Mark 5:33-36 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” 35 While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher further?” 36 Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don't be afraid; just believe.”
 
JESUS’ healing work would be remarkable in any corner of the world. But this new revelation of God’s glory would have had special meaning in Israel. For 400 years God had been silent. There was no Word from the prophets. No life-changing, earth-moving miracles came from I AM (Exodus 3) as he had shown to their ancient ancestors. Then suddenly God’s Son began moving heaven’s power into his chosen people. Visible, dramatic manifestations of God’s glory changed lives. How would you respond if God stood ready to so powerfully touch you? What would you do if he healed you? Would you be afraid?
   Fear is the response of the woman he healed from 12 years of bleeding. She came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. Did she believe she was unqualified for such a miracle?
   Then God, who is love, called her, “Daughter.” and affirms, “your faith has healed you.”  She had faithfully pursued Jesus through a massive crowd. She knew she only needed to touch his cloak. She had faith to go and pursue healing. There is no reason to be afraid of God’s retribution when you faithfully seek a renewed life. Jesus stands ready to joyfully welcome you into a new life under his merciful care. “Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” is God’s gracious command to his new-born child. His will is for her to faithfully enjoy the blessed life he has given to her. Jesus heals you into joy.
   Jesus also spoke to quiet Jairus’ fear in his most desperate situation. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. Then Jesus poured his love into Jairus as he had to the woman. “Don’t be afraid.” he urges the distraught father, “Just believe.”
   Believe. Go to the Savior for healing. Believe. Trust he wants you to go to him. Believe. Understand he is the Almighty God, who went to a cross to heal your soul. Believe. He will embrace you in even your deepest needs.
   Jesus tells you and shows you there is no room for the type of fear that makes you afraid of God and keeps you from his kingdom. Jesus has come to earth as God’s continuing revelation of his unsurpassable love. Jesus is Resurrection. He is Conqueror. God’s history tells us that nothing can stand against his authority. He calls you, “Daughter. Son.” In this holy relationship, be of faith. Know you can release your hold on the world’s limitations. Believe you can firmly and forever grasp his exaltation.   

Mark 5:30-32 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.
 
WHEN we read Genesis 3, we learn the fallen Adam and Eve hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called out to them,  “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:8-9) The all-knowing LORD did not ask the question to find them. He wanted the couple to come out of their shameful hiding, so he could begin to restore them – and all mankind – into a new relationship with him. Have you ever had a child do something wrong and then hide from you? Was your first priority to find him, to tell him you still loved him? Connecting the wrong is more effective when it happens under a nurturing parent-child relationship.  
   In a similar way, the Son of God responded to the healed woman. When Jesus asked, “Who torched me?” he surely knew. But he wanted the woman to come out of her hiding. He wanted her to come out of the shame she had felt in her illness. Jesus wanted this daughter of his to enter into a personal relationship with him. Cleansing had ended the curse. All outward shame is gone. No one can call her “Unclean!” again. Physical salvation has come. Come out of hiding, so you can be with Jesus. How loved the woman felt as Jesus touched her, perhaps put his arms around her and assured her God loves her.
   You know Jesus’ healing power is real, don’t you. His power is his essence. He feels it flow out of him. The gospels record one miraculous, power-flowing scene after another. The events happen so quickly in Mark’s gospel, you can easily miss them. Demons go. The blind see. And the deaf hear. Jesus speaks life, and lives are changed forever.
   The wonder of Jesus’ power demonstration is that he didn’t stop – ever. His power is still going into the world right now. Thousands of people confess faith in him each day throughout the world. We hear testimonies of changed lives: A high school boy known for causing trouble has found a new purposeful life. A teen turned from her suicide desires. A family found comfort in their deep sorrow. A 4-year-old boy came to church and is excited for Jesus. A young boy has found peace from his worries. A mom has begun to see joy and hope in her life once again. A teen has been rescued from an abusive home.
   Jesus is right there in the crowd of hurt, hopelessness, pain, doubts, fears, disease and worry. Yes, Jesus walks right into these places. And when you touch him, his real, life-changing power flows from him. The Almighty One then comes to touch you, so you will know how precious you are to him.
   Do you want this in your life? Then go. And do more than touch him. Grab onto him. Hold onto him. Let his power flow to you. Receive his life-giving love.
 

