Jesus has not even gone to bed yet, rather he stayed up into the early hours of the morning healing people and casting out demons.
So at some point early in the morning Jesus excuses himself and leaves all the people and goes out to a desert like place, a place where he can be alone, to pray.
Peter (simon) and the other disciples shortly realize that Jesus left and they go out looking for him.
When they find him they say, “everyone is looking for you”
Its interesting how Jesus leaves the crowd of people who needed to be healed, who were actually looking for him, he leaves all of that “ministry” in order to pray.
For us, this gives us an example of the importance of prayer and time with God.
Does our time with God take a back seat to the busyness of life?
One thing God does in our lives as we spend time with him is to break down the idols in our lives.
The disciples throughout the gospels have a false idol in Christ.
They were expecting him to be this great and powerful ruler in the same way as Caesar, yet Jesus removes himself from the people that would have set him up as that ruler, as that king.
Jesus won’t let the disciples worship him with a false sense of his kingship.
We so often view Jesus, not as he really is, but as we have made him out to be
healer
good luck charm
safety net
emotional comfort - “Jesus has me no matter what” (therefore no harm will come to me)
We set up idols in our lives all the time, and sometimes we think of our idols as being Jesus
A huge idol we submit ourselves to these days is our children.
Summer is here, and many of us are trying to figure out what to do with the kids throughout the summer.
We want whats best for our kids
we want them to play the sports they want to play
we want them to in band or drama or other activities
However, many of us will struggle to balance summer schedules with our time with Christ and his body.
I have known many families that don’t attend church at all throughout the summer because of activities they have planned.
We set up our children’s activities has idols and our time with Christ will call us to knock down the idols and properly submit all things to our glorious king.
All things must come into submission to the king, including our schedules, our families, our hobbies, and our social activities.
All things must come into submission to the king, including our schedules, our families, our hobbies, and our social activities.
So Jesus getting away from all the pressure to be alone and pray ought to inspire us, and even encourage us as to what is to be of first importance in our lives.
However....
This is not popular with the disciples, they are asking Jesus to hurry back to the people, to hurry back to those who would further vindicate the disciples choice to follow Jesus, the true king.
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