The Gospel Of Mark Bible Study Lesson 23

The Gospel Of Mark Bible Study Lesson 23:

This week’s Bible Study of Mark’s Gospel will again include questions for you to answer. Once you finish the lesson on your own. You can look at my answers. Anytime you do Bible study ask yourself these 3 questions:

3 questions:

·        What is this passage about?

·        What do I learn from this passage?

·        How can I apply what I have learned to my life?

Scripture to meditate on before you do this week’s Bible study:

Romans 10:9-10 NIV  

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that

 you confess and are saved.

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This Week’s Bible passage from the Gospel of Mark:

Mark 5:25-34

Read the passage below:

Mark 5:25-34 (NIV)

²⁵ And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. ²⁶ She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. ²⁷ When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, ²⁸ because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” ²⁹ Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

³⁰ At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹ “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

³² But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. ³³ Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. ³⁴ He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

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Answer the questions below:

1.   Content:  What is this passage about?

·        Who are the people if any?  

  

·        What are they doing?         

                                 

·        Where does this take place? 

·        When does this take place? 

2.   Lesson:   What do I learn from this passage?

·        Is there a warning, command or promise?

·        Is there an example to follow or not to follow?

·        What is/are the main truth/truths of this passage?  

·        Is there a lesson or principle that is a universal truth?

·        Why did God put this passage in the Bible?

What does the passage reveal about the character of God?

·        His Attributes/Characteristics (ex. loving, caring, Holy, Merciful etc.):

·        His ways of relating/Communicating to people:

·        His emotions:

·        His views:

·        Reasons for us to love God more: 

3.  Application:  How can I apply what I have learned to my life?

·        Can you think of a current situation in your personal life, home life, 

          Church, or business which is similar to what you are learning?

·        How can I apply what I am learning to my current circumstances?

·        Are there specific things in to which to pray about?

·        Is there a new thought to me? An encouraging thought?  

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Here is my layout for Mark 5:25-34:

1.    Content: What is this passage about?

Jesus healed a woman from a 12 year hemorrhage when by faith she touched His robe.

Who are the people if any?

·        Jesus, a suffering woman, His disciples, a crowd of people.

          

What are they doing? 

·        A crowd of people were following Jesus.

Where does this take place?

·        Galilee.

When does this take place?

·        After Jesus healed Jairus’s daughter.  

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2.    Lesson: What do I learn from this passage?

Jesus is the source of healing to those who reach out to Him by faith

Is there a warning, command or promise?

·        “Your faith has healed you. Go in Peace and be freed from your suffering”.

Is there an example to follow or not to follow? 

·        We must become followers of Jesus in order to be saved.

·        We need to publicly confess our faith in Jesus.

·        We need to trust Jesus’ and believe that His way is better than our own.

What are the main points in this passage?

·        A woman who suffered from bleeding for 12 years believed if she touched Jesus’ clothes she would be healed. When she touched His cloak, Jesus’ power healed this woman.

·        Jesus allowed His power to heal the woman.

·        Jesus asks the crowd “who touched my clothes”.

·        The disciples wondered why Jesus didn’t know who touched Him.

·        Jesus had a reason for making the woman come forward with her confession.

·        Jesus asked the women to reveal herself in order that she be a witness to her faith.

Is there a lesson or principle that is a universal truth?

·        Jesus has the power to heal.

·        Jesus is in control of His power.

·        Faith prompts God to respond to our need.

·        It is God’s sovereign choice How He will respond to our faith.  

Why did God put this passage in the Bible?

·         To help us see that our faith in Jesus is what saves us not something we can do to 
       earn it.

·        As followers in Jesus our faith in Him is our source of healing.

What does the passage reveal about the character of God/Jesus?

A. His attributes:  
Compassionate, loving, and Sovereign (One that exercises supreme, permanent authority)  
    

B. His ways of relating/communicating to people: 
Personal interaction   

C. His emotions:
Jesus cared about the woman’s spiritual condition
    

D. His views: 
Jesus wants us all to be His followers, adopted into God’s family, and have faith in God’s promises.  

E. Reasons for us to love Him more:   
Jesus came to save us. Jesus heals our brokenness and restores us back to a right relationship with God.                                                                

3.    Life Application (Personal): 

·        From what long time illness - body, soul or spirit -  do I want healing?

·        Where do I look for the healing I need?

·        How can I bring Christ’s healing to others? ………………………………………………………………………………

My prayer for you:

I pray you will take God’s Word to heart and ask God to help you apply what you have learned. I hope and pray that this Bible Study helps you grow spiritually by deepening your faith, trust and love for God.

Jesus declared that if we seek God, he will provide everything we need to live the abundant life, providing for us physically and spiritually:

Matthew 6:32-33  Living Bible (TLB)

 “So don’t worry at all about having enough food and clothing. Why be like the heathen? For they take pride in all these things and are deeply concerned about them. But your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well that you need them, and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to.

John 10:10 English Standard Version (ESV)

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Philippians 4:19 New Living Translation (NLT)

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

John 14:26 (NIV)

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Also, remember the importance and impact of embracing of God’s Word in light of how we are to be God’s Ambassadors and Teachers, as well as to live abundantly in a fallen world:

1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Psalm 119:105 (ESV)   

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

John 8:31-32  (NIV)

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Daily Application ideas:

·        Pray. Ask God to help you understand the passage of scripture you are

          reading.

·        Pray. Ask God to help you apply what you are learning.

·        Write down your thoughts and prayers. Seek to understand what God is

          trying to teach you.

·        Begin to make changes in your patterns of behavior in accordance to God’s

          teaching.

·        Act on God’s answer to prayer.

·        Put God first in your life in every area of your life (Marriage, Parenting,

          Ministry, Work etc.).

·        Be determined to make quality & quantity time for God in your life (ex.

           Quiet time, prayer time, Bible reading/study).

Helpful Hints for this Bible Study:

·        Not everything we read will contain enough info to answer all the questions.

·        Other questions may come to mind as you read.

·        The questions are just helpful guidelines.

·        Following the reading of the passage of scripture take a moment to write

          down your thoughts.

·        After you have read the above questions, answer the questions specifically. 

·        Refer back to above questions when you need to.

·        Then concentrate on a couple of things that are meaningful to you

          personally. 

·        Then go to the application section.

·        Think through the application questions and journal your thoughts and

          prayers.                     

Just Sayin……………..Dave