"I am willing"

As soon as … immediately!

29. From the synagogue

to Peter’s house

*Israel tour

From the church

to the families (Church)

30 -31. Heals the sick, Peter’s mother in law!

(This! is Jesus!)

… she began to serve Him!

The word starts to spread ...

and many come, seeking … (?)

The Messianic Secret!

Verse 34! Ends the previous scene

Why? (Because they were coming for the wrong reason and would not yet understand) ((How do we know?)) Read!*

Did not come primarily to heal/perform miracles.

*(Scott Morrison)

35-37Jesus goes aside … to pray!

Frustration, fatigue *(Set the scene)

(Marten Luther: “I am too busy to pray!”)

37! “Everyone … is looking for you!”

*Elders - Be busy … spread the Word!

*But pray!

*Serve,/visit,/pray/preach (what is a sermon)

The man with a skin disease!

41. “If you are willing, you can make me clean”

Skin diseases // clean and uncleanliness

and the implications

*(To be excluded from the people of God!?)

42. “I am willing”

“This is why I have come!

This is who I am!

Jesus had COMPASSION!

Compassion: love/anger

anger at the state of the world/death and disease!

42. Healing!

Now, follow the law (Leviticus 13)

43. Don’t tell anyone … yet!

(Your healing can be better than you think! Is better than you think!

(Disobedience … becomes part of the problem) // part of the HisStory!

Cumninating in the big reveal!

*Truly, He was the Son of God!