Aug. 25, 2024

Jesus demonstrates His authority healing the demoniac man and raises the daughtr of Jairus.

Mark Lesson 7 Study Questions

1.    Immediately there met Him: When this man ______ to Jesus (Jesus did not ______ out the man),

2.    Jesus, Son of the Most High God: In the background of all this is the ancient superstition that you had __________ power over another if you knew or said their exact ______. This is why the unclean spirits addressed Jesus with this full title: Jesus, Son of the Most High God. 

3.    What have I to do with You… I implore You by God that You do not torment me: Demonic possession is a _________ today, though we must guard against either ___________ demonic activity or ______-____________ supposed demonic activity.

4.    What is your name? According to the superstitions of the day, the onlookers probably felt that the unclean spirits had the ________ hand. They knew and declared a full name of Jesus. They evaded His request for their name. And finally, they hoped to frighten Jesus with their large number. But Jesus didn’t buy into these ancient ___________ at all and easily cast the unclean spirits out of the afflicted man.

5.    The herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea: The destructive nature of demonic spirits was shown by their ________ on the swine. They are like their leader, Satan whose desire is to ______, and to kill, and to _________.

6.    And they were afraid: Part of their fear was found in the fact that their ___________ were shattered, and they didn’t know what to make of it all. According to their superstitions, the demons should have had the upper hand over Jesus – but they didn’t. They had a hard time accepting this.

7.    He who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him: The man who had been set _____ by Jesus just wanted to be with Jesus. This man didn’t want only what Jesus could do for him. The true change in his _______ was shown by his desire to be with Jesus.

8.    Jesus did not permit him: Jesus did not allow this because He knew that the man had a more important ________ with his own family and community.

9.    What great things Jesus had done for him: This was a great message to tell. This is a gospel we should all be able to _______. The man set free did, because he departed and began to proclaim… all that Jesus had done for him. His story showed the value of one life to Jesus, because this was the only ________ why Jesus came to this side of the Sea of Galilee.

10.    Began to proclaim in Decapolis: “The Decapolis was ten Greek cities on the eastern side of the sea of Galilee, including Damascus. It was to this _________ community that Jesus commanded this man to go and bear ________.”

11.    Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live: This man had great __________ in Jesus and he believed that Jesus had all ______ to heal his daughter. But he also believed that Jesus should be there for it to happen (come and lay Your hands on her).

12.    When a Roman Centurion came to Jesus in a similar situation (Luke 7:1-10), Jesus didn’t even go to the centurion’s house to heal the servant. He simply _________ him healed from a distance. But here, Jesus did not demand that Jairus show the same faith the centurion had. Jesus ___________ to the faith Jairus had.