Mark 1:28

 Mark 1:28 says, And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.  After Jesus cast the unclean spirit out of the man, His fame began to grow.  I believe that many of these people who heard about what Jesus did were more curious than aware of Who He was.  Many people today hear of Jesus and all that He did, up to and including dying on the cross for the sins of mankind, and they are curious but do not believe that He really is the only Savior of mankind. Verse twenty-nine adds, And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.  Verse thirty continues, But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.  Jesus and the four disciples with Him, Simon or Peter as he would be known, Andrew, James and John, went to Peter's house, and found his mother-in-law sick with a fever.  We may think of the disciples as young single men, but we know that some, at least Peter, had families that they were responsible for.  I don't believe that God expected them to ignore that responsibility, and neither does He expect us to today in the name of serving Him.  Verse thirty-one concludes, And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.  Jesus took Peter's mother-in-law by the hand, and her fever left her.  She then ministered to their needs.  When God heals us, He heals us to serve others under His direction and by His power.   If you are one of those who has simply been curious about Jesus Christ but have never accepted Him as your Savior and Lord, curiosity is never enough to save anyone. You have to believe that He is Who He says He is to be saved and accept Him as your Savior by faith.  Verse thirty-two says, And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. As word of Jesus' healing power spread, people were even bringing those in need of healing to Him after dark.  Even though they were not necessarily coming for the right reason, which would have been for spiritual healing, Jesus did not turn them away.  People today often come to Jesus for the wrong reason, but He does not turn them away.  Of course, they may never come to accept Him as Savior and Lord, but that will be because they rejected Him and not because He rejected them.  Verse thirty-three adds, And all the city was gathered together at the door.  Mark said the whole city was at His door.  It would be wonderful if we could get that many people to come looking for Jesus today, even if many came for the wrong reason.  Verse thirty-four continues, And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.  Jesus healed many people of different diseases, and He cast out many devils, forbidding them to even speak.  Again, there was no great war in casting out these devils.  They were powerless before Jesus.  If we have faith in Jesus, we have no reason to fear the devils or demons of this world.  The devils obeyed Jesus because they knew Who He was, which is probably more than many of the people gathered there knew.  We must know Who Jesus truly is in order for Him to have any power in our life today.  The devils knew Him and had no choice but to obey Him.  We, on the other hand, may know Him but have a choice as to whether or not to obey Him.