The second reason why people follow Jesus is because they had been healed before. They arrived at the end of hope of their terminal illness. Doctors and medicine could not heal them. There were no way out. Some of them had been waiting for years without any progression.
One example of this is found in Mark 5:1-20 where Jesus healed a man of Gerasa with an evil spirit.
Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him from the graveyard where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him. Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones. When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down. He shouted, "Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!" The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him. Jesus asked, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have "lots' of evil spirits." – Mark 5:1-9
After all the evil spirits had gone out, the man was healed and sat there with his clothes on and in his right mind.
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified. - Mark 5:15
And then the man asked Jesus if he could go with Him, but Jesus told him to stay and tell everything He had done for his healing.
When Jesus was getting into the boat, the man begged to go with him. But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you." - Mark 5:18,19
This is the second reason why people follow Jesus; because they had been healed. Well, it’s a good reason, but actually we don’t have to be sick and wait for His touch of healing before we decide to follow Him wholeheartedly. Let’s love Him, serve Him diligently with our whole heart and healthy body.
One example of this is found in Mark 5:1-20 where Jesus healed a man of Gerasa with an evil spirit.
Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him from the graveyard where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him. Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones. When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down. He shouted, "Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!" The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him. Jesus asked, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have "lots' of evil spirits." – Mark 5:1-9
After all the evil spirits had gone out, the man was healed and sat there with his clothes on and in his right mind.
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified. - Mark 5:15
And then the man asked Jesus if he could go with Him, but Jesus told him to stay and tell everything He had done for his healing.
When Jesus was getting into the boat, the man begged to go with him. But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you." - Mark 5:18,19
This is the second reason why people follow Jesus; because they had been healed. Well, it’s a good reason, but actually we don’t have to be sick and wait for His touch of healing before we decide to follow Him wholeheartedly. Let’s love Him, serve Him diligently with our whole heart and healthy body.
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