Mark - Lesson 7...Continued from page 4

DAY FIVE:  A Begging Man

Please carefully read Mark 5:18-20 and answer the following questions.

1.  Jesus respected their wishes. He stood at their heart’s door and knocked, but they turned Him away, so they would later reap what they sowed in foolishness.  As Jesus made ready to leave, what touching thing happened (v. 18)?

2.  What did Jesus say to his request (v. 19)?

3. The way that these terms are recorded in Greek implies that this man wanted to accompany Jesus and become one of His disciples.[xiii]  Yet Jesus had a mission for him to go back home and proclaim all the things that God did for him, especially in showing him His compassion, or mercy that is demonstrated, usually toward someone in a difficult situation; “to be pitied, obtain mercy, implying not merely a feeling for the misfortunes of others involving sympathy (oiktirmós [3628], pity), but also an active desire to remove those miseries.”[xiv]  The people of the area cared much less about the man’s welfare than they did about their morning bacon!  Yet Jesus had compassion and moved to bring this man back to sanity, and better yet to salvation.  What are some wonderful things the following passages remind us of God’s mercy and compassion toward us?

Psalm 78:38, 39; 145:8, 9
Isaiah 49:14-16

Lamentations 3:22-33

Micah 7:18, 19

4.  How did the man demonstrate obedience to what Jesus asked him to do, and what were the results (v. 20)?

Scripture Memory:  Can you write out this week’s passage by memory here below?  Give it a try, and keep reviewing the passage several times throughout the day.

Mark 5:19b: