Miracles of Jesus -11- Physical Healing

Miracles of Physical Healing— The Man With An Unclean Spirit

Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37

1. Who was one of your best teachers? What made that teacher so good?

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Jesus Casts Out an Evil Spirit

Mark 1 ²¹ Jesus and his companions went to the town of Capernaum. When the Sabbath day came, he went into the synagogue and began to teach. ²² The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law.

 ²³ Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit began shouting, ²⁴ “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One sent from God!”

 ²⁵ Jesus cut him short. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. ²⁶ At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him.

 ²⁷ Amazement gripped the audience, and they began to discuss what had happened. “What sort of new teaching is this?” they asked excitedly. “It has such authority! Even evil spirits obey his orders!” ²⁸ The news about Jesus spread quickly throughout the entire region of Galilee.

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Amazement gripped the audience, and they began to discuss what had happened.

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Questions of Discovery

Seeking God’s Message Then and Now

1. Why do you suppose Jesus started his public ministry in a synagogue?

2. What two things about Jesus amazed the people? Why were the people astonished at Jesus' teaching? (Mark 1:21-22)

3. What did the man with the unclean spirit say to Jesus? (Mark 1:23-24)

4. Jesus rebuked him, saying what? (Mark 1:25)

5. Describe what occurred when the unclean spirit came out of the man. (Mark 1:26)

6. Luke adds that the demon threw him (the man) down in their midst and came out without injuring him. (Luke 4:35)

7. What does it mean to teach "with authority"? What was the nature and source of Jesus' authority? (Mark 1:27)

8. The people were amazed that even the unclean spirits obeyed Jesus. The news was carried where? (Mark 1:27-28)

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Questions for

Personal Reflection

1. What do you think Jesus healed people?

2. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much authority does Jesus have in your life?

3. What do you need to cast out to rate a 10?