August 21, 2023
Grow-Go-Sow Lesson 34
Revival Week 3
THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
Text: Mark 2:1–12, Mark 16:17-18
Topic(s): Miracles, Forgiveness
Big Idea of the Message: Jesus displayed his power to heal spiritually by healing physically.
Application Point: Miracles should be sought to bring glory to God and to expand the church.
Discussion Questions:
1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
2. What is remarkable about the characters in this story?
3. What should we learn from the dedication of these friends?
4. Is there someone you need to bring into God’s presence even if it means difficult work?
5. Are our prayers for miracles self-serving or are they kingdom minded?
Before leaving earth, Jesus commands his followers to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus rose again, his physical body made alive again. Although Thomas had his doubts about the resurrection, Jesus presented him with the evidence he needed.
All of Scripture points to Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Though innocent, Jesus was crucified to fulfill God’s promise of redemption.
At the Passover meal, Jesus instituted the practice of Communion—a vital ritual that reminds us of the atonement.
In this passage, Jesus explains that following him involves being willing to embrace enormous sacrifices.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy God’s work in the Old Testament but to fulfill what it had been always pointing toward: a pure righteousness through Jesus Christ.
As Jesus explains to Nicodemus, it is only through being recreated by the Spirit (made possible by Jesus’s ministry) that one can be made right before God.
Jesus’s baptism and temptation represent his identification with humanity’s failures and sin, as well as his anointing and preparation to preach the gospel.
In this text, Paul explains that the body of Christ is filled with people who are gifted in many different ways; we should all seek to be unified with one another, journeying together in love.
