Mark 4:35-41

Mark 4:35-41

1. Let us learn that Christ's service does not exempt His servants from storms.
2. Let us learn that our Lord Jesus Christ was really and truly man.
3. Let us learn that our Lord Jesus Christ, as God, has almighty power.
4. We learn from this passage that our Lord Jesus Christ is exceedingly patient and piteous in dealing with His own people.

"But He has never promised that we shall have no affliction. He loves us too well to promise that. By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven. In the resurrection morning, we shall all say, "It is good for me that I was afflicted." We shall thank God for every storm."

"With the Lord Jesus Christ nothing is impossible. No stormy passions are so strong that He cannot tame them. No temper is so rough and violent that He cannot change it. No conscience is so disturbed, that He cannot speak peace to it, and make it calm. No man ever need despair, if He will only bow down his pride, and come as a humbled sinner to Christ."

Questions:

1. Do we live thinking that Christ owes us an easier life, or are we prepared to count various trials as joy by the grace of God? If the Lord would take us home today, would we say, “it was good that I was afflicted?”

2. Do we believe that Jesus understands our weaknesses and frailties? Does this give us comfort in coming to Him?

3. Do we believe that if Christ is for us, who can be against us?

4. Do we believe Jesus is patient toward us, or do we think of Him as an imperfect earthly father? And in the same vain, do we seek to show the same patience toward others who err if Jesus has received them?