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Calming the wind and the sea - 4:35-41
What is the worst storm you've ever been through?
What are the different types of storms we can go through?
Emotional Storm
How did you get through?
Spiritual
What is it about a storm that causes fear?
What emotions go through you during a storm?
A. The crisis (4:35–38a)
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The stormy sea (): Jesus and the disciples suddenly encounter a furious squall while crossing the Sea of Galilee in a boat.
2. The sleeping Savior (): Jesus is asleep at the back of the boat.
B. The cry (): Filled with fear, they shout to him: “Don’t you even care that we are going to drown?”
Calming the wind and the sea - 4:35-41
C. The calm (4:39–41)
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The rebuke () : He rebukes the wind and sea, saying, “Quiet down!”
2. The reproof () : Jesus chides the disciples for their lack of faith.
3. The reaction () : They are filled with awe at his power!
Milk
How did the disciples react to this storm?
And what did many of them do for a living?
Are you ever annoyed when it looks like God is sleeping and ignoring the situation that has "swamped" you and threatens to drown you?
Why do you think the disciples wake Jesus up?
Did they want Him to calm the storm or to take cover?
Why are the disciples still "terrified" even after Jesus calms the storm?
What did the disciples ask each other in verse 41?
Meat
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After their brush with death, Jesus doesn't comfort, but rather scolds His disciples.
Why is He so hard on them?
As soon as Jesus boards he sleeps.
It is possible that Jesus meant to enter this storm as a test of the disciples' faith?
How would they have responded if they had had faith?
In what areas of your life are you tempted to respond with fear rather than faith?
Casting out a legion of demons - 5:1-20
If you could time travel to see Jesus as He ministered in Galilee, what is the one personal need you would ask Him to meet?
Jesus will meet the following needs:
Jesus will meet the following needs: MAN, ; WOMAN, ; CHILD, ,
Spiritual need — MAN, ;
Emotional & physical need — WOMAN, ;
Physical & spiritual — CHILD, ,
A. The despair (5:1–5): This man is continuously tormented by many demons.
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The man lives among the tombs ().
2. No one can keep him chained ().
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He constantly screams out and hits himself with stones () .
B. The deliverance (5:6–13): Jesus speaks to the evil spirits within the man.
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The panic of these demons (): In great fear they beg Jesus not to torment them before their time.
2. The plea of these demons (5:8–13)
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The request (): The demons ask for permission to enter a large herd of pigs nearby.
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The results (): Jesus allows it, and the possessed pigs run into the lake and drown.
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The release (): The man is set free!
C. The disbelief (5:14–17): The pig owners and townspeople come running out to see what has happened.
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What they see (): They see the former madman now sitting, clothed, and in his right mind!
2. What they say () : They all urge Jesus to go away and leave them alone!
D. The desire (5:18–20)
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The request by the man () : He begs to be allowed to go with Jesus.
2. The reply by the Messiah (): The Savior declines, asking the man to share his testimony with others.
How did the demon possessed man respond to Jesus?
2. How did the demon possessed man respond to Jesus?
Why do you think Jesus allowed the demons to enter the pigs?
Why did the people beg him to leave?
What can we learn from their response?
What do we learn from this passage about the Lord Jesus Christ ?
How do you apply this knowledge to your life today?
Healing the woman with a flow of blood and raising up a dead girl - 5:21-43
The woman
What is the worst pain you have experienced?
A. Her disease (5:25–26)
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The description (): For twelve years she has suffered from internal bleeding.
2. The deterioration (): Her condition is worsening.
B. Her determination (): She fights her way through a crowd and touches Jesus’ cloak, believing this will heal her!
C. Her deliverance (5:29–34)
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The cure (): Immediately her bleeding stops.
2. The concern (): Turning around, Jesus wants to know who has touched him.
3. The confession (): The woman acknowledges to Jesus that she touched him.
4. The commendation (): Jesus reassures the woman that her faith has brought about her healing!
What kinds of doubts or feelings toward God may have arisen in those 12 years?
What lessons from God could she have learned during these 12 years?
Who alone could heal her?
Have you ever gone from pride, to hopelessness, to humility, to complete reliance on God?
What is the bad news?
What is the good news?
Does God care more about our character or our comfort?
The Girl
What questions would Jairus have had when his daughter died because Jesus tarried?
Will your trust Jesus, even if you never get your answers this side of heaven?
A. The request (5:21–24)
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The person (): A synagogue leader named Jairus approaches Jesus.
2. The problem (): He begs the Savior to come and heal his dying daughter.
B. The report (): Jairus receives word that his daughter has just died.
C. The reassurance (): Jesus says to Jairus: “Don’t be afraid.
Just trust me.”
D. The restriction (): Jesus allows only Peter, James, and John to accompany him to Jairus’s home.
E. The ridicule (5:38–40a)
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The confusion (): Jesus encounters uncontrolled weeping and wailing upon entering Jairus’s home.
2. The contempt (): The Savior is ridiculed when he says the child is simply asleep.
F. The resurrection (5:40b–43)
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His order (): “Get up, little girl!”
2. Her obedience (): She does, to the amazement of her parents!
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