Mark 1:21-34

Mark 1:21-34

1. We learn the uselessness of a mere intellectual knowledge of religion.
2. We learn to what remedy a Christian ought to resort first, in time of trouble.
3. We learn what a complete and perfect cure the Lord Jesus makes, when He heals.

"It is one thing to say "Christ is a Savior." It is quite another to say "He is my Savior and my Lord." The devil can say the first. The true Christian alone can say the second."

"Let us know what to do, when sickness, or bereavement, or cross, or loss, or disappointment breaks in upon us like an armed man. Let us do as they did in Simon's house at Capernaum. Let us at once "tell Jesus."

"Those whom He justifies, He also sanctifies. When He bestows an absolution, He also bestows a new heart. When He grants free forgiveness for the past, He also grants strength to "minister" to Him for the time to come. The sin-sick soul is not merely cured, and then left to itself. It is also supplied with a new heart and a right spirit, and enabled so to live as to please God."

Questions:

1. Is what we know about God and His gospel changing us? Do we know things about Christ, or do we love the One we know? Do we believe Jesus is the Son of God, or do we also rejoice and cling to Him? Do we daily come to Him for grace?

2. Do we have it as an established rule that the first thing I must do when trials come my way, is to tell Jesus first? What we go to first is telling of what our confidence is in.

3. Are we giving ourselves, by the strength that God supplies, to good works and serving?