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-62865-459105Text: Mark 9:14-29Topic: Faith/TrialsDate: 05/10/2020Pastor Derek Greenhalgh00Text: Mark 9:14-29Topic: Faith/TrialsDate: 05/10/2020Pastor Derek Greenhalgh When You Fail-291465328295Text: Mark 9:14-29, “14?And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15?And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16?And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17?And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18?And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” 19?And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” Keep reading in your Bible to verse 29. English Standard Version.0Text: Mark 9:14-29, “14?And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15?And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16?And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17?And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18?And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” 19?And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” Keep reading in your Bible to verse 29. English Standard Version. “When your faith is tested and you fail miserably.” When your faith is tested and you fail…Point #1: Remember ____________________________________________! vv.14-18When your faith is tested and you fail…Point #2: Learn _________________________________________________! v.19When your faith is tested and you fail…Point #3: Ask ___________________________________________________! vv.20-18When your faith is tested and you fail…Point #4: Assume ____________________________________________! vv.25-29Corollary Verses: Matthew 17:15; Luke 6:14-16; John 15:5; Matthew 8:26, 16:8; Mark 6:7-13; 2 Timothy 4:2; Proverbs 3:11-12, 27:6; Luke 17:5-6 and 2 Chronicles 7:14.Application QuestionsThese questions are provided for your further study and application of today’s sermon. Thoughtfully writing out the answers to the questions listed below will assist you in gaining a better understanding of the point of this passage. Please be prepared to discuss your answers with your Home Fellowship Groups.1.) Read 1 Chronicles 29:14; Psalm 73:26; Isaiah 40:29; and John 15:5 then answer the following questions. What does it mean to abide in Christ? Give real life examples. What do these verses say about the source of our power, possessions, and position? Why is it absolutely essential that we know that we are weak apart from Christ? 2.) Read Proverbs 3:11-12, 27:5-6; Luke 17:3; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Timothy 4:2; and Revelation 3:19 then answer the following questions. What role is rebuke to play in the life of a believer? Why is rebuke hardly ever employed in most churches today? If you struggle with receiving constructive criticism see the list below and write it down in your own journal for the purpose of transformation and growth. 3.) Read Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 10:17; 2 Timothy 2:13; 1 Peter 1:6-7; and 1 Peter 2:2-3 then answer the following questions. According to these passages, where does faith come from? How can you grow in your faith? Are there a number of ways to grow in faith? If so, what are they? 4.) Read Nehemiah 8:6; Ezra 9:5-6; Isaiah 66:2; and Psalm 51:17 then answer the following questions. What kind of inward posture should we have in prayer? Did the disciples demonstrate this kind of posture when they went to heal the boy (apart from Christ)? What errors did the disciples commit during their failed attempt to heal? ................
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