Lesson#17

THE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST
LESSON #17
THE PARABLE OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SICK (MAT 9:10-13)

• MEMORY VERSE: ISAIAH 53:5 OR 1PETER 2:24

• THE PARABLE OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SICK (MAT 9:10-13)
• READ MAT 9:1-13 FOR THE CONTEXT OF THE PARABLE.
• IMPORTANT CONCEPTS OR PRINCIPLES IN THESE VERSES:
• =1= JESUS FORGAVE A MAN’S SIN AND HE WAS HEALED. (2,5-7)
• =2= THE RELIGIOUS TEACHERS SAID THAT HE WAS BLASPHEMING BECAUSE ONLY GOD COULD FORGIVE SINS. (3)
• =3= JESUS WAS CRITICIZED FOR EATING WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS. (10-11)
• =4= ONLY THOSE WHO ARE SICK NEED A DOCTOR. (12)
• =5= GOD DESIRES MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE. (13)
• READ HOS 6:6
• IF GOD FIRST INITIATED SACRIFICE BEFORE THE MOSAIC LAW, WHY DOES JESUS SAY THIS?
• GOD WANTS A RIGHT ATTITUDE OF THE HEART, NOT JUST OUTWARD RITUAL OR CEREMONIAL LAW.
• READ 1SAM 15:22-23
• WHAT WAS THE HEART ATTITUDE OF THOSE CRITICIZING JESUS?
• THEY HAD AN ATTITUDE OF SPIRITUAL PRIDE, WHICH AMOUNTS TO A CONDEMNATION OF THOSE THEY THOUGHT WERE UNWORTHY.
• THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE PARABLE OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SICK:
• JESUS CAME TO MINISTER TO THOSE WHO RECOGNIZED THEIR SIN AND THEIR NEED OF SALVATION.
• WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN BY “A PHYSICIAN”?
• REMEMBER THE MEMORY VERSE FROM ISA 53:5 SAYS THAT WITH THE STRIPES OF JESUS’ SUFFERING, WE ARE HEALED.
• THE HEBREW WORD FOR “SAVED” MEANS = A TOTAL WELL-BEING IN BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT.
• THEREFORE, THE ATONEMENT THAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR US ON THE CROSS INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT MAN NEEDS IN THIS LIFE FOR TOTAL WELL BEING IN HIS BODY, HIS SOUL, AND HIS SPIRIT.
• THIS INCLUDES PHYSICAL HEALING.
• THIS INCLUDES SPIRITUAL FORGIVENESS AND SALVATION.
• REMEMBER THE CONTEXT IN THE PASSAGE THAT WE READ WHERE PHYSICAL HEALING AND SPIRITUAL HEALING ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST.
• JESUS IS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN WHO CAME TO MINISTER TO THOSE WHO RECOGNIZED THEIR NEED OF HIM AS A SAVIOR.
• WHO ARE THOSE WHO ARE WELL?
• IN REALITY THERE IS NO ONE WHO IS “WELL”.
• HOWEVER, THE PHARISEES THOUGHT THEY WERE “WELL”. THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE NOR ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SIN.
• THEREFORE, JESUS DID NOT COME TO CALL THEM. HE CAME TO CALL THOSE WHO RECOGNIZED THEIR NEED OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
• WHO ARE THOSE WHO ARE SICK?
• EVERY HUMAN BEING IS SICK.
• READ ROM 3:23
• ALL PEOPLE ARE SINNERS WHO NEED HEALING FROM SIN.
• WHY DID JESUS USE THE ILLUSTRATION OF A PHYSICIAN?
• EVERY PERSON MUST COME TO THE POINT OF DECISION FOR HIMSELF:

• WHY DO YOU THINK JESUS USED A PHYSICIAN AND THE SICK TO REFER TO SALVATION?

• SUMMARY AND APPLICATION:
• IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PARABLE, THE PHARISEES CRITICIZED JESUS FOR SOCIALIZING WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS.
• DISCUSSION: SINCE JESUS IS OUR SAVIOR AND OUR EXAMPLE, HOW SHOULD WE MINISTER THE ASPECT OF JESUS AS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN TO OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED?
• DISCUSSION: HOW FAR DO WE GO IN SOCIALIZING WITH SINNERS? WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE SO AS TO BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT PART OF IT?
• IF WHAT WE DO IN BEING WITH SINNERS CONFIRMS THEM IN THEIR SIN, IT IS WRONG.
• IF WHAT WE DO IN BEING WITH SINNERS HELPS TO LIFT THEM OUT OF THEIR SIN, IT IS PROPER.

HOMEWORK
THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE GUESTS (MAT 9:14-15)
THE PARABLE OF OLD GARMENTS AND OLD BOTTLES (MAT 9:16-17)
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

• APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SICK (MAT 9:10-13)
• ANALYZE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH NON-BELIEVERS. DOES WHAT YOU DO IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM CONFIRM THEM IN THEIR SIN OR HELP TO LIFT THEM OUT OF IT?

• PRAY ABOUT THESE RELATIONSHIPS THIS WEEK AND ASK GOD TO GUIDE YOU IN THEM SO AS TO LEAD THEM TO THE GREAT PHYSICIAN, JESUS CHRIST.

• PREPARATION FOR THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE GUESTS (MAT 9:14-15) AND THE PARABLE OF OLD GARMENTS AND OLD BOTTLES (MAT 9:16-17)
• READ MAT 9:9-34 AND MAT 25:6 FOR CONTEXT OF THESE TWO PARABLES.
• THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE GUESTS (MAT 9:14-15)
• READ JOH 3:29 FOR BACKGROUND.
• IF YOU HAVE THE NOTES FROM LESSON #06 REVIEW JOHN THE BAPTIST’S PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND HIS FRIEND.
• WHAT IS THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE GUESTS. (MAT 9:14-15)

• WHO ARE THE GUESTS?

• WHO IS THE BRIDEGROOM?

• WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN, “THE BRIDEGROOM WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEM”?

• THE PARABLE OF OLD GARMENTS AND OLD BOTTLES (MAT 9:16-17)
• TO WHOM DID JESUS SPEAK THE PARABLE?

• WHAT IS THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE PARABLE OF OLD GARMENTS AND OLD BOTTLES (MAT 9:16-17)?

• WHAT DOES THE “PATCH OF UNSHRUNK CLOTH” REPRESENT?

• WHAT DOES THE OLD GARMENT REPRESENT?

• WHAT DOES THE “NEW WINE” REPRESENT? (REMEMBER WHAT WINE REPRESENTS IN SCRIPTURE! READ ACT 2:13)

• WHAT DO THE “OLD WINESKINS” REPRESENT?

• WHAT DO THE “NEW WINESKINS” REPRESENT?

• MEMORY VERSE: HEB 8:13