 It has been said that all the armies that have ever marched and all the navies that have ever sailed and all the kings that have ever reigned, put together, they have not affected life on this planet more than the life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And how true that is. But in our day it seems like so many people think that Jesus is just one among many, that Christianity is one among many, but not so. Jesus is not just one among many. Jesus is in a league all his own. You see, no man ever said the things that Jesus said, but no man ever did the things that Jesus did. Talk is cheap. Jesus is about power. The Bible says that the kingdom of God is not just in talk, but in power. The difference between Jesus Christ and all the other religious leaders there have ever been is they're all about talk, but Jesus has the power. This is what the Gospels are all about. They're not just about the clear teaching of Jesus. They're about the might, the strength, the power of Jesus. They're not just about the preaching of Jesus. They're about the astounding power of our Savior. And sometimes I fear we as God's people forget how awesome our Savior is, and that is why we need to be often in the Gospels. That is why we ought to so love the Gospel of Mark because of all of the Gospels, it's the Gospel that focuses so much on the power of Jesus. Do you know in the Gospel of Mark there are only four parables, but there are 19 miracles because everywhere you turn you see the power of Jesus. And in the passage before us in Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5 tonight there are four astounding miracles, four astounding demonstrations of the power of Jesus that we will see. We will see tonight that Jesus has the power over danger. We will see tonight that Jesus has the power over demons. We will see tonight that Jesus has the power over disease. We will see tonight that Jesus has the power over death. No man ever liked Jesus, or no man had the power of Jesus. In Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5, a first thing that we see is about the astounding power of Jesus, His power over danger. It begins in Mark chapter 4 and verse 35, but to understand what is happening there, to understand what is happening in the passage before us tonight, we need to back up and look for a moment at Mark chapter 4 and verse 1. And again, He, and again Jesus, began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to him so that he got into a boat and he sat on it by the sea and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. The sea that is mentioned here is the sea of Galilee. John mentioned that there's upcoming an Israel trip. The land of Israel, go. It will change your life totally and completely. You will never, ever read the Bible to save again. The sea mentioned here is, of course, the sea of Galilee and the sea of Galilee is a pear-shaped lake. It's about 13 miles from the top of it to the bottom of it and about 8 miles across in average. And Jesus here is on the northeast corner or the northwest corner of it in a city called Capernaum. And a great multitude of people have come to him. So many people that he goes out into the ocean in the boat and he begins to teach this great multitude of people. And all day long he is teaching them and Mark chapter 4 tells us some of the things that he was teaching them. He taught them a parable of a sower and then he taught them a parable of a light and how it shouldn't be put under a basket and he taught them a parable of a self-growing seed and he taught them a parable about the mustard seed and after he had taught them all of these things then we see the power of Jesus. Because Jesus isn't just about teaching. He's about doing. In verse 35, And on this same day, after teaching all day long in the boat by the sea on that northwest corner of the sea of Galilee on the same day when the evening had come Jesus said to his disciples, he said to them, let us cross over to the other side. Now when they had left the multitude they took him along into the boat as he was and there were other little boats that were also with him. And a great windstorm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling. As we will learn, Jesus was cutting across the top of the sea of Galilee about a five-mile trip to the northeast side to a place called Gadara we'll talk about in a moment. And as he was cutting across all of a sudden there was a great windstorm that came up. The sea of Galilee is a beautiful place but it is one of the most treacherous bodies of water on the face of the planet. And the reason why is because sudden storms can come up without any notice whatsoever. The sea of Galilee is actually about 700 feet below sea level and it's sort of in like a bowl the hills and mountains rise around it about 1400 feet and what happens is just north of the sea of Galilee there's a mountain about as tall as Mount Baldy Mount Hermon, 9200 feet and often there's snow on the top of it. What happens is cold air comes down from the north from Mount Hermon and then warm air comes from the east from the desert region and the minute the cold air and the warm air hit they start to swirl. And you can be out on the sea of Galilee it can be just like a sheet of glass and within a few moments all of a sudden there are waves all over the place. Jesus has been teaching all day and now it is night, evening is set and they begin to go across and the Bible says there in verse 37 a great windstorm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling the boat don't think the kind of boat that you see in a marina or the boat show we actually know what kind of boat it was because in 1986 when the sea of Galilee during a drought