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Healing and Faith: The Centurion and the Widow's Son

This lesson focuses on two healing miracles performed by Jesus: the healing of the Centurion's servant and the raising of the widow's son. It also explores the faith displayed by the Centurion and the impact of Jesus' ministry on those who witnessed these miracles.

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Healing and Faith: The Centurion and the Widow's Son

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  2. Lesson 15 Matthew 12:22-50 Mark 3:20-35 Luke 7:36-50, 8:1-3,19-21

  3. Centurion’s ServantMatthew 5:8-13; Luke 7:1-10 review • Jesus goes to Capernaum • A Roman Centurion has a servant who is deathly ill – ready to die • ‘dreadfully tormented’ • Luke—Jewish elders approached Jesus • He wants Jesus to heal his servant • The Jews count him worthy • Loves our country • Has built us a synagogue

  4. Centurion’s ServantMatthew 5:8-13; Luke 7:1-10 review • Authority of the Centurion • Biblical centurions • At the cross – Mark 15:39 • Cornelius – Acts 10 • On ship with Paul – Acts 22:35-26; 27:43 • Parallel to Jesus • Just speak the word and he will be healed

  5. Centurion’s ServantMatthew 5:8-13; Luke 7:1-10 review • Jesus is impressed with the Centurion • He said He has not seen this much faith in Israel • Much less by this Roman??? • Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." And his servant was healed that same hour.

  6. Death at NainLuke 7:11-17 review • Jesus, His disciples, and a large multitude went toward Nain • As they came to the city they met a large crowd going to bury a widow’s only son • Jesus stops the procession and raises the son from the dead • Immediately the dead sat up and spoke • Fame of this spread all around the region • Throughout Judea (He is in Galilee)

  7. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • Remember John is in prison because he rebuked Herod Antipas for having his brother’s wife • The prison is at Machaerus • At the very southern end of Perea, east of the Dead Sea

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  9. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • John is in prison at Machaerus • At the very southern end of Perea, east of the Dead Sea • John heard about the works of Christ • John wanted to know— • “Are you the one who comes, or do we look for another?” • Why is John asking? • Remember he has testified who Christ was

  10. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • John (shut up in prison) cannot see the works of Jesus whom he came to announce • The One he baptized and saw the dove descend • Frustrating (I’m sure) • John sent two disciples to Jesus seeking an answer

  11. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • Jesus said to tell John what they had seen— • Blind can see • Lame can walk • Lepers are cleansed • Deaf can hear • Dead are raised • Poor have the gospel preached

  12. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • Jesus then makes a point about John and his work • Luke 7:28 “For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” • John was not in the kingdom • The kingdom had not yet arrived

  13. John, the BaptistMatthew 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-30 review • Many of the prophets has told of the coming of the Messiah • Luke 10:23 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; • 24 “for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

  14. Sidon Tyre Chorazin Bethsaida

  15. Woes on cities of GalileeMatthew 11:16-24; Luke 7:31-35 review • Jesus had spent months teaching in Galilee • So many rejected Him and did not repent • This infers that the purpose of his mighty works was to motivate repentance • The Lord does not rebuke what is impossible

  16. Woes on cities of GalileeMatthew 11:16-24; Luke 7:31-35 review • Woe to you Chorazin! • Woe to you Bethsaida! • If mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented • Jezebel with her idol worship was from Sidon • Non-Jewish cities not supposed to know of Christ

  17. Capernaum Sodom

  18. Woes on cities of GalileeMatthew 11:16-24; Luke 7:31-35 review • Woe to you Capernaum! • More tolerable for Sodom in day of judgement than for you • “more tolerable” for one than the other? • (teaching ‘degrees of punishment in hell?’) • Again, speaks of His relationship to the Father

  19. Christ’s InvitationMatthew 11:25-30 review • Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. • 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. • 30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

  20. Christ’s InvitationMatthew 11:25-30 review • Compare Jesus offering rest, yet a yoke which is commonly used for work?? • Rest from the burden of sin • Sin is unyielding • His ‘yoke’ (work) is easy when compared to the destructive work of sin

  21. Christ’s InvitationMatthew 11:25-30 something for us… review • Come learn of Me • It is essential that we be diligent to maintain our learning. Many distractions will be thrown our way and into our path, but if we truly hunger and thirst for righteousness (Matthew 5:6), we will one day receive our rest. • hardworking, meticulous, conscientious, thorough, attentive