Mark 5:25-29 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
 
SHE was freed from her suffering. This is a miracle of new creation. Her faithful confession, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” is her submission to Jesus.
   She needed cleansing. She was suffering physically, and she was alone, suffering emotionally. God’s law said a woman of her condition was unclean. Anyone who touched her was required to go through a purification washing and a daylong separation from others. When the bleeding stopped, she was to wait seven days and go before the priest fo be declared clean. (Leviticus 15:25-30)   
   In truth, to be with others and to touch Jesus’ cloak, she broke the law of Moses. But remember, the law pointed to Jesus. The law revealed God’s benevolent care to heal his people from sin’s physical and emotional destruction. God had given Israel a view of his salvation work, promising he would provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. (Isaiah 61:3) God had displayed his splendor many times in many ways throughout Israel’s history. But his people seemed to barely notice. Jesus was giving Israel another view of God’s splendor.
   For years the woman suffered. Then Jesus went to Capernaum. The Spirit brought the suffering woman to the Savior, and once again he displayed his splendor in Israel.
   Suffering is a penetrating hurt in your mind that is present behind every thought and action. How do you respond to your own suffering or that of a loved one?  
   It’s easy for someone to counsel, “Be like the bleeding woman. She went to Jesus, and he healed her.” But what would have happened if he had not healed her? Would you know her? No. You only hear of the healed. What happens to the lame who remain crippled, the feverish who remain sick, the lepers who remained unclean or the blind eyes that remained closed? Where ‘was Jesus in their suffering? Where’s Jesus in your suffering?
   He’s right there. Do you see him? He’s at the whipping post, suffering for you the unbearable lashes. Do you see him? The Roman executors are driving spikes through his wrists and legs. Now they are lifting his suffering body onto the brutal cross. Why did he suffer? Of course, he suffered, so you may be an oak of righteousness displaying the splendor of his faithfulness to call you into his kingdom.
   Yes, Jesus heals some “now” in an immediate “Yes.” answers to prayers. Some he heals after twelve years. And in the fulfilment of his Word, he heals into eternal life all who are unclean in sin, separated from God, when they go to touch him in faith. Jesus knows your suffering. He knows your suffering will become your glory in eternal life. Revelation 7:16 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Mark 5:21-24 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.
 
THE people of the Gerasenes didn’t want Jesus. The people of Capernaum did. At the beginning of his gospel, Mark told how people earnestly came to the Jordan to repent and be baptized. This was to prepare to see the Savior. And when the Savior came, the news spread. People are amazed to hear that the Teacher and the Healer is among them. They can touch the man whose words calmed the wind and the waves. Huge crowds earnestly seek him. God’s people are starving for the Bread of Life. They are parched for the Living Water. They are lost for lack of a Good Shepherd. In Jesus they see the One who can fill their spiritual hunger, ease their hopeless thirst and guide their lost lives.
   Then Jairus came with his desperate need. One of Capernaum’s highest officials pleads with Jesus. His daughter is dying. The synagogue ruler earnestly needs the one who can heal all diseases! This high-ranking man goes down on his knees. Jairus pleads for his daughter’s life, “Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." He has no doubt Jesus will save his daughter. How different Jairus was from some synagogue rulers and Pharisees who went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. (Matthew 12:14)
   How did Jairus gain the faith for such an earnest prayer? Surely, it was the Holy Spirit who moved Jairus to this faith. So let’s understand how the Spirit did so.
   In Mark 1-3, we read of Jesus being in the synagogue in Capernaum. He taught with authority: Mark 1:22 One time the people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. Jesus then exorcised a demon. Mark 1:25 “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” Another Sabbath he healed a man with a shriveled hand. Mark 3:5 “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
   Jairus was the synagogue ruler. He witnessed. He learned. He believed. Now a great test came to his belief. His daughter needed him. Would he succumb to the unbelieving Pharisees’ pressure? Or would he submit to the Holy God? He knew what he had seen. His love for his daughter stirred him to trust the power of the Living God in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.
   How do you go to Jesus? Do you think, “I’ll pray once and wait to see if anything happens.” “If I have time, I’ll read some Bible today.” Is he your main thought or an afterthought?
   The evidence is clear. Listen to the Bible’s testimonies of his work. Hear from people he has healed. You need him, too, to fill you, quench your thirst and lead you to healing. He deserves your full attention.

