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1 | faith or doubt which one is God talking | Mark 9:14 | Hank | 84223 | ||
Jesus' exclamation, "O faithless generation!" (Mark 9:19) doubtlessly was directed to the disciples, who were unable to cast the mute spirit out of the man's son (v.18); but not to the disciples only, but to the father of the spirit-possessed son, the unbelieving scribes who likely took great pleasure in the disciples' failure (v.14), and to skeptical Israel in general. In Jesus' summation of this episode (v.29), He emphasizes the power of prayer. Possibly the disciples' inability to cast out the mute spirit came about because they rested on the laurels of their earlier successes (see Mark 6:13) and neglected to draw upon divine power through prayer. Jesus was never pleased with those of little faith. "Without faith it is impossible to please Him." (Hebrews 11:6) --Hank | ||||||
2 | faith or doubt which one is God talking | Mark 9:14 | Asis | 84227 | ||
Hank Jesus chastisement of those gathered in this episode is for unbelief. We also tend to picture the scribes and pharasees as going around always trying to trap Jesus. Now they did do that but some were looking for the truth. Is Jesus in deed the Messiah? Remember that Nicodemus was a pharasee and He sought out Jesus. It seems to me that the disciple's inability to remove the demon was because of their unbelief. The king James has this verse Mark 9:28-29 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? [29] And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. [KJV] There is a debate about the words "this kind." Is it the demon or is it the subject of the story unbelief. I know that in the past I would pray for people to receive healing and I would not doubt that God could and wanted to heal them. I believe God heals. Then I broke my leg and laying on my couch, I prayed for my healing and my unbelief was exposed. I believed with my head not with my heart. I think this is the condition that the disciples found themselves in. Over and over Jesus gets on the disciples case for unbelief a lot. In fact every time I find myself in a trial it comes down to believing what God has said He will do or what He has already done. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on your own understanding. He calls out to us BELIEVE. Hebrews 11:6 --Jeff |
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Questions and/or Subjects for Mark 9:14 | Author | ||
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I hunger 4 the word | ||
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Hank | ||
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Asis |