Tuesday, March 18, 2014

WEEK 38 - New Sight: Be Able to See Jesus Saves And Heals (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)


Today's Reading: Matthew 9:18-34

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Bible Study
     
     If you were there watching what had happened that Jesus healed the sick woman, resurrected the dead girl, opened the two blind men's eyes and healed the mute, what would you say to other people?

     "Wow, I have never seen that and I can't believe it could happen! Jesus is Lord!" This is what I would say.

     But, see what the Pharisees said, "It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons." How could that be?

     Bishop N.T. Wright tells us why the Pharisees said that because they did not believe and so they could not be able to see what was really happening (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright):
     Here is the mystery: Jesus has the power to heal, but those who receive it are those with faith.  And the word Matthew uses for 'healing' in verses 21 and 22 is 'save', 'rescue'.  No early Christian would miss the point.  What Jesus was doing was the beginning of his work of rescuing the world, saving the world, from everything that polluted, defaced and destroyed it.  And those who would benefit would be those who would believe.

             N.T. Wright. Matthew for Everyone, Part 1. Louisville,KY:Westminster         John Knox Press, 2004, p.105-106.
     
     How do you believe in Jesus that you know what had happened is real? What have you seen?  Have you received your new sight because you are being resurrected and transformed by Jesus that you can see clearly it is Jesus who saves us and bring healing to this world? 

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"



Spiritual Journal

     The topic I received from Jesus today is : 
     New sight: Be able to see Jesus saves and heals

      What I got from Jesus today is a new awareness of our new being. Just like what John Newton(1725-1807) wrote his famous hymn "Amazing Grace":

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

     Those Pharisees thought that they were doing everything for God, they were so righteous, so good and wise. But in fact, they were wretches. They were blind and they stayed blind all the times of their lives.

     Have you received the new sight from Jesus? How good are you able to see Jesus saves and heals? 

     Well, let me tell you, the closer you are with Jesus each day, the clearer you can see how Jesus works.

Dear Lord Jesus,
      Lead us to be able to believe in you and to be close to you that we can receive the new sight from you. We want to see how you saves and heals.  In Jesus name we pray. Amen.  
          

Questions for group discussion

New Sight: Be able to see Jesus saves and heals
新的看見: 可以看見耶穌的拯救及醫治 

Passage: Matthew 9:18-34

Questions for group leaders
1. Read Matthew 9:18-34 again now. Can you share an experience about how blind you were before you received Jesus as your Savior and Lord?

2.  Have you received the new sight from Jesus? How good are you able to see Jesus saves and heals? Can you share an experience?

3.  Do you know the way or secret of being able to see more Jesus wants you to see?


4. What is your highlight in today’s session? 

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