Mark 5:18-20 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”  20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
 
DO you ever wonder how you, one person, can make a difference for Jesus? Look, then, to the redeemed man of the Gerasenes. No longer does Legion – an army of demons – control him. His insanity has become a right mind. He is an average-looking man, saved to live as one should. Oh, how he wanted to be with Jesus. He begged to go with him!
   Here’s where the man began to live into his new freedom. For the first time in many years he had choices. But sometimes choices are very difficult for people who have been trapped in despair. With Jesus the could begin a new life more easily!
   Jesus, though, had a purpose for him. Jesus saved him to be an evangelist, to plant kingdom seeds. Jesus commanded him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 
   It is obvious he did so because all the people were amazed. Jesus chose this very broken man with a terrible reputation for evil to demonstrate his power to change all people regardless of their broken lives into the good life. Some of you reading this have come from Satan’s brutal occupation of your mind. Now in your salvation, you can testify to what Jesus has done for you. And we who hear are amazed.
   Now here’s something that will amaze you. The Decapolis was a group of ten cities: Scythopolis, Hippos, Gadara, Pella, Philadelphia, Gerasa, Dion, Canatha, Raphana, and Damascus. Note this. One of the early Christian churches is in Philadelphia (Revelation 1:11). Damascus had many early belilevers, and the apostle Paul began his work there. Hippo was a central city of the early church and Christian learning. It was at the Council of Hippo in 399 AD that the books of the New Testament were established as we know them today. It was from Hippo that great theologians, including Augustine, would study, write and tell the truth of Jesus Christ’s amazing work. Augustine had lived a very immoral life. He could tell the world how much Jesus had done for him.
   Do you think it all began because one transformed man obeyed Jesus’ command to tell how much Jesus had done for him? One of the best ways to help people know Jesus is to tell them how much Jesus had done for you. Your true story is a transforming story. People must know the Lord God is a personal God, who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. (Psalm 103:3-6) Pause and consider the power you possess to tell someone what Jesus has done for you. Who knows? Your testimony may affect the world 2,000 years from now.

Mark 5:15-17 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man – and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
 
WE continue with Jesus’ encounter with the demons in the region of the Gerasenes. Jesus’ primary mission was to save a particular man from the devil’s gross captivity. How wonderful to know our Lord God personally comes to each of us to deliver us from the Evil One. (Matthew 6:13b) Second, Jesus wanted to show to the Gentiles his power to change lives. But what was their reaction to the Deliverer?
   They became afraid. When 2,000-plus swine drowned in the sea, the community lost significant income. Even though Legion had possessed the man and given him enormous strength to threaten people of the region, they were more afraid of the Lord’s grace and love! There was no rejoicing, “The man is saved!” because the owners, herdsmen and merchants has suffered economic loss. With loss on their minds, the people could not know the Savior, who had delivered the man from evil, could give them that day their daily “bread” – food for a new mind of faith. A mind set in self-purpose is a very difficult mind to change.
   Where do you set your mind – on self or on the Savior? One way to consider your answer is to ask yourself, “Have I ever sent Jesus away?” Perhaps we have sent Jesus away when we told a “little white lie” to avoid blame. Or did we spend too much time with friends and miss good time to be with our family? Did you send away Jesus when you wanted to be angry with your spouse? We will tell Jesus, “Go.” when we reject his commands and kingdom principles. We like it where we are, even if disappointment chains our minds. What would have happened if the Gerasenes had welcomed Jesus? Surely something new and exciting would have come to them as
   That’s what happened to Sychar, the Samaritan village who welcomed Jesus: John 4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. Faith changed minds and created a new community of faith. Fear certainly left that village.
   Your mind will change when you release fear to grasp onto the renewed mind the gospel promises: Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but are transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
   When the choice comes to tell Jesus, “Go.” or “Come.” embrace his mind-renewing grace. Worship him with the knowledge he has come to direct your mind to the possibilities of a full, satisfying life with him.

