Matthew 8; Lesson 9

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson    9

Passage Matthew 8

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Healing Sickness – Jesus responds to needs and heals (Matthew 8:1-17) a. Cleansing of leprosy with instructions to show privately to priest (1-4) b. Centurion’s compassion and faith; Kingdom of Heaven is comprised of like faith(5-13) c. Peter’s house healing mother-in-law and demon possessed (14-17)

Requirements – Jesus followers No Ties with new priorities (Matthew 8:18-22) a. Challenge to teacher wishing to follow (18-20) b. Challenge to priorities of those wishing to follow (21-22)

Claim in Storm – Jesus challenges faith (Matthew 8:23-27) a. Storm causes fear bringing disciples to wake Jesus with request to be saved (23-25) b. Jesus rebukes storm bringing calm and chastises disciples for little faith (26-27)

Recognition – Jesus casts out demons; challenging our comfort (Matthew 8:28-34) a. Demon possessed recognized Jesus as Son of God (28-29) b. Jesus drives demons to herd of pigs (30-32) c. Town people pleaded with Jesus to leave (33-34)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division	Scripture
Healing Sickness – Jesus responds to needs and heals	Matthew 8:1-17
Requirements – Jesus followers No Ties with new priorities	Matthew 8:18-22
Claim in Storm – Jesus challenges faith	Matthew 8:23-27
Recognition – Jesus casts out demons; challenging our comfort	Matthew  8:28-34

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Jesus demonstrates authority heals, casts out demons challenges faith priorities

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

To learn that Jesus loves and responds to pleas for help with our life circumstances.

Specific Application Questions

	1.       How to we come to Jesus; in what ways do we demonstrate our faith?
	2.       In what priority to we place our walk with Jesus; what needs to change?
	3.       When troubles come; where is Jesus?
	4.       Where is the sin the drags us down; how do you rely on Jesus to purge the sin?

Principles to Remember

	Jesus is the great physician for those who come to him
	Jesus wants first place in our lives.
	Jesus is claim in the storm.
	Even the devil recognizes Jesus; he wants us to ignore Jesus

 

Genesis 11:1 - 9; Lesson 9

John's study this week:

Content

(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)

Genesis 11:1-9

1. Genesis 11: 1 – 1 To this point in man’s history, everyone spoke with a common language.

2. Genesis 11: 2 – 4 People settled on a plain in Shinar building a city of brick instead of stone with a tower that ‘reaches the heavens, to give them self-importance, and they believed that if they didn’t do so they would be scattered over the face of the earth.’

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3. Genesis 11: 5 – 6 God sees what the people were up to and said ““If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”

4. Genesis 11:7 – 7 God then decided to confuse their language so that they would not understand each other.

5. Genesis 11: 8 – 8 Then God scattered the people over all the earth causing them to stop building.

6. Genesis 11: 9 The Lord confused the peoples languages of the world, the city was called Babel.

Divisions

(Summarize main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)

1. Genesis 11:1 - 4 People were speaking in one language and saw themselves as self-important choosing to work together, feeling like they could accomplish anything without God.

Application: How do you feel about what you can accomplish on your own without God?

2. Genesis 11:5 – 9 God’s blessing is withdrawn when people start thinking of themselves and not God.

Application: Have you seen God remove / withhold blessings when we don’t look to Him?

Subject Sentence

(Summarizing the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):

People rob themselves of blessing when they focus on themselves.

Aim

(A main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):

To cause the audience to see that God’s blessing may be withdrawn when we focus on what we can do and stop focusing on Him.