March 9, 2014 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Healing and Purchasing

March 9, 2014 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Healing and Purchasing

Matthew 28 - New International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission

^“18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Healing and Purchasing

Matthew 8:5-17 - New International Version (NIV)

^5 “When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶ “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”

⁷ Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

⁸ The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. ¹¹ I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.

¹⁴ When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. ¹⁵ He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.

¹⁶ When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“He took up our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.”

What town did Jesus enter (verse 5)?

Who came to Jesus (verse 5)?

What did the man ask for (verse 5)?

In your opinion, what can we learn about the centurion that he would come to Jesus and ask for help for a servant (verses 5 & 6)?

How did the centurion describe the servant’s problem (verse 6)?

What was Jesus question to the centurion (verse 7)?

How did the centurion respond to Jesus’ question (verse 8)?

In your opinion, why would the centurion say “I do not deserve to have you come under my roof” (verse 8)?

What does the centurion understand about the authority that Jesus possesses (verse 9)?

In your opinion, what amazed Jesus about the centurion’s faith (verse 10)?

In your opinion, who will come from the east and the west to feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (verse 11)?

Where will the subjects of the kingdom be thrown (verse 12)?

How does Jesus respond to the centurion’s plea for help (verse 13)?

Who is ill in Peter’s house (verse 14)?

How does Peter’s mother-in-law respond when she is healed (verse 15)?

What did Jesus do when evening came (verse 16)?

In your opinion, how does this fulfill the prophecy from Isaiah (verse 17)?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Matthew 8:5-17 show us about the Great Commission?

Isaiah 53:1-12 - New International Version (NIV)

^4 “Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
    stricken by him, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
⁶ We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    for the transgression of my people he was punished.
⁹ He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
    and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,
    he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.
¹² Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors.”

What did “the Servant” take up and bear (verse 4)?

In your opinion, why would someone who “took up our pain and bore our suffering” be considered “punished by God” (verse 4)?

For whose transgressions and iniquities was He pierced and crushed (verse 5)?

What do we receive due to His punishment and wounds (verse 5)?

In your opinion, why does Isaiah say that we have turned astray “like sheep” (verse 6)?

How did He react to being “oppressed and afflicted” (verse 7)?

Why was He punished (verse 8)?

Where was His grave (verse 9)?

Whose will was it to “crush him and cause him to suffer” (verse 10)?

What will happen “After he has suffered” (verse 11)?

Why will Isaiah “give him a portion among the great” (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Isaiah teach us about Matthew 8:5-17?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Isaiah show us about the Great Commission?

Philippians 2:5-11 - New International Version (NIV)

^5 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

⁶ Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.”

Who are we to have the same mindset as (verse 5)?

What nature did Jesus have (verse 6)?

In your opinion, why does Paul say that Jesus did not consider equality with God as “something to be used to his own advantage” (verse 6)?

How did Jesus make “himself nothing” (verse 7)?

When Jesus was “in appearance as a man” what did he do (verse 8)?

What did God do for Jesus after the obedience to death (verse 9)?

In your opinion, why will every knee bow at the name of Jesus (verse 10)?

What will every tongue do (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Philippians teach us about Matthew 8:5-17?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Philippians show us about the Great Commission?

Revelation 5:6-14 – New International Version (NIV)

^6 “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷ He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. ⁸ And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. ⁹ And they sang a new song, saying:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood you purchased for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
¹⁰ You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
    and they will reign on the earth.”

¹¹ Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. ¹² In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
    to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
    and honor and glory and praise!”

¹³ Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”

¹⁴ The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.”

 What was standing in the center of the elders looking like it had been slain (verse 6)?

What are the seven horns and the seven eyes (verse 6)?

In your opinion, why does God send the seven spirits out into all the earth (verse 6)?

What does the Lamb take from the right hand of “him who sat on the throne” (verse 7)?

In your opinion, what is in the scroll (verse 7)?

Who falls down before the Lamb when He takes the scroll (verse 8)?

What is the incense that fills the golden bowls (verse 8)?

In your opinion, why would the Lamb taking the scroll from God cause the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders to sing “a new song” (verse 9)?

Why, according to the song, is the Lamb worthy to take the scroll and open its seals (verse 9)?

What does the Lamb make the persons purchased with His blood into (verse 10)?

How many angles were there (verses 11)?

What do the angels say the Lamb is worthy to receive (verse 12)?

What does “every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them” say about the one who sits on the throne and about the Lamb (verse 13)?

In your opinion, why do the only the four living creatures say “Amen” and only the elders fall down and worship (verse 14)?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Revelation teach us about Matthew 8:5-17?

In your opinion, what does this passage from Revelation show us about the Great Commission?

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