was very low it just so happens that they discovered a 2,000 year old boat in the mud. It's known as the Jesus boat in near Capernaum you can go and see that boat today it's quite an amazing sight to see a 2,000 year old boat it's about 27 feet long and only 7.5 feet wide and in that boat are 12 disciples and Jesus 13 men and the wind is howling and the waves are coming up and they're dumping down into this little tiny boat verse 38 but Jesus was in the stern asleep on a pillow they tell us boats in those days the last seat that was in the boat was reserved for the special guest and they had a cushion on it and Jesus after teaching all day long he was in the back of the boat sleeping there's something so wonderful about that Jesus was fully God but he was fully man Jesus knew what it was like to be tired, really tired after working all day long and there he was asleep but not just so sleepy because he was tired he was trusting his Father he was trusting in God as we ought to in the storms of life that we face here's this great storm that comes up and when experienced fishermen are freaking out you know it's a big storm and Jesus is there in the stern of the boat and they wake him up verse 38 says and they say do you not care that we are perishing? notice those words do you not care you've never said that I've never said that we've said it many times in the storms of life that we go through Lord where are you how come this came out of nowhere my boat's filling up don't you see what I'm going through don't you care about what I'm going through dear ones I'm here to tell you tonight God sees and God cares but not only does God care not only does Jesus care he has the power to change what you're going through they said verse 38 do you not care that we are perishing? then Jesus arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea peace be still and the wind ceased and there was a great calm notice verse 39 he rebuked the wind that's an interesting term now chapter 1 verse 35 that word rebuked was used of Jesus rebuking a demon rebuking demons and as we'll see there is all reason to believe this particular storm was brought up by Satan who was trying to kill Jesus who was trying to kill the disciples who was trying to prevent Jesus from going across the sea to free a demon possessed man and Jesus gets up in the boat and the Greek literally reads he said to the wind be muzzled stop it peace be still and it says immediately verse 39 there was a great calm this is astounding power that immediately the sea of Galilee is a great calm whenever I think of this miracle whenever I think about what Jesus did I think about what my boys and I used to do in the swimming pool I used to take my boys down to the swimming pool in the condo that we lived in the boogie boards in the pool and we would rock them back and forth and we would do cannonballs and we would try to get that water as many waves as we could possibly get them and then we would get out of the pool and we would like time how long does it take before it calms down? a minute? two minutes? dear ones that's not what happened here here is a howling storm here are these waves coming up and Jesus says peace be still and instantly it was like glass I have a word for that wow wow what a savior what an amazing Jesus peace be still and immediately there was a great calm but verse 40 he said to them why are you so afraid? why is it you have no faith? see there was a storm outside but there was a storm inside too sometimes the greatest problem isn't what's outside of us it's what's inside of us it's the fear, it's the worry it's the anxiety and Jesus cannot only calm the danger around you it can calm your heart it can calm the trouble that you feel all of the waves that are crashing around inside of you sometimes and nobody knows he can speak peace to your heart because he is the prince of peace and tonight some of you are going to experience that peace that passes understanding as the savior speaks to your heart and there's a calm that comes to your heart oh Jesus says to them why are you so fearful? how is it that you have no faith? do you know who I am? don't you understand the power that I have to work in your life and to work through your life? well what happened verse 41 and they feared exceedingly and they said to one another who can this be? that even the wind and the sea obey him one among many teachers I don't think so you got the wrong Jesus the power of Jesus the astounding power of Jesus it left the disciples in breathless amazement they wondered and looked at him who can this be? this Jesus there's nobody like this Jesus I don't know as we gather tonight what danger you might be in I don't know tonight as we gather what storm you might be in that has suddenly come up upon your life and inside your heart is just churning with turmoil like the waves of the sea all I know is I felt I was supposed to come and remind you tonight about the astounding power of Jesus that he has power over those circumstances in your life and he can bring peace to your heart but Jesus in the passage before us not only has power over danger number two he has power over demons he has power over demons in Mark chapter 5 verse 1 to 20 we find the most extreme severe case of demon possession in all of the Bible do you know as you read through the Gospels and you ask yourself the question what is the number one miracle that Jesus did in terms of its numerical frequency what miracle did Jesus do more than any other miracle answer to your question casting out of demons in first John 3 and verse 8 the Bible is clear for this purpose the Son of God was manifest that he might destroy that he might demolish the works of the devil people