Series Summary:

How do we balance “Immediately” with waiting on the Lord? After centuries of waiting for a Messiah and Jesus waiting 30 years in obscure living, Mark portrays Jesus coming on the scene with urgency as a servant. Mark uses the word immediately over 40 times! He traveled with Paul, Barnabas, and Peter. He failed and was restored. Now, he is writing about Jesus through the apostle Peter’s first hand account. Mark asks us to consider who Jesus really is. Will we surrender and follow with a sense of urgency as we wait for the return of Jesus Christ the son of Man and son of God?

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starter

Have you ever been at a place of begging and/or being broken publicly like we see so often in scripture? Why? Why not? What was the result? How did the result impact you?

Pray

Study Questions

READ: Mark 4:38-6:6

1. What are the stories we read?

Jesus carries Isaiah’s prophetic promised light from “Galilee of the nations” (Is 9:1) into the trans-Jordan Gentile Decapolis. The Son of Israel’s God rules even beyond the Jordan because his Father is not merely Israel’s local deity—He is God Most High over all nations and every spiritual power. This region is dominated by Gentile culture, Roman power, pagan gods, tombs, demons, and uncleanness, yet every competing power must submit to him. The Old Testament title El Elyon, “God Most High,” is not God’s covenant name with the Jews, Yahweh. EL Elyon emphasizes God’s universal supremacy over all people’s and cultures.

1. Jesus proved that he had power over things even the demonic. How should this impact our view of Jesus?
2. What things keeps us from actually accepting His power and authority over our lives and the lives of others?
3. How is the demoniac's response a model for us after we experience Jesus' transformation in our lives? (5:6-20)
4. How did the demoniac man exhibit the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and submission to authority (Ephesians 5:21)?
5. How is what Jesus asked the demoniac to do similar for those of us who have be set free by Jesus?
6. How can the transformation of the demoniac inspire us to believe in Jesus' ability to transform lives today? —————————-
7. What things would have been shocking about the temple leader who approaches Jesus? (5:22-23)
8. Jesus could have spoken a word and Jarius’ daughter would have been healed. How do all the outcomes from this story give us insight to why Jesus did not just say a word from a distance?

READ: Leviticus 15:25-31

1. Why would God have a law like this?

Mark 5:1-6:6