Marcos 1

Marcos 1

Calvin addresses those who complained that they didn’t want his hard sermons on holiness: “What! Is this the way to teach? Ho! We want to be won by sweetness.” “You do? Then go and teach God his lessons!” “Ho! We want to be taught in another style.” “Well, then, go to the devil’s school! He will flatter you enough—and destroy you”...As Calvin put it in the same sermon, “The Word of God is not to teach us to prattle, not to make us eloquent and subtle and I know not what. It is to reform our life, so that we desire to serve God, to give ourselves entirely to him and to conform ourselves to his good will” (Sermon) And casting out the demons - Note that this was secondary. Preaching was primary. The miraculous signs were given to authenticate His authority and His preaching. DEMONS - Outside of the Gospels, there are only four references to demon-possession in the whole Bible: two in the Old Testament (Saul, 1 Sa 16:14ff.; the deceiving spirits in the mouths of Ahab’s prophets, 1 Ki 22:22ff) and two in the Book of Acts (the Philippian servant girl, Acts 16:16ff.; the sons of Sceva, Acts 19:13ff)? It seems that when Jesus began to minister, the powers of hell knew that they were in a battle to the death, and so Satan unleashed his forces to oppose Jesus! Mark 1:40 And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." NET Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said. GNT Καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρὸς παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν [καὶ γονυπετῶν] καὶ λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι. NLT A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed. "If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean," he said. KJV And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ESV And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean." NIV A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." And a leper came to Jesus: Mt 8:2-4 Lu 5:12-14 a leper: Lev 13:1-14:57 Nu 12:10-15 De 24:8,9 2Sa 3:29 2Ki 5:5-27 2Ki 5:27 7:3 15:5 Mt 11:5 Lu 17:12-19 falling on his knees before Him: Mk 10:17 2Ch 6:13 Mt 17:14 Lu 22:41 Ac 7:60 Eph 3:14 If You are willing: Mk 9:22,23 Ge 18:14 2Ki 5:7 Mark 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries SEE SPOT RUN! Parallel Passages: Matthew 8:2+ And (behold) a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." Luke 5:12+ While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Comment - Note both parallel passages have behold a command in the aorist imperative emphasizing "Do it now! Don't delay!" As