in Jesus' day the disciples in Jesus' day they were fearful of dangerous storms but they were also fearful of demons and they needed to understand that Jesus has the power over Satan that Jesus has the power over demons even the most extreme demon possession case that you can ever even wrap your mind around in Mark chapter 5 beginning in verse 1 and they came to the other side of the sea to the country of the Gadarenes some translations say Gadara Capernaum I mentioned is on the northwest side of the Sea of Galilee you cut 5 miles across the top of the Sea of Galilee in the northeast corner there's a place called Gad, Gad, Gadara if you know the Bible you know in the Old Testament there was a tribe of Israel called the tribe of Gad and when Joshua led the people of God into the promised land there were 3 groups Ruben, Gad and half of Manasseh who said we don't want to cross over into the promised land we'd rather live on the other side of the land of Jordan and so Joshua said okay it's a picture in the Bible of people who are so close to the blessing of God but don't fully enter in and they're not fully entering in led to a way of compromise and so that area of Gad that area of Gadara became a place where Jews there were compromising and where Gentiles would move in and take over there were 10 cities over there called Decapolis 10 cities and it was a pagan area it was a place of evil as we will see it was a place of darkness and Satan had brought up a storm to try to prevent Jesus from getting there but Jesus went through all that but one meant to free one person who was bound by the devil and it just shows the lengths Jesus will go to free any person from whatever they are bound by verse 1 again they came to the other side of the sea to the country of the Gadarenes and when they come out of the boat immediately there met him a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit stop there for a moment he left, listen he left Capernaum when it was evening they went across the sea of Galilee in the darkness they come ashore in the darkness and all of a sudden an unclean man in an unclean place comes roaring out of the darkness with an unclean spirit with unclean spirits in him a man so severely bound by the devil an unclean spirit, this is another word this is another description of what the Bible calls a demon a demon, what are demons? well they are fallen angels when Satan rebelled in heaven he took a third of the angels away with him and those fallen angels are sometimes called evil spirits or unclean spirits or demons and demons they seek to inhabit people so they can destroy the lives of people so they can destroy the works of God this man somehow some way had opened the door to the devil we know from the Bible that a Christian is a demon possessed because my body, your body as a Christian is the temple of the Holy Spirit and God, the Holy Spirit and the devil don't share the same house they just don't when the devil knocks on the door of a Christian God the Holy Spirit answers in the door and says not welcome here not welcome here but this man wasn't a believer he didn't have the protection of God on his life and somehow in some way it was through anger or bitterness whether it was through jealousy or whether it was through witchcraft or paganism he had opened the door to the devil and people can do that even in our own day with things so innocent as a horoscope or the Ouija board they can open the door to the devil when you open the door to the devil when you give him an inch he'll take a mile and that one demon that came in and brought others and others and others Matthew chapter 12 Jesus told a story about a man who had a demon he told the story it's like a house and the person's put out of the house and it gets all swept and cleaned but then the demon roams around in the desert and brings back seven more and comes back in and it's worse than in the beginning and this man had welcomed in he's on clean spirits he was living in an unclean place with all of these dead bodies among the tombs and he comes roaring out of the darkness and verse 3 says and he'd been dwelling among the tombs so that no one could bind him not even with chains because he had been often bound with shackles those are things on your feet and chains literally handcuffs and the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces neither could anyone tame him stop there for a moment he was so violent so possessed by these demons so evil society couldn't do nothing but try to isolate him there's no help there's nothing we can do for this person so they tried to restrain him but no matter how many times they put handcuffs on him he just ripped him up no matter how many times they put shackles on his feet he just broke them away and the reason why is because people who are possessed by demons often have extreme power or Pastor Raul Reese many of you know is a black belt in Kung Fu and he tells the story one time about how they were at a retreat and several of the Calvary pastors Pastor David was with him there was this little tiny lady and she was possessed by a demon and so they went in to pray for her and she like picked up one of them just threw him against the wall here was this man no one could restrain him listen often notice that word they tried to restrain him again and again and again no one could detain him verse 5 and always night and day he was in the mountains and in the tombs crying out literally screaming and cutting himself with stones day and night he's running around insane out of his mind so violent screaming and cutting himself with stones it's interesting when you read the Old Testament and you remember the story of Elijah up on Mount Carmel the prophets