Two stories of Healing
Text: Mark 4:35 – 5:43
Outline:
A. 4:35-41, Calming down a storm
B. 5:1-20, Healing a man with a demon
C. 5:21-43, Healing of two “girls”
Comments:
I told you I am a fan of Creation. Here we go again. Just look at the outline. Nature, then Man, then Woman (actually two of them – God loves His daughters). Now, let us go to the text.
Creation Story
text: Genesis 1:1 – 2:24
Outline:
1st story, 1:1
– 2:3, 7 day of creation
2nd story, 2:4 – 2:24, creation of man
Comments: Isn't it interesting and intriguing that Bible begins with the creation account. Not 10 commandments, not the Fall. The Flood could've been a great beginning – while Noah is in the Arks, God tells him the story of creation and fall – which led ultimately to the Flood. No, Bible starts from the very beginning. It tells you something – that God is the creator. No simply the One who put everything in its place, but the One who constantly creates – old things do not suffice, they have to be transformed (Isaiah 43:18-19; Isaiah 65:17 and 2 Corinthians 5:17; Revelation 21:5).
Therefore, the creation account is not simply a sequence of disconnected acts or events – it is a profound pattern we always need to return to. Fulfilling our life vocations, doing church work, or anything else – being the bearers of God's image we are bound to mimic His initial action of creation.
