But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up; and he arose.But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
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… many said he's dead. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet and the boy stood up. Now after Jesus had gone indoors his disciples asked him privately why couldn't we drive him out? He replied this kind can come out only by prayer. This is the word of God. Amen. Bring the children, bring them to me. I don't think you have to be convinced now that after mountain peak experiences, valleys follow. Transfiguration and now defeat and desperation. the A team had been on the mountain and now they are coming down the mountain and the B team is having a dispute with the religion scholars the scene is set Jesus and the disciples are approaching the disciples are in a debate and there's a father who's crying for the mercy for his son. That's the scene. Doesn't look very different from our scene if you use a little imagination. You say, that appears to be our predicament also. We worship on the pinnacle on Sunday. …
… his arms in chapter 9 and chapter 10. And then in chapter 9, finally, he cast a demon out of a boy that convulsed that boy, took him by the hand and lifted him up. So that's a noticeable feature of Jesus' ministry is his touching of people. Here again in chapter one, beginning in verse 40, we have our Lord healing a man with leprosy and he touches him. I'm going to give you five stages to this healing miracle. And all five of these stages begin with the letter C. There's condition, cry, compassion, cure, command. The reason I do that is just for memory's sake. First of all, the condition. Verse 40 says, Now a leper came to him, imploring him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If you are willing, you can make me clean. So right off the bat in this paragraph, we are given the condition of this man, a leper. We are not told his name. We are not told his occupation. …
… so that most of them said he is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up and he arose and when he had entered his house, the disciples asked him privately, why could we not cast it out? And he said to them, this kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer. So there's a lot here. let me summarize this story by showing you the bad news and the good news in the story. Because it's bad news and good news that applies to all of our stories. So if you're taking notes, first, here's the bad news. There is a demonic adversary who wants to destroy you and people around you. That is the bad news. So think with me about the condition of the son in this story. We don't know his exact age. He could be a preteen, maybe early teenager. And listen to this description of him. He has a spirit in him that Jesus later in verse 25 calls an unclean spirit. …