- Read Mark 2:1-12 and then retell the story in your own words as if you are sharing what you have been studying with a friend that you just happen to run into while running errands.
- Identify the three miraculous elements that this act of healing exhibited.
- What are some of the character and friendship qualities that you notice in the paralytic’s friends?
- Explain the phrase: Not all sickness is caused by sin, but sin always causes sickness.
- Why is forgiveness the greatest miracle Jesus ever performs?
- Define “blasphemous.”
- Jesus referred to himself as the Son of Man. What does that mean and why would that be significant to the Jewish leaders and people. (See Daniel 7:13-14 for additional help)
- What was this healing meant to show to those that witnessed it?
- Why is it important that Jesus show he had the power to do the work only God could do?
Application
- What has Jesus miraculously healed in my life with his forgiveness? (Think of specific examples and then praise God for those things)
- What are the lengths I would go to bring one of my sick friends to Jesus? What actions can I begin to take on behalf of a friend that needs Jesus?
- When meditating on the power of God, how am I comforted by what I know to be true? What may be challenging about this truth for me?
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