He Has Done Everything Well - June 7, 2020

“He Has Done Everything Well”

 

Text: Mark 7:31-37

Thesis: “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

 

1. Jesus is once again called upon to heal a man, who could not hear or speak.
2. Friends of a man with physical challenges “begged” Jesus to heal him.
3. Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.” (John 15:3)
4. Jesus modeled this type of friendship when he willingly laid down his life on the cross for you and me.
5. May we as Christians bring our friends to Christ:

• By praying for their salvation and personal needs.
• By genuinely sharing Christ’s love with them.
• By inviting them to Church that they may worship God and become acquainted with other Christians.

 

1. Jesus demonstrated great sensitivity to the man who could not hear or speak. (vs33-35)
2. Mark intentionally highlights the fact that Jesus “took him aside, away from the crowd”, prior to healing the man.
3. Jesus prior to this healed many people publicly.
4. God knows and loves all of us personally and uniquely.
5. The Bible references that God has a divine understanding of us.

• "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)
• “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalms 139:14)
• “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were  written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalms 139:15)
• “Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely”. (Psalms 139:4)
• “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (Luke 12:7)

 

III. Jesus, “He has done all things well.” (vs37a)

1. Jesus revealed a personal knowledge of the man’s mind and emotions as well as his physical challenges.
2. Jesus as the “great physician” possessed excellent “bedside manners.”
3. Jesus demonstrated his power to heal.
4. Jesus “did everything (so) well”, “the people were overwhelmed and amazed.” The people said, “He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.”

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)