Exodus 39 & 40, Mark 9: 1-32, Psalm 35: 11-18
Mark 9: 28-29 (ESV)
“And when he had entered the house, his 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.”
In verses 28 and 29 from Mark 9, Jesus tells his disciples
that they could not cast the demon out of the child because the demon could only
driven out by prayer. In a Bible commentary I read, the author stated that
Jesus was not saying that prayer would make them worthy to cast out demons.
Jesus was trying to tell his disciples that they needed to pray more because
prayer brings us closer to the heart of God and increases our faith. If our
faith is strong, then we can draw on the power of God to perform miracles. The
author also stated that that the disciples couldn’t drive out the demon from
the child because they were relying more on themselves than on God. I like this
explanation that prayer brings us closer to God and strengthens our faith. It
isn’t that God needs to hear our prayers because God knows us better than we
know ourselves. But we need prayer to strengthen our faith and to become closer
to God.
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