~ Regarding What, 2 ~
Introduction
~ This series is about questions
involving Jesus. Some were asked by
individuals involved with Jesus Christ while He walked on earth. Others are questions that Jesus Christ asked
others. We will look at questions on over
160 topics (some may split into two or more posts). Even so, it is far from an exhaustive
list.
Scripture
~ “And when He came to the
disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with
them. Immediately, when they saw Him,
all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. And He asked the scribes, ‘What are you
discussing with them?’
“Then one of
the crowd answered and said, ‘Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute
spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it
throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should
cast it out, but they could not.’
“He answered
him and said, ‘O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.’
Then they
brought him to Him. And when he saw Him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed,
foaming at the mouth.
“So He asked
his father, ‘How long has this been happening to him?’
“And he said,
‘From childhood. And often he has thrown
him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on
us and help us.’
“Jesus said
to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.’
Immediately
the father of the child cried out and said with tears, ‘Lord, I believe; help
my unbelief!’
When Jesus
saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to it, ‘Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter
him no more!’
“Then the
spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, ‘He
is dead.’ But Jesus took him by the hand
and lifted him up, and he arose.
“And when He
had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, ‘Why could we not
cast it out?’
“So He said
to them, ‘This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting’ (Mark
9:14-29).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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