An Object Lesson on Faith
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Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” 19 And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”
Mark 9:14-29 ESV
1. The Conflict and Confusion with the Disciples
Mark 9:17-18 ESV - 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.”
Mark 6:12-13 ESV - 12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
2. The Frustration and Compassion of Our Savior
Mark 9:19 ESV - 19 And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you?
Mark 9:20 ESV - 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
Mark 9:21 ESV - how long this has been happening to him? and the father answered from childhood.
Mark 9:22 ESV - 22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Mark 9:23 ESV - 23 And Jesus said to him, “If you can! All things are possible for one who believes.”
Ephesians 3:20 ESV - 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV - 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Mark 9:24 ESV - 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Mark 9:25-27 ESV - 25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.”; 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
Psalm 42:5 ESV - 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
3. The Necessity and Nature of Faith
Mark 9:28-29 ESV - 28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?" 29 And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”