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Healthy Church // Lord Of All // 04.19.26
If you have ever suffered physically from something for an extended period of time and then finally healed of it, you know what healthy versus unhealthy feels like. As we continue in Matthew chapter 12, we find the attacks intensify against Jesus. Now, in this latest attack, we see what a healthy church and faith actually look like. Join me as Jesus heals the man with the withered hand. Should be interesting.
MESSAGE NOTES:
Healthy Church
Matthew 12:9
Jesus answers with...
1. People ______________
Matthew 12:10-12
Ecclesiastes 10:9
2. People are _____________________
Matthew 12:13
Ephesians 4:22-24
Matthew 12:14-21
Discussion Questions – 04.19.26
Our text was Matthew 12:9-21 on Sunday. Please read it many times over, and as you do, write down your thoughts and questions to discuss with your group or for personal study.
1. The attacks upon Jesus’ ministry continue. We find them now in the Synagogue waiting to
pounce on any move Jesus makes that violates their man-made laws. Read Matthew 12:9-12 and
discuss the brilliance of Jesus answer.
2. In verse 12, Jesus STATES, “How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep!”
It’s a great statement: Now read and discuss the value of humans:
Matthew 6:25-26
Psalm 8:3-6
3. On a personal level, why is understanding our value so important? Explain
4. In Matthew 12:13, Jesus tells the man with the withered hand to “stretch it out to be healed.”
The man “Obeys” and “stretches” it out. I think there is a great, deep truth here. “You have to
stretch into new God ways to heal from old broken man’s ways of thinking and living.”
My question is, why do we sometimes refuse to stretch into a new God way of thinking and
living? (Which is waaaaaaaay better for us) Explain
5. I took you to Ephesians 4:22-24 to see Paul’s practical way of repentance and growth. “Put off
and put on.” I can’t walk in new if I’m still practicing the old. And to walk in the new, I need
“New thinking.” Discuss this statement: “God saved my soul, but He is healing my mind.”
6. My entire teaching was about a healthy church. Now read Matthew 12:9-21 and write out as
many comparisons you find of an unhealthy and healthy church. Take your time and have fun
with this one, and discuss it with your group.
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