of Ba'al started cutting themselves in our day there are people who cut themselves it's the devil trying to destroy people it's the devil trying to ruin people but he was cutting himself the word in Greek for cutting literally means to cut down exactly it means he kept trying to commit suicide he kept trying to take his own life listen this is what the devil will do to a person you give him an inch he will take a mile he wants to steal he wants to kill he wants to destroy Satan was destroying this man society could do nothing for this man but Jesus oh Jesus can set anyone free no matter how bound they are no matter what darkness they're in here he comes screaming out of the darkness out of the tombs in verse 6 and when he saw Jesus from afar he ran and he worshiped him somehow somehow in that moment this poor man who was sold down by the devil realized Jesus could free me he ran to him for help and all of a sudden those demons inside of him they came control again they began to speak out of him verse 8 and he cried out with a loud voice what have I to do with you Jesus, son of the most high I implore you by God do not torment me why did he say that verse 8 for Jesus had said to him come out of the man on clean spirit oh Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil here this man he wanted to be free and all of a sudden those demons inside of him began to speak out they recognized who Jesus was I find this so interesting some people in our day oh Jesus, son of God the demons are smarter than them some liberal theologians oh Jesus was human he wasn't really divine the demons are smarter than them they knew exactly who Jesus was you are the son of God they said this because Jesus said come out of him and there is some struggle going on there because they said don't torment us oh just to be in the presence of Jesus just a sense the power of Jesus was tormenting to them and Jesus oh this is amazing in verse 9 he asked him what is your name and he answered one of the demons speaking for the others said my name is Legion for we are many Legion everybody in that day knew what a Legion was a Legion was a group of Roman soldiers 6,826 Roman soldiers was a Legion 6,100 of them were footmen 726 of them were horsemen our name is Legion for we are many we take the Bible at face value we believe what the Bible says there is no good reason not to believe this man was inhabited with 6,000 demons you talk about a case of demon possession you talk about a person being bound by the devil no person ever so bound by the devil and you can imagine hearing 6, they are many all of these demons screaming out in torment I don't know what the disciples were doing right now I think I'd be freaking out wow I'd be hiding behind Jesus for sure for we are many they said verse 10 and he begged him earnestly that he would not send them out of the country in Luke 8 and verse 31 it says that he would not send them into the pit that he would not send them into the abyss because that's the place that demons are going to go they knew the power of Jesus to immediately send them to where they are going to be judged forever they understood who Jesus was 6,000 demons are begging him please, please, please who's in charge here Satan who's in charge here the demons no Jesus is in charge they're pleading with him please please do not send us to that place of judgment now verse 11 now a large a large swine of pigs were feeding near the mountains there large herd of swine a large herd of pigs how many of them will we see in a moment 2,000 of them now that's very significant whether you realize it or not because over there on that northeast corner of the Sea of Galilee to have that larger group of pigs was not a good thing if you know the Bible you know that pigs are not kosher they're on clean animals but those unclean animals were used in pagan worship the Canaanites used pigs in their worship the Babylonians used pigs in their worship the Egyptians used pigs in their worship to them listen to them a pig was what a lamb was to a Jew in fact the Greek sacrificed pigs to their goddess Aphrodite the Roman sacrificed pigs to their god Zeus asked you a good question this is Carri Cappuccini about you guys are students of the Bible ask you a good question what are 2,000 pigs doing in the land of Israel what in the world are they doing there why would the Jews allow these so many unclean animals there because they had so compromised this was a wicked evil place verse 14 so those who fed this I'm sorry so verse 9 he asked them what is your name and he answered my name is Legion for we are many he also begged him earnestly that he would not send them out of the country now a large verse 11 a large swine a herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains so all notice that all the demons begged him can you imagine 6,000 demons all saying send us to the swine send us to the pigs what a scene so all the demons verse 12 begged him saying send us to the swine that we may enter them and the other gospels tell us that Jesus said one word go all the power of Jesus all the power of Jesus Jesus wasn't struggling and begging please go out of him go and 6,000 demons immediately go out of the man and into the pigs why because demons want to inhabit bodies so they can bring destruction and hear these unclean spirits go into these unclean animals somebody said it was the first case of deviled ham unbelievable what happened well verse 12 so all the demons begged him send us into the swine and once Jesus gave them permission he said go then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine there were about 2,000 your math students do 6,000 demons 2,000 pigs 2,000 demons per pig wow this is crazy and