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29他们一出会堂，就同着雅各、约翰，进了西门和安得烈的家。30西门的岳母正害热病躺着，就有人告诉耶稣。31耶稣进前拉着她的手，扶她起来，热就退了，她就服侍他们。32天晚日落的时候，有人带着一切害病的和被鬼附的，来到耶稣跟前。33合城的人都聚集在门前。34耶稣治好了许多害各样病的人，又赶出许多鬼，不许鬼说话，因为鬼认识他。
马可福音的独特之处在于，他喜欢讲述耶稣的神迹故事。一位早期教会的教父曾写道，马可从使徒彼得那里得到了关于耶稣的信息。在这卷福音书中，你会经常看到描述彼得行为的细节，比如耶稣医治彼得岳母的故事。注意这个故事的细节，彼得的岳母立刻起来服侍他们。你能想象那个场景吗?她发烧躺在床上，病得很重。耶稣治好了她，她站起来说:“我最好准备一些晚餐。”当耶稣医治人的时候，他们立刻就完全得医治了。记载的每一个神迹都提醒我们耶稣是神的儿子。
那么耶稣为什么要让他赶走的魔鬼不要说话呢?最简单的解释是，从魔鬼嘴里说出来的东西都是没有用的，都是不值得相信的。即使这些魔鬼承认耶稣是上帝的儿子，耶稣还是让他们闭嘴，因为从撒旦的话语中不会产生任何好的东西。
当我们在马可福音中见证这些神迹时，我们应该确认耶稣的神迹告诉我们关于他的两个重要真理。第一，他是全能的神的儿子。他什么都能做。第二，他在我们需要的时候关心我们。当你生病发烧的时候，当你饥饿的时候，当你遭受身心障碍时，他都在关心你。一直到他被钉在十字架上，他仍在关心我们，他为我们的罪献出了自己的生命，为我们的罪付上赎价。我们可以满怀信心的地说:“耶稣是我们恩友!”
祷告:主耶稣，求你今天和每一天都与我同在，因为没有你，我的生命就不完全!让我学习你的话语，我要赞美你，因为你是我的救主，是我在患难中随时的帮助。阿们。
Mark 1:29-34: As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. 31 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them. 32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. (NIV)
One of the things that makes Mark’s gospel unique is that he loves to tell the stories of Jesus’ miracles. An early church father wrote that Mark received his information about Jesus from the apostle Peter. You will often see intimate details about Peter’s actions in this gospel, like the story of Jesus’ healing Peter’s mother-in-law. Notice the detail in the story, that she immediately got up to wait on them. Can you imagine the scene? She is deathly ill in bed with a fever. Jesus heals her and she gets up and says, “I better make some dinner.” When Jesus healed people, they were immediately and completely healed. Every miracle recorded reminds us that Jesus is the Son of God.
So why did he tell the demons he drove out not to speak? The simplest explanation is that nothing that comes out of the devil’s mouth is useful or to be trusted. Even when they acknowledged that he was the Son of God, he silenced them, for nothing good can ever come out of Satan’s words.
As we witness these miracles in the gospel of Mark, we ought to confirm two important truths that the miracles of Jesus tell us about him. First, that he is the almighty Son of God. He can do ANYTHING. And second, that he cares for us in our hour of need. He cares when you are sick with a fever, or hungry for food, or suffering from a handicap. He cares for us all the way to the cross, where he gave his life as a ransom for our sins. We can say with confidence, “What a friend we have in Jesus!”
Prayer: Lord Jesus, be with me today and every day, because life would not be complete without you! Let me learn of you and let me praise you, for you are my Savior and my ever present help in times of trouble. Amen.