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Jesus had deputized his disciples to cast out demons in 3.15 and 6.7
20-24 - Demon controls the little boy.
Father asks for help for his unbelief
25-27 - Exorcism
28-29 - Only prayer can do this...
The Disciples
The Debate with the Scribes 14-18
Mark 9
Arguing about a failed exorcism
Jesus had previously deputized the disciples to cast out demons
We then see in 6.13 that the disciples indeed have cast out many demons
The disciples were anointed by Jesus and given authority to cast out demons
As the disciples went out they went out with power, they were teaching, they were healing and they were casting out demons.
So when the man came to them in chapter 9 with his son, there is no reason, in the disciples minds, that they would not be able to cast the demon out of his son.
However, they failed.
They were not able to rid the son of the demon.
And this failure caused a commotion among the crowd and the scribes.
The scribes were debating with the disciples.
scribes always wanting to discredit Jesus
So now that Jesus’ disciples are not able to cast out this demon they are probably attacking the disciples saying
See, we told you guys, Jesus is a fraud
If Jesus was, as he claims, the Son of Man, then you would be able to have victory over this demon.
The scribes think they are winning the crowd until.... Jesus comes back down from the mountain.
So what happens?
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A man comes forward to describes his situation with his son and how the disciples failed to cast out the demon.
How does Jesus respond?
Fa
Jesus calls the disciples, the scribes, and the crowd a faithless generation.
Yet, if we look closely we see that he is primarily talking to his disciples.
The disciples were no different than the scribes, they were faithless
They tried to cast the demon out of this boy and were unable to because they lacked faith.
They forgot the source of their power.
They forgot the one from whom all authority comes.
The disciples acted with confidence in their own abilities, rather than trusting in the all sufficient power of Christ.
So what did it look like for the disciples to be faithless?
(and lets remember that Jesus is speaking the the 9 disciples who did not go up the mountain with him.)
God dwelling with his people, yet they still lack faith.
What does it mean to be faithless?
The Disciples Did Not Have Faith
The 9 disciples did not pray
Jesus calls them a faithless generation
Jesus calls them a faithless generation
This word ‘faith’ is a loaded word in the bible with many different ways in which it can be understood.
We are used to thinking about faith as mental assent - however, this is part, but not the whole of what it means to have faith.
The disciples were unfaithful… therefore
They did not trust
They did not pledge their allegiance to Christ
They did not act according to what they said they believed
They were not loyal
Their convictions, their hearts, and their actions were not consistent.
in other words their heads, hearts, and hands were not aligned with God.
As followers of Christ when we are faithless we are inconsistent.
When we are faithless our head, heart, and hands are all striving for different things.
So when Jesus hears that they were not able to cast out the demon, he calls them a faithless generation.
The faithlessness of the disciples caused them to try and cast out the demon without prayer.
The disciples thought they could do the work on their own
The Disciples Did Not Pray
Look with me at,
Again, their confidence in themselves led them to act against the power of darkness without consulting with the King of light.
The 9 disciples did not pray
The 9 disciples did not pray
When we pray we seek to take hold of God.
When we pray we seek to take hold of God.
Prayer is what immerses us into the power of God
Prayer is submitting with confidence to the power of God
The 9 disciples did not trust
Prayer is aligning our wills with the will of God
Prayer is when
Prayer is the conduit of God’s power and blessing
Prayer is when we give up our own power and submit ourselves to his power.
The disciples had not faith, nor did they pray.
The Disciples Did Not Behold the Glory of God
You see, to be faithful and to pray is very difficult, actually its impossible, if you do not behold the glory of God.
(what do I mean by beholding the glory of God? Looking at Jesus for who he really is, as the bible presents him to us)
Beholding the Glory
Peter, James, and John just experienced the glory of Christ in an awe-inspiring way on the mount when Jesus was transfigured.
They beheld his glory.
They wanted to house that glory, they wanted to stay in that moment for as long as possible.
The other nine disciples were not on the mountain, they did not see the glory.
And what happens when they do not behold the glory of God? they become faithless and forgot pray.
In your life, when you begin to lose confidence in God, when you begin to doubt him,
Doubt is love
Doubt is forgiveness
doubt is sovereign rule
doubt his mercy
Doubt is plans for your life
Doubt his presence
Maybe even doubt his existence
It is not because God has changed - Its not because your circumstances are too much to handle - but its because you have not looked to God for who he is.
You have not beheld his glory.
2 Peter 1
How do you behold the glory of God? Through the prophetic word!
My friends, the Christian life is impossible apart from the Word of God!
Prayer and faithfulness will fall flat if we are not in the scriptures beholding God for all that he is.
The peace of God will not be experienced apart from time in the Word.
The love of God will not be fully felt apart from beholding the glory of God in his word
The Joy of the Lord comes when we mediate on his word
The lies we believe begin to crumble as we seek the truth of the scriptures
We doubt his righteousness when we are not experiencing Christ through the scriptures.
When we listen to what God says, we behold his glory!
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