MARK 5
10 Outlines
Mark 5:1-20
DELIVERANCE
AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION Vss. 1-5
AN INTIMIDATED ENEMY Vss. 6-7
AN INCOMPARABLE MASTER Vss. 8-13
AN INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE Vss. 14-18
AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY Vss. 19-20
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Mark 5:1-20
WHAT A MIRACLE!
MISERY Vss. 1-5 This demoniac was in bondage to
Satan.
MASTERY Vss. 6-13 The legion of demons was cast
out of the man and into the pigs.
MERCY Vss. 14-17 The man was delivered and
sitting,
and clothed, and in his right mind
MINISTRY Vss. 18-20 The man who received mercy was
sent home to tell others what God had done.
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Mark 5:1-20
CONFUSION WITHOUT CHRIST
- Vss. 1-5
CONFRONTATION BY CHRIST
- Vss. 6-14
CONVERSION TO CHRIST -
Vs. 15-17
COMMISSION FROM CHRIST -
Vss. 18-20
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Mark 5:1-20
SALVATION'S STORY
I see this story of the
demon possessed man as a picture of salvation. Consider:
THE PROBLEM OF SIN -
Vss. 1-7
Sin is associated with
death. - Vs. 3 - This man was dwelling in the place of the death. Before a person knows Christ as Savior, he is
among the dead (Ephesians 2:1-3, Romans
Sin can not be
controlled - Vss. 4-5 - Man can not control his sin or atone for it! (Romans
3:1-23)
Sin separates between
man and God - Vss. 6-7 - Just as this demon had nothing to do with God, or His
Son, our sin has separated us from our holy God. (Isaiah 59:2)
THE POWER OF THE SAVIOR
- Vss. 8- 15
Jesus used His power to
cast out the demon. - Vss. 8-13 - Jesus also used His power to pay for our
sins. (2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 5:6-9)
The man was changed
because of Jesus' Power. - Vss. 13-15 - We are changed when we place our faith
in Christ and become born again (2 Corinthians
He was sitting - We are
seated in "Heavenly Places" in Christ and are citizens of heaven. -
Ephesians 2:6, Philippians 3:20
He was clothed - We are
clothed with the righteousness of Christ. (Romans 8:1) The word justified means
to be declared righteous.
He was in His right mind
- We have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16
THE PROCLAMATION OF
SALVATION - Vss16-20
This man was sent home
to tell his friends what God had done for him.
We are sent to a dying
world to tell all what Christ has done for us. Psalm 107:2, Mark
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Mark 5:1-20
CONFLICT BY THE SEA
UNCONTROLLABLE SINNER Vss. 1-5
UNDEFEATABLE SAVIOR (SOVEREIGN) Vss. 6-14
UNBELIEVABLE SALVATION Vss. 15-20
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Mark 5:1-20
CONFRONTATION
All through life, we have
confrontations with other people. These confrontations are often between people
who love each other, and other times they are between people who don't love
each other.
In Mark 5, our Lord
Jesus has a confrontation with a demon-possessed man. In reality, this
confrontation is with Satan.
I. Satan's Control Vss.
1-5
II. The Savior's Victory
Vss. 7-17
III. The Saint's
Responsibility Vss. 18-20
The new believer was truly changed. He
wanted to follow Jesus.
Instead, Jesus wanted him to go home and
testify.
The responsibility is to do as Jesus says.
This
man did!
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Mark 5:21-43
DELAYS
Those of us who live in
the
One of the great
inconveniences that we face are delays.
With the exception of
school opening delays on an icy, snowy morning, we usually do not like delays!
Delays are a part of
life.
Your washer or dryer
breaks down and there is a delay while the repairman finds the right part.
Your parents are coming
for a visit but are delayed by illness or bad weather.
You want to go on a trip
but you are delayed because you can't get the reservations to go when you want
to go.
You want to go out for
the evening, but there is a delay while you wait for your husband, wife, or
teen-age daughter to get ready to go.
Even the Christian life
is full of delays.
God does not work as
fast as we think He should.
We ask God to change a
situation, and He seems to delay in answering.
We ask God to save an
unsaved loved one or friend, and God seems to delay His work of bringing that
person to Himself.
We experience misery,
cry out for physical, spiritual, or emotional deliverance, and God seems to
drag His feet in meeting the need.
God loves us and cares
about us. God is working to develop character in our lives. And God does not
think the same way we do. Isaiah 55:8, Romans 11:33-34
Because God's ways and
thinking are superior to ours, we have to believe that when there are delays
God has good reasons for them.
