FAITH THAT HEALS

GRACIOUS JESUS7. THE KING CALLS

Jesus Heals the ParalyticJesus Calls MatthewNew Patches on Old GarmentsFaith that HealsThe Blind See, Dumb SpeakLabourers are Few

PREPARATORY QUESTIONSRead Matt 9:18-31; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-561. Many people and leaders are psyching up the faith

that physically heals today. Discuss pros and cons.2. “Jesus never turned away people who were sick in

his day.” Nabeel Quereshi. Comment3. What aspects of faith was Jesus commending?

How can we acquire that.4. What excuses are keeping us from the danger zone

(highest faith level)? How can we overcome them?

FAITH THAT HEALSPRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Matt 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56ObjectivesBible passage Visionary faith• Leader – Requested • Woman – Reached• Blind men – RecognizedResults of faithChrist’s CommissionFaith window levels then and nowWhich faith window level are we at?Discussion

FAITH THAT HEALSOBJECTIVESTo understand:• That faith that “heals” is

faith that “saves”• Jesus seeks permanent

spiritual vision and healing more than temporary physical healing

• How to enlarge our vision and our faith

FAITH THAT HEALS18 While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, 24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region. (Matt 9; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56)

FAITH THAT HEALS (CONT’D)27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”“Yes, Lord,” they replied.29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region. Matt 9 (also Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56)

VISIONARY FAITHJairus: Requests for touch – Jesus raises his daughterWoman: Reaches out to hem of garment – received healingBlind men: Recognize the Messiah - Jesus restores sight.

VISIONARY FAITHThey believe:• Beyond their

vision (at that time)

• Christ is Messiah

Christ perceives: Healing beyond physical

JAIRUS REQUESTED• Bowed before

him• Believed his

touch could raise dead

WOMAN REACHED• Unclean – could not

touch or be touched.• Silently touched hem

of garment Jesus called her “daughter your faith has made you whole”.

WOMAN REACHED“Your faith has made you well/ saved/ whole” (common phrase) - whole, saved, given you life (other meanings).. “the idea of saved was not present in the 14th century Wycliffe version, which is the oldest English Bible which concentrated on the word saaf. This means the person is safe and secure from any spiritual or physical harm…The Syriac says that her life-force was restored to a full state”.

BLIND MEN RECOGNIZEDLet it be done according to your faith – not the healing, but the vision. They were already acquiring spiritual vision, with that physical vision was given

RESULTS OF FAITH• Daughter Raised• Wholeness Received• Sight Restored• Christ’s word spreadWhat areas do we need to be raised, receive, be restored? Commit them with silent prayer in faith.

CHRIST’S COMMISSIONThe commission of Jesus is to heal the sick, open blind eyes, set free prisoners, raise the dead, etc. (Isaiah 61:1,2). This also has a spiritual accent which Matthew highlights earlier in the book.

CHRIST’S COMMISSIONChrist’s demonstrates physical healing as a sign that he is the messiah and capable of spiritual healing – it is a means, not the end

FAITH WINDOW LEVELS THEN

Invisible spiritual healing

Visible spiritual healing

Visible physical healing

• Sacrifice• Salvation of

world

• Personal faith• Salvation

• Signs• Miracles

FAITH WINDOW LEVELS NOW

Invisible spiritual healing

Visible spiritual healing

Visible physical healing

• Sacrifice• Salvation of

world

• Faith• Salvation

• Signs• Miracles

FAITH WINDOW LEVELS NOWWHICH LEVEL ARE WE AT?

Invisible spiritual (danger

zone)

Visible spiritual (comfort zone)

Visible physical (unsaved or weak zone)

• Eternal focus• Focus on God’s

strength

• Mixed focus• Weakness is an

excuse

• Focus on temporary

• Focus on your weakness

THE STRUGGLEAt the wrong faith window seeking partial healing. Many leaders use healing as a bait Christ did not come only to heal, he came to save, to make whole.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT• What happens

if you get healing in each of these areas?

• What connection do you see between them? Physical

Healing

Spiritual Healing

Emotional Healing

Mental Healing

RECAPFAITH THAT HEALS SAVESVisionary faith• Leader – Requested • Woman – Reached• Blind men –

RecognizedResults of faith• Daughter Raised• Healing Received• Sight Restored

• Christ RevealedChrist’s CommissionFaith window levels thenFaith window levels nowWhich window level are we at?

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