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1 Disciples and Scripture 2 Discipling Through Metaphor 3 Discipleship and Prayer 4 Discipling Children 5 Discipling the Sick 6 Discipling the “Ordinary” 7 Jesus and the Social Outcasts 8 With the Rich and Famous 9 Discipling the Powerful10 Discipling the Nations11 Discipling Spiritual Leaders12 Harvest and the Harvesters13 The Cost of Discipleship

DiscipleshipContents

DiscipleshipOur Goal

We will look at discipleship as the process by which we become followers of Jesus and, as such,

better soul-winners.

DiscipleshipLesson 5, February 1DiscipleshipLesson 5, February 1

Discipling the Sick

Discipling the SickKey Text

Matthew 15:30, 31 NIV

“Large crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the

mute, and many others,…and he healed them. The people were

amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the

lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

Discipling the SickInitial Words

“During His ministry, Jesus devoted more time to healing the sick than

to preaching. …Wherever He went, the tidings of His

mercy preceded Him. Where He passed, the objects of His

compassion were rejoicing in health and making trial of their new-found

powers.” The Ministry of Healing 19, 20.

Discipling the SickQuick Look

1. Christ, the Healing Messiah (Isaiah 61:1, 2)2. Christ’s Total Healing (Mark 2:1-12)3. Christ’s Healing Legacy (Acts 5:12-16)

Discipling the Sick1. Christ, the Healing Messiah

Isaiah 61:1, 2 NKJV

“ ‘The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed

Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the

broken-hearted, to proclaim libertyto the captives, and the opening ofprison…; to proclaim the acceptable

year of the Lord.’ ”

1. Christ, the Healing MessiahHealing Human Brokenness

In antiquity, sickness was considered the result of sinful

actions.Christ’s disciples understood blindness as punishment for

someone’s sinfulness.This suggests that sickness required

not diagnosis or medication but atonement.

1. Christ, the Healing MessiahHealing Human Brokenness

Isaiah foretold a Redeemer who would assume our sickness and

sinfulness.Jesus recognized that His mission

was both to preach and to heal the brokenhearted (Luke 4:17-19).

Many followed Christ because He had touched and healed their

brokenness.

Discipling the Sick2. Christ’s Total Healing

Mark 2:1-12 NKJV“When Jesus saw their faith, He said

to the paralytic, ‘Son your sins are forgiven you.’ … ‘But that you may

know that the Son of Man has power…to forgive sins’ He said…

‘Arise take up your bed….’Immediately he arose…so that all

were amazed and glorified God….”

2. Christ’s Total HealingHealing the Body

Jesus healed more than bodies. His wholistic approach recognized that

physical health was inseparable from spiritual health.

Through physical healing He affected spiritual transformation. That was the

whole purpose. After all, why heal people who in the long run will die

anyway and face eternal destruction?

2. Christ’s Total HealingHealing the Mind and Body

The relationship between mind and body is well-established by medical

science. Anxiety predisposes some to stomach problems. Worry causes

sleep disorders. Uncontrollable anger factors into heart disease.

Teaching people about mental-health principles should highlight the

importance of trusting God.

2. Christ’s Total HealingThe Resurrection and the Life

Jesus offers eternal life in a new world. Jairus’ daughter, the widow’s

son, and Lazarus proved that this too-good-to-be-true offer is authentic.

Disease and accidents might initially prevail, but eternal life would

ultimately conquer. Healing would not happen every time requested,

but everlasting life was guaranteed.

2. Christ’s Total HealingThe Resurrection and the Life

Many times the healing we wantjust simply does not come in the way we want it. Others die from disease,

despite anointing and prayer.We have no answers as to why.

What we do have is something so much better than even a miraculous healing, and that is the promise of

the resurrection to eternal life.

Discipling the Sick3. Christ’s Healing Legacy

Acts 5:12-16 NKJV

“And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders

were done among the people. … So that they brought the sick out into

the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of

Peter passing by might fall on some of them. … And they were all healed.”

3. Christ’s Healing LegacyImportance of Healing Ministry

Miraculous healings and resurrec-tions attended the ministries of

Peter and Paul. These events figured significantly in the church’s growth.God’s eternal presence, signified by

miraculous healing, influenced thousands of religious leaders to accept Christ. Their flock often

followed.

3. Christ’s Healing LegacyImportance of Healing Ministry

Clearly health was an ongoing concern and a healing ministry an

ongoing function of Christ’s church.Healing was listed among the

spiritual gifts. These gifts would benefit believers until Christ’s

second coming, when His personal presence would render them

unneccessary.

Discipling the SickFinal Words

Through physical healing and mental restoration, Jesus made

disciples. Physical restoration itself was never the final objective. The

ultimate goal was always discipleship.

Healing could provide twenty, fifty, perhaps seventy-five additional

quality years. Discipleship offered eternal life with Christ.