Mark 5:11-15 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
 
WHAT do you think? Is it better to restore one man’s life or save 2,000 pigs?
   Legion, the name of the demons in the man, pleaded with Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” Why? One reason is they do not want Jesus to send them to hell. They are demons. They know how horrible it is in the abyss. The second reason is that destruction is their purpose. All they know to do is to destroy mankind and his possessions. Through this, their goal is to extinguish our relationship with the Sovereign LORD.
   We learn this in Job’s story when the devil destroyed Job’s possessions and then his family (Job 1). But Satan wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to destroy Job’s health, too (Job 2). Satan did this to turn Job against God. The devil’s arrogance challenged the LORD: Job 1:10 “But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” The demons wanted to destroy this property of the Gentile community, so they would curse Jesus to his face.
   People do this, don’t they? When hard times or great loos happens to people, it’s easy to say, “This is your fault Jesus!” Job’s wife even counseled Job, “Curse God and die.” (Job 2:9) “Don’t trust God! Just give up and stop living.”
   You probably know people who have responded to hard times in that way. They live cursing God as they blame him for their heartache. If we think God owes us with only good things, we can easily blame God when things are bad. After all, he is the Sovereign LORD. Why would God cause or allow bad things to happen to his people?
   We must understand that in God’s complete control of the world, he allows evil to exist, so we can know his goodness. The Lord does not want you to be a robot programmed to obey him. He wants your heart to be affected with his love, so your will freely choose to obey his commands. He desires your worship because you love him, not because he forces you. Under God’s sovereign authority, evil exists until the day he says it won’t. Your daily walk is to trust him as Satan’s forces strive against you. Confess his majesty over your life. Respond to the grief as Job did: Job 2:10 “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
   The Gentile community placed the pigs above the man. Their fear of more material loss chased Jesus away. When you are saved in Jesus’ blood, know you can accept hardship because he has given you life everlasting.
     More on this in the next lesson.   

Mark 5:6-10 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit!” 9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
 
WHAT would it be like if you lived in total subjection to a king? As a subject of the king, you would be committed to obey to his commands. His authority would absolutely rule your life.
   Scripture repeatedly shows the demons know Jesus is the King of Kings, the Most High God. When the demon says, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” he submits to Jesus by revealing his name. This is a terrible thing for the man. “Legion” could refer to the number 2,040, the number of men in a Roman Legion! Demonic possession is relentless. Still, they truly know God is the absolute authority. They understand they exist only because God allows them exist. Demons also know that because they followed Satan from heaven, they will follow him into torment. Revelation 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
   Still this evil army possessing the man wanted a measure of God’s favor. They begged Jesus again not to send them out of the area. They know his power is ultimate. When the Christ acts, the Christ acts and nothing will hold him back.
   How could those evil spirits expect Jesus to listen to their plea?
   We learn their desperate reason in Luke 8:31 And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss. In truth the demons were begging Jesus not to send them into hell. They wanted to remain in the area, so they could continue to torment other people.
   In this exchange, Mark emphasizes the great chasm between God Most High and Satan. Satan’s purpose is to bind people with many devices. To overwhelm one person with 2,040 demons defines the depth of evil that rages over the earth. Everything Satan does is to bind mankind’s soul to isolate us from our Father in heaven.
   In contrast Jesus illustrates how God comes in grace, mercy and peace to deliver us from the hateful bondage.
   How about you? Do you believe that? If Christ is your Savior, he is also your King. You are a citizen of the Kingdom of God. A subject of the King, you are subject to the King. Evil cannot touch you when you submit to his authority.
   Do you receive his words as the authority of your life? Do you pray for mercy in the authority of his forgiveness of your sins? Do you pray for his kingly power to heal the broken relationships, the hurts in your life?
   Pray to Jesus as the ultimate authority of your life because he is.  Stop and think about this: One day you will stand before Jesus’ authority. Will you beg for mercy or praise him for his mercy? 

