GSBC Sunday School Series Life of Christ II

Lesson 21 Healing of a Paralytic Matt 9::2-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26

Jesus' healing of this leper is awesome and captures what he did when he saved us.

INTERNET CHALLENGE:

TEACH RESPONSIBLY: Don't miss that this is still in the very early stages of Jesus' public ministry. Notice the gathering of Pharisees and doctors of the law (scribes) and the theme that the one who can heal can forgive sins, because he is God in the flesh.

Lesson Outline:

The gathering of bigwigs to hear Jesus
1. In Capernaum and noised about in Mark 2:1, called 'his own city' in Matt 9:1
2. Pharisees and doctors of the law out of every town of Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem, Lk
3. Many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room Mrk
The bringing of the lame man
1. Sick of the Palsy is one who was paralyzed, and confined to a bed
2. Roofs were generally open access and walked upon as another room, picture the situation with a description that will stick in a head for life.
3. Mark says that he was 'borne of four', perhaps they were:
  1. Faithful Frank
  2. Virgil Vision
  3. Prayerful Pat
  4. and Willing Worker
4. 'Jesus saw their faith' Matt, 'saw their faith' Mrk and 'saw their faith' Luke
The forgiveness of sin “Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.”
1. Jesus had a point to make, that the Son of Man can forgive sin.
  1. The Son of Man is the Son of God,
  2. He was claiming all the authority of God to forgive sin
2. Scribes (Dr. of Law) and Pharisees (teachers of Law) recognized it as blasphemies
3. 'Jesus knowing their thoughts Mat; 'And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves' Mrk; 'Jesus perceived their thoughts' Lk
  1. Jesus did not use omniscience to know their thoughts, he used perception
  2. We have access to all the perceptions that Jesus had and used while in the flesh.
The paralyzed man walked, don't miss the amazement
1. It is a proof of who Jesus was, and the fact that he could indeed forgive sins
2. I was an unprecedented miracle, a paralytic man made to walk!
3. Because He had compassion and mercy on the sick
4. Because He saw the faith of the four.

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Introduce Next Weeks Lesson; The Call of Matthew

Events chronologically in the life of Christ

#	Lsn	Events	Place	Date	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
1	1	Preexistence						1:1-14
2	na	Genealogies			1:1-17		3:23-28
3	na	Annunciation to Mary	Nazareth	March, 5 BC			1:26-38
4	na	Birth of John the Baptist	Judea	June, 5 BC			1:57-80
5	na	Birth of Jesus	Bethlehem	Dec, 5 BC	1:18-25		2:1-7
6	na	Song of the angels	Bethlehem				2:8-20
7	na	Visit of the Wise Men	Bethlehem	Jan, 4 BC	2:1-12
8	na	Flight into Egypt	Egypt	Feb, 4 BC	2:13-23
9	na	Childhood and Youth	Nazareth	2-26 BC	2:23		2:39-52
10	na	First Passover at age 12	Jerusalem	Apr 8 AD			2:41-50
11	na	John the Baptist Ministry	Wilderness	26-28 AD	3:1-12	1:1-18	3:1-18
12	2	Baptism of Jesus	Jordan	Jan 27 AD	3:13-17	1:9-11	3:21-23
13	3	Temptation of Christ more likely fits between John 4 & 5, after John lists the daily sequences after Christ's baptism.	John 4 n 5
14	4	First Disciples	Bethabara	Feb 27 AD				1:15-51
15	5	First Miracle	Cana	Tuesday Feb				2:1-12
16	6	First Temple Cleansing	Jerusalem	Apr 11-17				2:13-25
17	7	Discourse to Nicodemus	Jerusalem	Apr 11-17				3:1-21
18	8	Great Ministry in Judea	Judea	Apr				3:22-36
19	9	Departure to Galilee		Apr				4:1-3
20	10	Samaritans at Jacobs Well	Sychar	Apr				4:4-42
21	11	Healing of Nobel mans Son	Capernaum	Apr				4:43-54
13	3	Temptations of Jesus	Wilderness	Apr	4:1-11	1:12-13	4:1-13
23	12	~~Passove~~r likely Pentecost	Jerusalem	June 27 AD				5:1
24	13	Healing at pool Bethesda	Jerusalem	June 27 AD				5:2-47
24b	13	Discourse w Pharisees (without disciples, who were likely off fishing)	Jerusalem	June 27 AD				5:16-47