Realizing Jesus is God

 

And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ~ Mark 4:39

When the Creator commanded, the storm’s natural elements stopped right away. The wind stopped, and there was a deep calm, which was quite unusual. Normally, after the wind dies down and the storm ends, the sea remains restless and turbulent for a long time. However, here, as soon as the command was given, the wind stopped, and the sea immediately calmed. This clearly shows that Jesus must be the most high God, who controls the winds and quiets the seas and their waves.

And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” ~ Mark 4:41

What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea listen to him? He cannot just be an ordinary man; he must be something greater, he must be truly God, to have such control over nature. This is particularly suitable for them, as the disciples likely already knew who he was. However, this amazing display of his power would strengthen their belief in Christ’s divinity.

Mark, like the other disciples – Matthew, Luke, and John – aims to clearly show that Jesus is truly God. He is indeed human, but He is also divine, the God-man. This will be powerfully illustrated in this bible study. We will witness a striking depiction of His humanity and an impressive display of His divinity.

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Leviticus 9:7-10:20
Mark 4:26-5:20
Psalm 37:30-40
Proverbs 10:6-7


New Testament

Mark 4:26-5:20

 

Summary
The Parable of the Seed Growing
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Jesus Calms a Storm
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

 

And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” ~ Mark 4:26-29

The better interpretation pictures the gospel working in lives. After the gospel is presented, the Word of God works in the individual heart, sometimes slowly, until the time when God reaps the harvest in that person and saves him.

Comment by John MacArthur

 

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)?

 

 

Jesus Calms a Storm

Jesus Calms a Storm

 

Audio – Don’t Be Afraid – From the Freedom CD

 

And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
~ Mark 4:37-39

Why are you so afraid?

A word of loving rebuke and encouragement follows. Matthew puts it before the stilling of the storm, but Mark’s order seems the more exact. How often we too are taught the folly of our fears by experiencing some swift, easy deliverance! Blessed be God! He does not rebuke us first and help us afterwards, but rebukes by helping. What could the disciples say, as they sat there in the great calm, in answer to Christ’s question, ‘Why are ye fearful?’ Fear can give no reasonable account of itself, if Christ is in the boat. If our faith unites us to Jesus, there is nothing that need shake our courage. If He is ‘our fear and our dread,’ we shall not need to ‘fear their fear,’ who have not the all-conquering Christ to fight for them.

‘Well roars the storm to them who hear  – A deeper voice across the storm.’

From: Alexander MacLaren – The Storm Stilled

 

Jesus Calms a Storm

Jesus Calms a Storm

 

Listen to John MacArthur on today’s scripture below:

How to Listen to the Lord

 Mark 4:21–34

 

Calming the Storm
 Mark 4:35–41
 
Mark, like all the other writers – Matthew, Luke, and John – has as his goal and his objective to make it clear, unmistakably clear, that Jesus is none other than God. That He is man, to be sure, but that He is God as well, the God-man. That will be demonstrated, magnificently, unforgettably, in the passage that is before us. We will see a beautiful portrait of His humanity, and we will see a staggering demonstration of His deity.
 
 Mark 5
Dominating Powers, Part 1
 Mark 5:1–20
 

Dominating Powers, Part 2

 Mark 5:1–20
 
 
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
man with an unclean spirit

man with an unclean spirit

 
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him,
Not even with chains

Not even with chains


no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus afar off,
 
 
he worshiped Him

he worshiped Him


he ran and worshipped him, And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,
Send us into the swine

Send us into the swine


that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was come into the ship,

 

Go home to thy friends

Go home to thy friends


he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
 
~ Mark 5:1-20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mark 5:6-13 by Dr. J. Vernon McGee – TTB – Thru the Bible
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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