Who is Jesus? Study 2

Jesus: The Healer

Gratefully used with permission from Global Media Outreach - A Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ

In the first study, we saw that Jesus was not just an unusual person; He was God's Son. He came

into the world in order to meet the deepest needs of men and women.

In this study, we will look at how Jesus met the needs of two particular people. Everywhere Jesus

went, He came across needy people. Often, the people He met had incurable diseases, but He

was able to change their lives completely by healing them.

He healed: Simon's mother-in-law, a Roman officer's servant, a man with a paralysed hand, a

crippled woman, a paralysed man, people suffering from spiritual and mental disorders or skin

diseases, blind people, and He even raised the dead. "All who had friends who were sick with

various diseases brought them to Jesus; He placed his hands on every one of them and healed

them all". (Luke 4:40).

A. A blind beggar is healed

READ: Luke 18:35-43

1.         What do you think life was like for this blind man?

2.         Why do you think he kept calling for Jesus?

3.         What did Jesus do and say once He had heard the man? (18:40-42)

4.         In what way did the man show he believed in Jesus?

5.         If you had seen this miracle, what would you have thought of Jesus?

This was a blind man to whom Jesus gave "recovery of sight" (Luke 4:18). He healed many people

of different physical illnesses. But He also healed people in other ways.

B. Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Romans gave the job of collecting taxes to the highest bidder. Tax collectors did not get any

wages for their work. They collected as much money as they could so there would be plenty left

over for themselves after paying the government. Zacchaeus was one of these tax collectors - a

greedy and unpopular man.

READ: Luke 19:1-10

1.         What was Zacchaeus' attitude toward Jesus? (19:3, 4, 6)

2.         Many people grumbled about Jesus talking to such a man. What was Jesus' attitude

            toward Zacchaeus? (19:5, 9, 10)

3.         How did Zacchaeus change after meeting Jesus? (19:8)

4.         What do you think Jesus meant by "the lost"? (19:10)

5.         What does this incident show about Jesus?

To think about

Zacchaeus was "captive" to his own greed. Jesus gave him freedom.

Jesus said that he had come "to seek and to save the lost." People changed when they met Jesus.

How do you think meeting Jesus would affect your life?