{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61f2dc1ac97b4d0014c3f6da/62d868e09f30c40012a2cf8f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mark 9:14-29","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/undefined/1643305829552-7f066a4cfa1d18815da86a0bc3e793bf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>s1e32 The Tough Unclean Spirit </p><p>Observations:</p><p>(Darin)</p><ul><li>Do the scribes pick on the disciples deliberately as a strategy?</li><li>\"they came\" - who is \"they\"? I'm guessing Jesus and the three disciples coming off the mountain? So the disciples mean the other nine?</li><li>Immediately and amazed are used again - these words seem big-time Markan words. Odd placement in the story for people being amazed - usually happens after an event, etc.</li><li>Why was Jesus so harsh with his words - faithless generation? To whom was he referring?</li><li>Jesus struggled with the man's words, \"If you can\" - why? He must know the man's heart. It seems the man's desperation outweighed his need to be right (skepticism). Does the man repent? Because it is so sincere about helping him with his unbelief!</li><li>Convulsions and foaming - epilepsy? </li><li>Jesus asked how long this had been going on - a very pastoral question, right?</li><li>He waited until the crowd came running or he wanted to do it before the crowd got there?</li><li>Like a corpse - interesting - so he wasn't dead? Could he have been dead?</li><li>takes him by the hand - reminds me of the little girl who was dead</li><li>the disciples have a good question here about why they couldn't throw out the demon - because they have done it before and after the binding and loosing discussion (Mt 16)</li><li>\"this kind\" - does this refer to a super demon? Maybe it just means a demonic type of being?</li><li>Some manuscripts add \"and fasting\" after the word \"prayer\" - see footnotes in most translations as to why it is added or not</li><li>was the demon seeking to destroy - trying to kill him?</li></ul><p>(Ty)</p><ul><li>Verse 18:Is, Is it possible that some of those conditions that have seizures like this that we have today are demonic possession, and instead of exorcizing, we medicate?</li><li>14-18 Were the scribes and the disciples arguing because the disciples could not drive out the demon?</li><li>20-24 Was this man and his son Jewish? How much compassion did Jesus show to perform the healing despite all the unbelief?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Meaning:</p><p>(Darin)</p><ul><li>Our reliance on God in all humility is vital! We do not control things but follow, asking God to take control.</li></ul><p>(Ty)</p><ul><li>Times will come when our faith is tested, and we will lack faith. This lack of faith will make it hard for us to defeat the evil one. However, when we lack faith, we can lean on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit and say, just as this boy's father did, \"help my unbelief!\" All things are possible for one who believes enough to put faith in God above faith in themselves.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Application:</p><ul><li>Walk - (Darin) Amazed at Jesus himself - just his presence and not in the moment of something He does. (Ty) No matter who he is speaking to, Jesus finds to relate the material to the person no matter who it is. Whether it's a parable, scripture, or healing, Jesus constantly does this throughout scripture.</li><li>Model - (Darin) the regime of prayer, James 4, (Ty) I need to constantly look for ways to build that blind faith in believers and nonbelievers because that's what Jesus does.</li><li>Praise - (Darin) Never to come back - Jesus said to the demon - total freedom for those in Jesus! (Ty) That Jesus is so compassionate that even if we lack faith, the one thing that seems to be required of us, if we lean on Him for the faith He will provide that as well.</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Darin Hansen and Ty Griffith"}