Mark 1:21-28

1. Position yourself to hear God

2. Pore over the passage and paraphrase the main points

3. Pull out the spiritual principles

4. Pose the question

5. Plan obedience and pin down a date

Mark 1:21-28 New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit

²¹ They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. ²² The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. ²³ Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, ²⁴ “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

²⁵ “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” ²⁶ The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.

²⁷ The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” ²⁸ News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

Paraphrase

• Jesus was teaching in the synagogue with authority
• A man with an unclean spirit cried out and the spirit knew who Jesus was
• Jesus was known throughout the region as one who had authority and one who had power

Principles

• Jesus can be trusted in what He says.  He is different to other teachers
• Jesus has power over the enemy
• Jesus teaching spreads because it is radical and life changing

Questions

• Do I spend enough time getting to know Jesus through His Word?
• Do  really know that I don’t need to be afraid of the enemy because Jesus is all                 powerful?
• Does Jesus’s teaching change my life because it should?