POWER AND FEAR

Mark 4:35-5:43

• Narratives – Mark records no instructions.

• Similarities – Mark presents a pattern.

• Mark has a point to make about Jesus.

1.) FORCES OF NATURE. 4:35-41

2.) DEMONIC FORCES. 5:1-20

3.) CHRONIC DISEASE. 5:25-35

4.) DEATH. 5:21-24, 36-43

Questions: There aren’t as simple as they may look!

– Do you believe that Jesus had this kind of power? Did He exercise it in every situation?

– Do you believe that Jesus has this kind of power today? Does He exercise it in every situation?

– Fear and faith, or expectation and obligation?

– Reject or follow? What makes the most sense?