5.1
What did Jesus’ miracles prove?
That Jesus was the promised Messiah
What is the root cause of humankind’s physical and spiritual problems?
They all trace back to the Fall
What authority did Jesus prove that He had when He healed the paralytic? How did that healing prove it
The power to forgive sins, Nobody could verify Jesus’ claim of having power to forgive sins, but they could verify His claim of having power to heal. If one was true the other was true as well.
What did the healed Paralytic do that enraged the Pharisees and began their argument with Jesus?
He picked up his mat and carried it on the Sabbath
Contrast the two types of blindness in this account.
The first type is the physical blindness of the man who was healed.
The second type is the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees who refused to believe.
What does the healing of the centurion’s servant teach about the kingdom of God?
Gentiles who have faith will be included in the kingdom.
In both these miracles (calming of the sea and casting out demons), what did Jesus demonstrate that He had power over?
Over the natural world and supernatural world
What did the scribes think of Jesus’ claim to his authority to forgive sins? Why did they think this way?
They thought Jesus was being blasphemous. They refused to believe Jesus’ claim to be God.
1. What had been wrongly made equal to God’s law?
2. Why did Jesus refuse to abide by the laws of man?
1. man-made laws
2. To follow those traditions would have undermined God’s law and God’s care for people. God’s law has more authority
What assumption guided the Pharisees’ evaluation of the evidence so that they remained blind to the truth?
If Jesus was from God then He would be abiding by their Sabbath regulations.
In both of these miracles( healing the leper and centurion servant), what did Jesus demonstrate that he had power over?
What assurance can we have from Jesus healing others?
1. Power over sickness
That he is going to do away with sin.
He is in control.
He is going to make things right in the end.
Has active compassion towards those who are hurting.
Why did Jesus lead the disciples into the storm?
Strengthen their faith
What did the crowds misunderstand about Jesus’ ability to forgive sins and heal?
They thought God gave his ability to men in general.
Who always worked on the Sabbath? Why?
God the Father. He had to uphold all things all the time.
Who did the Pharisees claim as their authority?
Moses and the law
Contrast true and false discipleship.
True disciples are willing to deny themselves to put Christ first; False disciples always have excuses even though they say they want to follow Christ.
What two things did the demons reveal when they addressed Jesus?
They feared the future when God’s plans are complete.
They knew Jesus would judge them.
What do all of Jesus’ miracles reverse?
The curse
What explanation did Jesus give to explain what He was doing on the Sabbath?
He was simply doing what His own Father was doing because He always did the Father’s will.
Summarize the three responses to Christ from the account of the Blind Man in John 9.
Pharisees- rejection to maintain their own authority because of their evil hearts.
Parents- fearful timidity because they didn’t want to be excommunicated. Feared people more than God.
Blind man who was healed- grateful belief for what God has done for Him. Convinced that Jesus was from God.
Healed from his sickness by Jesus
Non-Jew
1. Who is the Leper
2. Who is a Gentile
Compare and Contrast the differing responses to Christ’s miracles in Matthew 8:23-34.
Both the disciples and Gadarenes feared.
The disciples' fear drove them to submit to Christ in faith, but the Gadarenes' fear drove them to reject Christ.
1. Deny yourself and follow Christ
2. Shows God’s plan for redemption
3. What we are saved through in Christ
4. Many demons
1. Discipleship
2. Forgiveness
3. Faith
4. Legion
1. Relied on their own authority
2. Two qualities of Jesus
3. Rabbi’s made rules for this day that you can’t work
1. Scribes and Pharisees
2. Teacher and Miracle Worker
3. The Sabbath
1. Told the Sanhedrin that Jesus healed him.
2. A Jewish Court system
1. The Blind Man
2. The Sanhedrin