  22. Lesson 15 Matthew 12:22-50 Mark 3:20-35 Luke 7:36-50, 8:1-3,19-21

  23. Feast of Simon the PhariseeLuke 7:36-50 • A woman • From the city • Who was a sinner • Washed Jesus’ feet with her tears • Wiped them with her hair • Kissed His feet anointing them with oil

  24. Feast of Simon the PhariseeLuke 7:36-50 • His Pharisee host reacted • Does He not realize who is touching Him? • Furthermore, does He not care that she touches Him (is in His presence)? • He replied respectfully to Jesus • Master (Rabbi), say on…

  25. Parable of Two DebtorsLuke 7:36-50 • One owed much • One owed little • Both were freely forgiven • Which would loved more? • Which would love more in return? • The woman’s sins, which were many, were forgiven and she had loved much • What about him who loves little? Did the Pharisee have need of forgivness?

  26. Parable of Two DebtorsLuke 7:36-50 • To whom little is forgiven. A man's love to God will be in proportion to the obligation he feels to Him for forgiveness. God is to be loved for His perfections, apart from what He has done for us. But still it is proper that our love should be increased by a consideration of His goodness; and they who feel--as Christians do--that they are the chief of sinners, will feel under infinite obligation to love God and their Redeemer, and that no expression of attachment to Him can be beyond what is due.Barnes 1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.

  27. Jesus begins his second tour of preaching in Galilee

  28. Around GalileeLuke 8:1-3 • Through all the cities and villages • Preaching glad tidings of the kingdom of God • The twelve are with Him • Certain women • Mary Magdalene • Joanna • Susanna • Providing for Him from their substance

  29. Casting Out Demons by BeelzebubMatthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:22-27 • A demon-possessed man • Blind and mute • Jesus healed him • He can now speak and see • Could this (Jesus) be the Son of David? • Pharisees react

  30. Casting Out Demons by BeelzebubMatthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:22-27 • Beelzebub – ruler of the demons • A kingdom or house divided against itself will not stand • If Jesus cast out Satan by the power Satan, Satan would be destroyed—by his own doings • Jesus said (paraphrased) if you are not with Me you are against Me

  31. The “Unpardonable Sin”Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-30 • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit • They accused Jesus of getting His miraculous power from Satan • The power actually came from God (and Jesus in His divine nature) • They were sinning against the (Holy) Spirit by attributing to Satan that which belonged to Deity because of their unbelief

  32. The “Unpardonable Sin”Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-30 • …the unpardonable sin, as some term it, is neither less nor more than ascribing the miracles Christ wrought, by the power of God, to the spirit of the devil Adam Clark • How can one today commit this sin? • By doing as they did; by totally rejecting Christ; by living in a state of unbelief • In such a state one cannot be forgiven

  33. Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Our HeartMatthew 12:33-37 • What one thinks… • What one says—the words we speak… • Comes from the heart • It is by our words we will be justified or condemned, because… • Our words represent our heart!! Matthew 12:35 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

  34. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • They had been given many ‘signs’ • Just open your eyes and see what Jesus has done among them • As Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights… • He would be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights

  35. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • The men of Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah • A greater than Jonah is here! • The Queen of the South came to hear Solomon’s wisdom • A greater than Solomon is here! • But they didn’t hear; they didn’t repent

  36. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • An unclean spirit leaves a man • The man puts his house (life) in order • The unclean spirit returns an ‘repossesses’ the man • His state is worst than before

  37. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • Revelation 2:4-5 "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.

  38. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • The design and scope of this parable is to show that the Pharisees, by rejecting the gospel and refusing to believe in Christ, were in a seven-fold worse condition than if the gospel had never been preached to them, and a Saviour had never come among them…

  39. Scribes and Pharisees Ask For a SignMatthew 12:38-45 • Satan, by the preaching of the gospel may seem to go out of persons, and they become sober and civilized; yet may he return to his old habitation, and the last end of that man may be worse than the beginning. William Burkitt's Notes on the New Testament

  40. Jesus’ mother and brothersMatthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! • They are outside wanting to speak to Jesus • Who is My mother and my brothers? • Looking to His disciples • Here are My mother and my brothers • Whoever does the will of My Father in heaven 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. Is He including us in that statement?

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