the herd ran violently down the sea place into the sea and drowned in the sea when you go to that place called Gdera you see the cliffs that are there and you can imagine it in your mind here are these demon possessed pigs they're going down and they drowned out into the sea all the power of Jesus all the power of Jesus over demons verse 14 so those who fed the swine fled and they told it to the city and the country and they went out to see what had happened and they came to Jesus and saw the one who had been demon possessed and had the legion he was sitting in clothes in his right mind and they were afraid what happened here all of our collective effort couldn't restrain this man and now he's free and those who were 16 who saw it told him how it happened to him how he'd been demon possessed and about the swine they didn't want to get in trouble so verse 17 they began to plead with him to depart from their region how sad how sad instead of rejoicing over the freedom of this man they were so concerned about their pigs how sad verse 18 and when he got into the then verse 17 then they began to plead with him to depart from their region of verse 18 and when he got into the boat he who had been demon possessed begged him that he might be with him in other words Jesus I just want to follow you you've set me free I just want to be with you where you go I want to go where you stay I want to stay I just want to be with you verse 19 where Jesus did not permit him Jesus said no to the man's prayer it's interesting he answered the pleading of the demons he answered the pleading of the villagers but he said no to this man's prayer sometimes when God says no it's for a greater purpose and he said and he said to him go home to your friends and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he's had compassion on you and he departed and began to proclaim he began to preach in the capitalist the ten cities all that Jesus had done for him and all what? Marvel they were amazed oh the astounding power of Jesus he has power over danger he has power over demons but he also has power over disease as he began reading in verse 21 now when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other side so look up here for a moment he's up here in Guderia he gets back in the boat and crosses back to Capernaum I find it so amazing he goes all that way for one person Jesus will do all of that so one person can be free it just shows you the lengths Jesus will go to but he goes back to Capernaum and when he comes back to shore there's a great multitude who have gathered to him and he was by the sea he comes to the shore and all these people start thronging out but among that crowd are two individuals Jesus always sees the individual in a big group tonight but Jesus knows your heart he knows all you're going through the two people that he sees are so different one's a man one's a woman one, his name we know the other one we don't know one was well known he was a ruler one was rich one was poor one had a daughter who was 12 years old the other had a disease for 12 years and Jesus will see minister to both of them Jesus is a whosoever will may come, Savior no matter who you are no matter what you're going through Jesus sees it and he's going to meet you right at that point of need so verse 21 and Jesus crossed over again by the boat to the other side a great multitude gathered to him and he was by the sea and behold one of the rulers of the synagogue came Jairus by name and when he saw Jesus he begged him earnestly this this took great humility this man was well known this man was respectable this man had position and affluence and influence and now he is down on the dirt begging at the feet of Jesus well he's doing that so desperately because he has a desperate heart verse 23 he begged him earnestly my little daughter she lies at the point of death come and lay your hands on her that she may be healed and she will live and so Jesus went with him and a great multitude followed him and frowned him you see it Jesus comes ashore there's a great multitude there comes the most well known person in their town and he falls down in front of the feet of Jesus please please please please my daughter precious little girl she's about to die so Jesus is okay and he gets up and the crowd starts to move and as they're moving along verse 25 now a certain woman had a flow of blood for 12 years and she'd suffered many things from many physicians and she'd spent all that she had and she was no better but she grew worse she had a flow of blood she had some sort of uterine hemorrhage and she was bleeding constantly for 12 years wow that's an extreme case no case too extreme for Jesus for 12 years not only was she physically weak but because of that constant bleeding it made her ceremonially unclean because according Leviticus chapter 15 a person who had that kind of disease a person who had that kind of illness could not be around other people could not be a part of the community of God could not come to worship with the people of God could not touch her family could not touch her friends you couldn't even sit down where she had sat before totally isolated imagine no one even touching you for 12 years and she had suffered many things from many physicians she'd gone to doctor after doctor after doctor after doctor after doctor but Talmud says that there were 11 different ways that they would try to cure these people and believe me the ways they tried to cure them were insane were bizarre and she not only was suffering physically and not only was she suffering emotionally she'd gone from doctor to doctor to doctor and she'd spent all of her money it says here she'd spent all of her money on physicians