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 paralyzed hand, a crippled woman, a paralyzed 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).
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 physicalillnesses. 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.