Mark 5:1-5 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 
 
CAN you imagine anything so horrible? This man lived among the dead. He was insane. He was supernaturally strong and violently opposed all who came near him. He cut himself with stones.
   The man’s condition aptly describes the devil’s hold on the unredeemed soul. He cuts into the mind to infect mankind with a nature that aggressively rejects God’s commands. He chains the world with the acts of the sinful nature that are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. (Galatians 5:19-21a) Human power cannot subdue Satan. He corrupts the image of God, isolating humanity from God who is love. Our only salvation from the devil’s hold on the world is God’s grace to free us.  
   That’s what Jesus did that day in the region of the Gerasenes. In God’s providence, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee to engage in a battle against the Evil One through the demon-possessed man. The Sovereign God is more powerful than Satan. The Savior comes ashore as the liberating army of God come to rescue the lost. The Holy Spirit moved the demon-controlled man to go to the irresistible Son.
   The gospels use such phrases as great crowds, many people and large numbers went to see him. God’s Son, the Holy One of God, ministered in the Spirit’s power, and many came to him.
   Then the Son commanded. Suddenly disease was gone. The Teacher taught. Listening ears heard his authority. Jesus called. Men dropped their nets, left the tax collector’s booth, stood up from their idleness, put aside their politics, and they followed.
   Even the demons could not resist him. The demons controlled this man. But they do not run from Jesus’ authority. When the LORD comes, they must go to him. He is LORD of heaven and earth. The rebellious spiritual realm must submit to his lordship. These demons know he is their Master. That day the Holy Trinity was at work in the region of the Gerasenes. In the Spirit’s power, the demons went to Jesus to await his commands.
   How good it is to live under Jesus’ commands in the Spirit’s power. The sinful nature is dead. God’s nature is producing living fruit:  Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Praise God he has delivered you unto life.
  

Mark 4:39-41 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
 
THE disciples were terrified. Is this the right response to Jesus’ authority over nature? In one way it is. The disciples had been with Jesus for some time when he calmed the storm on the sea. They witnessed his numerous healings. But there is no record they were terrified of Jesus then. What caused this deep fear of the Lord at that moment?
   Perhaps for the first time they realized Jesus had all authority over their lives. He could destroy them or save them. They suddenly knew they were in the presence of the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. (Psalms 146:6) His unlimited, pure power stood next to their unknowing hearts. His sovereign authority determined the destiny of their sin-filled souls. His all-knowing mind dwarfed their limited understanding. He held their mortal lives in his words. Why would they not tremble in fear?
   Yes, now they are beginning to more clearly see who this Jesus is in their own lives. They are growing in their understanding that their rabbi is the LORD of the covenant, who came to Abraham (Genesis 12, 15, 18). He is the angel of the LORD, who spoke to Moses from an unconsumed burning bush (Exodus 3). He is the One who led Israel through the desert with a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night. He is the commander of the Lord’s army (Joshua 5) who guided his people into the Promised Land. The disciples knew the LORD has spoken, and they are afraid. And just as Moses and Joshua, they knew they were on holy ground. God transformed Moses into a powerful leader when Moses fully submitted to God. Joshua learned how essential it is for God’s followers to listen closely to all God says.
   Did the disciples learn these lessons? As it says in Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”  Jesus had revealed himself as the Holy One. Through this terrifying experience, they begun to understand that they must really listen to their rabbi. They know his words will not only calm the winds, his words will even transform their lives.