Christ Preaches and Heals with Power and Authority
READ Mark 1:14-15 and 21-22
What does it mean that Jesus speaks as
one with authority and not as the scribes?
How do the scribes speak?
READ Luke 5:12-13
How many lepers were normally cured in a
year?
How does this knowledge change the
leper’s faith in Jesus?
As the leper says, his healing was due to
the Lord’s will; why might He heal and why might He not?
READ Luke 5:18-25
Are the Pharisees not correct – is god
the only one who can forgive sins?
What is harder, to forgive sin or heal?
Why does healing the man show that Christ
has power to forgive sins?
READ Matthew 8:5-13
What is unique about this healing?
Why does Christ say that many will come
from far away to sit with Abraham while the “children” will be cast out?
READ Luke 7:11-16
Why are the people afraid when Christ
raises the widow’s son from the dead?
READ Mark 4:35-41
What priesthood does Christ hold to calm
the sea?
What is the relationship between fear and
faith?
Why are the Apostles so fearful?
READ Mark 5:2-13
Why does the devil recognize Christ?
Why do the devils consider being cast out
a “torment”?
READ Mark 5:22-24 and 35-42
Why do they say “why troublest the Master
any further” when Jairus’ daughter dies?
Virtue and the Woman with the Issue of
Blood
READ Mark 5:25-34
What is the unique difference between the
healing of the woman with the issue of blood and the other healings Christ has
performed?
What is implied by the fact that “virtue”
or power left Christ when she was healed?
Why is the woman with an issue of blood
healed by only touching Christ’s clothes?
If “virtue” or light can be transferred
from one person to another to heal or bless them, can darkness also be
transferred from one person to another to hurt them?
Continuing in Prayer All Night
READ Luke 6:12
What was Christ doing praying all night
to God?
How does one part the veil and commune
with God?
