Mark 4:35-5:20 – December 1st 2017

JESUS CALMS THE STORMS

Read Mark 4:35-41

1. Describe the scene, who is there and what are they doing?
2. What do the disciples presume is going to happen?
3. What does their question to Jesus show?
4. Consider Jesus questions to them.
   1. What do his questions indicate?
5. How do they respond and why?

Read Mark 5:1-20

1. Describe the scene; how does it compare or contrast with the storm?
2. What does Jesus say/do/command?
   1. How is this different than previously and why?
3. How does the man with a demon respond to Jesus and why?
4. What else happens as a result of Jesus calming the demoniac and why?
5. How does this scene answer the question asked in 4:41 - “Who then is this…?”

1. What do our fears reveal about us?
2. How should our faith affect our fears?
3. What fears are you currently wrestling with and how does Jesus relate to them?
4. What do these passages reveal about Jesus identity and character?
5. How can we relate to the disciples in the storm and the demoniac?