A Life of Compassion
Gospel of Mark: Jesus a life to serve • Sermon • Submitted
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Who is that with you?
We come and gather together with a hope, and I hope and expectation that you will meet with the Lord and He will meet with you and fill you. When we leave here do we take the Lord with us?
In our passage today we will see two-miracles; we will see the compassion of Jesus and the mission of Jesus, as well as the results. But first it starts with taking Jesus with you as is the example we see today.
As you will start to see, Jesus ministers to the person, Jesus ministers to the crowd. May we be willing to minister to the person or the crowd, may we minister to whoever God puts in our path, we may just be the person God wants to use for the job.
Today in our passage we will see the following:
Healing with immediate results (vv.29-31)
Healing brings about the crowd (vv.32-34)
Healing brings a time of prayer (vv.35-39)
Healing from a place of faith (vv.40-45)
I. Healing with immediate results
I. Healing with immediate results
Mark’s account in the gospel is fast paced. He is concise and to the point and not a man of many words, but words mean something, so pay attention to the words in this continued day in the life of Jesus.
Previously we have seen His calling of disciples, His authority questioned, His authority proven and the people left in amazement (v.27). Now word spreads fast.
28 Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.
This now leads us to our first section today.
29 And immediately after they came out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to Jesus about her.
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31 And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.
What do you notice, what do you see, what sticks out to you?
Where were they coming from now?
Where did they go to?
Who was with them, who was there?
Notice it was immediately after they left the synagogue that this all transpires. Fellowship with Jesus was not just in the synagogue and it should not be that way with us either.
How long was it before they spoke to Jesus about the issue at hand?
What did Jesus do?
What did Peters mother in law due as a result?
Notice it was immediately after they entered the home that they told Jesus of Peter’s mother in law being ill; and right away He had compassion and healed her, and look at what she did then, she served!
Weather in a crowded synagogue or a quiet home, Jesus is ready to heal.
May we be immediately ready to see a need, meet a need and serve the need. If it is us that have a need may our gratitude speak immediately after the need is met.
What else do you notice in this section, looking at the point Peter had a mother in law?
Peter was married, so the theology of priesthood celibacy is foreign to scriptures (see 1Cor9:5, 7:2, 9)
In fact it is noted that later that Peter’s wife as well as Jesus brother’s wives would travel with them (1Cor9:5)
5 Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
If celibacy was a prerequisite then why would these verses be in the Bible? Now, Paul, does speak of the gift of celibacy and that it is good, but it not for all, it is a gift
7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
Now back to our passage we see that Peter’s mother in law did not delay when she was healed, she got up and served. Do we do the same, when we are delivered from sickness or depression, or whatever may ail us and the Lord has done it, do we get up and show our thanks, our gratitude by serving others?
II. Healing brings the crowd
II. Healing brings the crowd
It is still the same day, now later in the day and let’s see what transpires here in this section. Remember the Sabbath day started at sunset and ended at sunset.
32 When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed. 33 And the whole city had gathered at the door.
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34 And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
When did this section happen?
What happens?
What are the results?
The Sabbath day has ended, it was after sunset, so under the law things now have changed. People came in droves, or as the scripture says the whole city gathered at the door.
Mark uses the word many when it came to the healing, Matthew says all (Mt8:16)
16 When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.
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Just as He did the in synagogue He did at Peter’s house.
Why were they bringing the people to Jesus? What does this prove?
By bringing all to Jesus who were sick, demon possessed they are proving they had faith that He could heal them.
As with the demon possessed man in the synagogue (vv.23-26) and here (vv.33-34) what were the instructions to those who were demon possessed?
Why did He tell them not to say anything? (look at v.34)
III. Healing brings time of prayer
III. Healing brings time of prayer
Don’t let late nights or busy schedules keep you from your prayer time.
35 In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there. 36 Simon and his companions searched for Him;
37 they found Him, and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” 38 He said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.”
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39 And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
There are really a couple of things to glean for his section
Jesus made time for prayer
Man’s thoughts way, are not Jesus thoughts and ways; Jesus stayed to mission
What can you see about Jesus prayer life (v.35)?
What did the apostles do? What did they think (vv.36-37)?
What was Jesus response and actions (vv.38-39)?
Jesus made time for prayer, for Him it was early in the morning, for Him it was in a secluded place.
We can see that people were seeking Jesus, which is not a bad thing, but it could have been for the wrong reason, they wanted to experience His healings not hear His Word.
Jesus stayed to mission, for us today, may we learn to stay to mission too.
IV. Healing from place of faith
IV. Healing from place of faith
We know we are healed, our sins forgiven, because of faith, obedient faith that brings about the grace of God. Now look at the faith displayed here that brings about a healing that leads to a proclamation of faith
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.” 41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. 43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away, 44 and He said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
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42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. 43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away,
45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
44 and He said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
We have a great example of the Lord’s compassion for the one no one would want to be around in this section.
We can understand the Lord’s compassion for Peter’s mother in law, but now He is presented with a leper who needs the touch of the Lord as well as the Word of the Lord.
So how about a leper, what about them (Lev13:45-46)?
45 “As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 “He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
What did the leper know (v.40)?
What was Jesus feelings and actions (v.41)?
What was the results (v.42)
What were the instructions (vv.43-44)?
What was the action; and the results (v.45)?
Let me expand on leprosy just for a moment and compare it to sin.
Leprosy is deeper than skin, so is sin (Lev13:3)
3 “The priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean.
Leprosy spreads; so does sin (Lev13:5-8)
5 “The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. 6 “The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
7 “But if the scab spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. 8 “The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
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It defiles and it isolates (Lev13:44-46)
It renders things fit for fire only (Lev13:47-59)
Jesus compassion was more than just words, it was touch, isn’t that what most people need, a touch of compassion coupled with words of compassion?
As leprosy was healed in an instant, or it says immediately, sin too can be healed immediately by the touch of the master, As the leper was declared clean, the sinner too can be declared clean.
Now this gets us to the final point for this study this morning. The man disobeyed the Lord.
45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
He went and proclaimed when told not to do it.
What were the results of the leper who has been cleansed proclaiming?
Now some food for thought: He was told to tell no one and told everyone. We are told to tell everyone and many tell no one.
In closing out Mark chapter 1 there are 3 things to take away
Jesus, Son of God, came as a servant, we should follow His example
God shares His authority with His servants; we are to be people who act under the authority of God through His scriptures
If you are going to be a servant, be one who has compassion for “all” and regardless of time or place, being a servant is oftentimes not a time or place where it is convenient!