Luke Chapter 7

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Luke Chapter 7:1-18 - Faith

What is faith mean to you?

Faith - Webster Definition

 1. firm belief in something for which there is no proof

(2): complete trust

Luke 7:1-10 - Jesus heals a centurion slave

 After Jesus[a] had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. 3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4 When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, 5 for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.” 

6 And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7 therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”

9 When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

What is a centurion?

1. governor
2. Pontius Pilate
3. mayor
4. an officer that had 100 men under him

Capernaum

Why do you think the centurion didn't ask Jesus himself to heal the slave?

What does it say about the centurion's character that he went through all this trouble for a "slave"?

v. 9 says, "Jesus heard this and he marveled", why do you think Jesus "marveled"?

Jesus Raises a Widow's Son at Nain

 Soon afterward he journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this, the bearers halted, and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.

Is there anything in the story that is hard
to understand?

What emotion did Jesus feel toward the mother of the dead woman?

1. joy
2. empathy
3. love
4. fear

What does the resurrection of the widow's son from Nain teach us about Jesus' relationship with death?

What emotion did the people at the funeral have?

1. joy
2. love
3. sorrow
4. fear

When we are helping someone deal with the death of a loved one, what is the best
thing we can do to comfort them?