and she just got worse and worse and worse oh I like this verse 27 and when she heard when she heard about Jesus oh I want to say when she heard about Jesus she heard about the power of Jesus she came behind him in the crowd and touched his garment where she said if only I may touch his clothes I may be well you see it she's out on the periphery of the crowd she's really not even supposed to be there around those people but she saw the crowd and maybe she said to somebody what's this crowd and somebody said Jesus is here she'd heard about Jesus she may have seen him from a distance she got down on her hands and knees and began to crawl among all the legs of the people she thought if I could just just touch the hem of his garment such faith such faith you know some people here tonight will touch Jesus will reach out in faith she just reached out to touch the hem of his garment verse 30 or verse 29 immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction as the sea of Galilee instantly went calm as the demon possessed man instantly was freed now instantly this precious lady is healed of this chronic illness that she had and all of a sudden she could feel it in her body all of the strength restored in her body but verse 30 immediately Jesus knowing in himself that power had gone out of him turned around in the crowd and said who touched my clothes verse 31 but his disciples said to him you see the multitude thronging around you and you say who touched me are you crazy Jesus I mean everybody's touching you it's possible to touch Jesus and not touch Jesus she had faith she believed I know who Jesus is if I can just get to Jesus he's got the answer for me and Jesus instantly knew she'd been healed verse 32 and he turned around to see who had done this thing but the woman fearing and trembling knowing what had happened to her came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth and he said to her daughter your faith has made you well go in peace and be healed of your affliction here's the thing Jesus knows all things I believe Jesus knew exactly who it was who had been healed but Jesus drew her out of the crowd say why did he do that listen for her sake to restore her to her family and her friends and to give praise and honor to God he called her out and he said oh my daughter my daughter you've been healed everyone's I don't know all that you might be going through in your life tonight maybe it's danger maybe it's a person you know who's bound by Satan or demons who's in such darkness or maybe it's some disease all I know is Jesus has the power over that but he not only has power over and disease he even has power over death our greatest enemy and that's what we see in verse 35 to 42 verse 35 and while he was still speaking some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house he was the chief ruler and they said to him your daughter is dead why trouble the teacher anymore and as soon as Jesus heard the word broken he said to the ruler of the synagogue do not be afraid only believe just believe you saw what I just did you saw what happened to this woman don't be afraid just believe verse 37 and Jesus permitted no one to follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James and he came into the house and the ruler of the synagogue there was a revolt of those who wept and wailed loudly often and even today they would bury the person the very same day that they died they would hire these professionals to make a big scene of it and they would tear their clothes and they would scream out and they would wail and they had music playing and Jesus comes and it's a scene and when he had come Jesus is not dead but sleeping and they ridiculed him but when he had put them all outside he took the father and the mother of the child and those who were with him and where the child was lying and he took the child by the hand and he said to her it's a leaf of kumine which is translated little girl get up immediately immediately the sea went calm immediately the demons went out immediately the disease was gone and immediately the girl arose and walked for she was 12 years of age and they were overcome with great amazement Jesus had power over death you remember the story of Lazarus who had been dead for four days and Jesus went and he said I am the resurrection and the life who lives and believes in me he never really dies he never really dies because Jesus conquered death so that we will pass through death immediately into the presence of God Jesus has power over death but not only physical death all kinds of death he has power over a dead marriage he has power over a dead job over a dead circumstance or a dead situation Jesus has the power such astounding power that there was great amazement dear ones as we gather together tonight I don't know all that's happening in your life I just know when I was praying about what to share I just put on my heart go over there to Chino Valley and remind them about the power of Jesus whatever dangerous storm you're in he's the master of that storm no matter how bound a person is in sin and darkness by drugs or alcohol or sexual addiction Jesus can set that person free in whom the sun sets free is free indeed no matter what disease it is Jesus is the great physician and he has the power over that and he has the power even over death all the astounding power of Jesus I like I like what Jesus said to the Father at the end of this chapter two words only believe only believe only believe when I was a small boy growing up in church in our Sunday morning Bible classes they taught us a little song it was called only believe I finish with the words of that simple song only believe only believe all things are possible only