Mark 9:14-29
When the Lord Jesus Christ and His 3 disciples came down from mountain Hermon, they found the other 9 disciples engaged in an argument with the scribes.
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A distraught father had brought his demon possessed son to the Lord Jesus Christ for healing.
Since the Lord Jesus Christ had gone up on the mountain, so he asked the disciple to heal his son.
But they could not cast out the demon.
The scribes mocked them for their lack of power.
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The Lord Jesus Christ asked for an explanation.
The father described the pitiful condition of his son because of demonic torment.
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The Lord Jesus Christ expressed His displeasure.
He was hurt because they all lacked faith.
The Lord Jesus Christ cried out, “How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?”
It was a heartbreaking moment for Him.
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The saddest aspect of this whole scene was not the condition of the boy, the spirit of the scribes, or the anguish of the father.
It was the powerlessness of the disciples.
They had seen Him performed countless amazing miracles, yet they still lacked genuine faith.
They had even cast out demons in the past.
They had seen many miracles and they had performed miracles themselves.
But now it was said of them “but they could not.”
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The Lord Jesus Christ commanded the boy to be brought to Him.
When he arrived, the demon in the child recognized the Lord Jesus Christ and attacked the boy again.
The child was gripped by convulsions, and he wallowed on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
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As the child writhed on the ground, the Lord Jesus Christ questioned this father how long his child had been this way.
The father answered it was since the boy was little.
He then told Him that the demon had attacked the boy repeatedly, trying to burn him to death or drown him in the water.
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Then the father looked at the Lord Jesus Christ and said, “But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
It was a pitiful plea.
But it was a plea of a faithless man.
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He had trusted that the disciples could heal his son.
When they failed, his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ also shattered.
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He had brought his son believing that the Lord Jesus Christ could deliver him.
Now, his faith had been reduced to “But if you can do anything …”
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The Lord Jesus Christ responded immediately!
“‘If you can’?”
“Everything is possible for one who believes.”
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The Lord Jesus Christ rebuked the father for his doubt.
When the father heard this, he looked at Him and said, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
He was asking the Lord Jesus Christ to help him to grow in his faith.
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Then the Lord Jesus commanded the spirit to leave the boy and never to return.
The demon attacked the child one more time and came out.
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The child became so quiet and still that the onlookers assumed that he was dead.
Then the Lord Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up.
The child rose and he was free.
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When the disciples were alone with the Lord Jesus Christ, the 9 who had failed to deliver the child asked Him why they failed.
His answer was that they lacked spiritual discipline in their lives.
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They were not communing with God as they should have been.
They were not surrendering to God as they should have been.
As a result, they lacked the power of God on their lives and they could not cast out the devil.
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The father of the boy said, “But they could not!”
What a tragic statement!
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The power of God was not with the disciples because they lacked spiritual discipline in their lives.
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We too if we do not walk closely with the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Lord Jesus Christ and His 3 disciples came down from mountain Hermon, they found the other 9 disciples engaged in an argument with the scribes.
*******
A distraught father had brought his demon possessed son to the Lord Jesus Christ for healing.
Since the Lord Jesus Christ had gone up on the mountain, so he asked the disciple to heal his son.
But they could not cast out the demon.
The scribes mocked them for their lack of power.
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ asked for an explanation.
The father described the pitiful condition of his son because of demonic torment.
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ expressed His displeasure.
He was hurt because they all lacked faith.
The Lord Jesus Christ cried out, “How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?”
It was a heartbreaking moment for Him.
*******
The saddest aspect of this whole scene was not the condition of the boy, the spirit of the scribes, or the anguish of the father.
It was the powerlessness of the disciples.
They had seen Him performed countless amazing miracles, yet they still lacked genuine faith.
They had even cast out demons in the past.
They had seen many miracles and they had performed miracles themselves.
But now it was said of them “but they could not.”
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ commanded the boy to be brought to Him.
When he arrived, the demon in the child recognized the Lord Jesus Christ and attacked the boy again.
The child was gripped by convulsions, and he wallowed on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
*******
As the child writhed on the ground, the Lord Jesus Christ questioned this father how long his child had been this way.
The father answered it was since the boy was little.
He then told Him that the demon had attacked the boy repeatedly, trying to burn him to death or drown him in the water.
*******
Then the father looked at the Lord Jesus Christ and said, “But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
It was a pitiful plea.
But it was a plea of a faithless man.
*******
He had trusted that the disciples could heal his son.
When they failed, his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ also shattered.
*******
He had brought his son believing that the Lord Jesus Christ could deliver him.
Now, his faith had been reduced to “But if you can do anything …”
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ responded immediately!
“‘If you can’?”
“Everything is possible for one who believes.”
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ rebuked the father for his doubt.
When the father heard this, he looked at Him and said, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
He was asking the Lord Jesus Christ to help him to grow in his faith.
*******
Then the Lord Jesus commanded the spirit to leave the boy and never to return.
The demon attacked the child one more time and came out.
*******
The child became so quiet and still that the onlookers assumed that he was dead.
Then the Lord Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up.
The child rose and he was free.
*******
When the disciples were alone with the Lord Jesus Christ, the 9 who had failed to deliver the child asked Him why they failed.
His answer was that they lacked spiritual discipline in their lives.
*******
They were not communing with God as they should have been.
They were not surrendering to God as they should have been.
As a result, they lacked the power of God on their lives and they could not cast out the devil.
*******
The father of the boy said, “But they could not!”
What a tragic statement!
*******
The power of God was not with the disciples because they lacked spiritual discipline in their lives.
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We too if we do not walk closely with the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 comment:
All very true.... But, how can truly walk closely with someone, when don't even know His real name? Or, how can glorify someone, by doing the exact opposite of what He continually tells you? And, such is the case, for The Majority Of So-Called Believers.
" Many shall say to Me, in that day, Lord [ Baali ] Lord [ Baali ]... and I shall then say to them, depart from Me, for surely, I never knew you! "
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