Some delays are due to
our own stubbornness and sin. Psalm 66:18
Other delays have
nothing to do with sin, but with God's timing. When God delays, we are
instructed to learn the fine art of waiting. Psalms 27:14, 37:7, 62:5, 130:5-6
In our text we meet a
man who was forced to wait on the Lord Jesus while his daughter was close to
death. We learn some important facts about delays.
DELAYS ARE UNAVOIDABLE -
Vss. 21-24
Jesus just returned by
boat. Immediately a crowd met him. Vs. 21
Jairus comes to Him and
requests that he come heal his daughter. Jesus consents to come. Vss. 22-23
On the way to the sick
daughter the crowd throngs Jesus. Progress would have been slow. It was an unavoidable delay.
We must realize that some
delays are unavoidable. They will occur whether we want them in our lives or
not. We must remember that delays are in
God's plan. All things work together for
good for the Christian according to Romans 8:28. Even delays can be good!
DELAYS ARE UNCONTROLLABLE
- Vss. 25-32
A sick woman in the
crowd exercises faith and touches the hem of Jesus' garment. She is healed.
Vss. 25-28
Jesus stops and asks who
touched his clothes. He begins looking for the person who touched His garment.
Here is another delay. Jairus could not control Jesus' activity. He
was with the Master, and had to travel at the Master's speed. If the Master wanted to stop and look for
someone, the Master had the right to do so.
We cannot control
delays. We cause trouble when we get impatient and try to control delays by
taking matters into our own hands.
Abraham and Sarah made this mistake when they decided to have a child
with the help of Hagar, instead of waiting for God. Genesis 16:1-3
DELAYS ARE
UNDERSTANDABLE - Vss. 33-34
The woman confesses to
what she had done. Jesus encourages her because of her faith.
We will not understand
all delays, but if we had God's knowledge, we'd see that every delay is
understandable in the eyes of God.
In the case of this
woman, Jesus needed to be assured that she was permanently healed. Also, there
needed to be a public testimony for the sake of the crowd. Thirdly, the
testimony was being given as Jairus was about to hear of the death of his
daughter. The woman's testimony would
have strengthened his faith.
DELAYS ARE UNNERVING -
Vss. 34-36
Jairus' daughter was
dead. He could have looked back at the
delays and said,
"If only Jesus
hadn't been stuck in traffic!"
"If only that woman
had waited another day to get healed!"
"If only Jesus had
been more sensitive!"
Jesus, however says to
an unnerved Jairus, "Be not afraid, only believe."
When we are unnerved by
delays, let us remember to continue to trust Christ!
DELAYS RESULT IN
UNBELIEVABLE BLESSING! - Vss. 37-43
In the end, Jesus healed
Jairus' daughter.
God worked in spite of
the delays.
Let us remember that
delays are a part of God's plan. God will work through the delays and still
answer prayer.
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Mark 5:21-43
JAIRUS
SEARCHED FOR HELP - Vss. 21-23 - His daughter was ill.
SLOWED BY CIRCUMSTANCES - Vss. 24-34 - The crowd and
another person in need delayed Jesus.
SADDENED BY NEWS - Vs. 35 - His daughter was dead.
STRENGTHENED BY JESUS - Vss. 36-43 - He was encouraged
to believe. Jesus healed his daughter.
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Mark 5:21-43
DESPERATION!
There are many different
things that will make people desperate.
I suggest you use
illustrations of desperate people with whom you are familiar.
In this passage we find
two desperate people.
The Lord was able to
help them both.
A DESPERATE MAN IS
DELAYED BY A DESPERATE WOMAN. Vss. 21-28
A DESPERATE WOMAN IS
DETECTED BY A DIVINE SAVIOR .Vss. 29-34
A DESPERATE MAN IS DELIGHTED
BY THE RESULTS OF FAITH IN THE MASTER. Vss. 35-43
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Mark 5:21-43
TWO OF A KIND
A father with a sick daughter and a sick woman had
much in common.
BOTH APPROACHED JESUS - Vss. 21-28
Jairus approached Jesus in the conventional way,
asking for help. Vss. 21-23
The woman approached Jesus by reaching out and
touching his garment. Vss. 25-28
Both expressed their faith.
BOTH WERE ASSURED BY JESUS - Vss. 30-36
The woman was assured that her faith had made her
whole. Vs. 34
Jairus was told not to be afraid, but to believe -
Vss. 35-36
BOTH WERE ASSISTED BY
JESUS - Vss. 29, 37-43
The woman was healed. - Vs. 29
Jairus' daughter was healed - Vss. 37-43