Mark - Lesson 7...Continued from page 3

DAY FOUR:  A Foolish People

Please carefully read Mark 5:14-17 and answer the following questions.

1.  No doubt the disciples’ mouths gaped wide open at this, but so did those of others unnoticed until now, the swine herdsmen!  What did they do after this (v. 14)?

2.  What amazing sight awaited the townspeople as they came running (v. 15, 16)?

3.  “A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, but they were frightened when they saw the man who had been demon possessed, for he was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane (vs. 15, nlt).”  What an awesome, incredible thing had happened...yet what was the foolish reaction of the people of the area (v. 17)?

4.  They begged (our word again) Jesus to get out of there!  Was it because of some superstitious Greek view of dangerous wonder-working magicians?[xi] Maybe, but it seems more likely that these people rejected Jesus because His work with the man and the demons was a threat to them, both economically and to their not wanting to face the cost of discipleship.[xii]  Some people foolishly want to hang onto their loads of garbage rather than dying to themselves and instead living for the only one who can exchange our trash for His glorious righteousness.  What is the cost we must be willing to pay as His followers according to the following passages?

Matthew 10:38, 39; 16:24, 25

Luke 9:57-62

Romans 12:1-3

Scripture Memory:  Try to fill in the missing words in the blanks below, by memory if at all possible, and then review the passage several times today.

“Go __________________ to your _________________________, and _____________ them what _________________ things the _________________ has ________________ for you, and ________________ He has had ___________________________ on you.”  Mark 5:19b, nkjv