Ransom for Many

...and 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, for a proof to them” (Mark 1:44).

Interestingly, in some cases Jesus commands people to go and tell what the Lord has done for the people. But in this case Jesus commands the man not tell anyone. How do we apply this? Is there a season when we would do best to be quiet and not speak to people about what has been done to us? Andy offers a great application to this powerful story.

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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-42).

Leprosy is a powerful picture of sin. A person afflicted with this disease was completely cut off from society. We are utterly cut off from God because of our sin sickness. The beauty of gospel is that just as Jesus was willing to heal that lepor, Jesus is willing to heal us.

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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-42).

In this episode of Jesus with the lepor, we see not only His ability to heal. We also get a glimpse of His compassion through His willingness to save. He not only healed the lepor, he TOUCHED the lepor. He is willing to reach out and touch you who have not yet been healed from the disease of sin. For you who are believers, Jesus is willing to forgive again. Come in repentance to Him.

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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-42).

Leprosy is a terrible, terrifying disease, affecting every part of the body. It excluded you from all of society because the disease was so unclean. This man was full of leprosy. His body was covered. With faith this man drug himself to Jesus. See his faith. He knows Jesus can heal if only He is willing. Let us praise Him that He was and is willing to heal. And no only is He willing, He is willing! He has the power to heal us today just as He had then.

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And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons (Mark 1:36-39).

The day after Jesus had preformed many healing miracles, the people rose early looking for Him. But Jesus went out not just to heal, but also to preach! Jesus shows the two priorities of His earlthly ministry here: prayer and proclamation. Read the Bible, know it, know the God of the Bible and proclaim it.

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And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed (Mark 1:35)

Before the sun had risen, Jesus was awake and communing with the Father in prayer. Jesus led a life od disciplined prayer. Before the day began, He spent time laying out His day before the Father, recognizing His needs and presenting them to His loving, caring, providing Father.

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And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed (Mark 1:35).

Jesus led a life of prayer. What is prayer? It is the highest activity any human can participate in! But Jesus is fully God and He still prayed. He did so because He desired to do so. He also prayed because He needed to. Stop today and recognize the deep need in your life to pray to the Father.

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And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him (Mark 1:20-34).

Jesus can meet the needs of every person on an individual level. What is the point of His healing miracles? They point to who He is. They point to why He came. Jesus came to deal with the sickness He could not deal with from heaven. He had to come to earth and die to take away our sin, to heal our sin-sickness. See the compassionate heart of our Savior in this passage.

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And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

We have seen Jesus power to teach, His power to call people. Now we see His power over evil. He came to earth to destroy the work and evil of the devil and his demons. We begin seeing that here.

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

In this passage it is clear that Jesus has power over evil and evil spirits. To get a more complete grasp of this power, we need to understand what these evil spirits are and see what information Scriptures gives us concerning where they came from.

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