Luke and the Miracles of Jesus Unit 11

Lets work through the introductionAuthor?Audience?Place composed?Language?Date?Themes?

Initial Thoughts IntroductionWhy is Luke writing?Addressed to TheophilusLuke 1:3-4: , .Acts 1:1: , Luke-ActsLuke and Paul connectionLuke the doctor?Universality of Lukes message

MiraclesLove is shown more in actions than in words (Spiritual Exercises 20).Miracles todaySciences impact?Miracles back in Jesus dayDivine elements

Jesus proclaims the Kingdom and the effects of the Kingdom not only through words, but also through actions.

Understandings of MiraclesModernAncient

Did Jesus really perform miracles?What are the three things that possibly confirm that Jesus did?

Types of MiraclesWhat are the four types?Examples of each?

Jesus MiraclesNot overly medical nor overly gimmicky.Healings usually involve some sort of ______ contact.Why would Jesus make sure of this?Exorcisms carried out verbally.

The healings and exorcisms were not simply remarkable cures of physical disorders but the means by which individual men and women received the kingdom, brought to them in the person of Jesus, with the consequence that their whole existence was transformed and the reign of God became a reality of their lives. J.R. Porter

How Did People Think About Sickness?What is our attitude toward sickness?Jewish attitude toward sickness

AlienationSocialPolitical ReligiousThink back to our classes of people in Jesus Palestine

Why Does Jesus Perform Miracles?To demonstrate the power of the Kingdom of God.

But why demonstrate the power in this way?

Symbolism of particular miraclesBecause making the unwell well is an act of love and justice.Acts that form/renew r_____________s.Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. - C.S. Lewis

Harrington, chapter 517 healings, 6 exorcisms, 8 nature miraclesThree qualities of a miracle (from JP Meier):Remember them?Nature miracles make extra sense to someone who knows the HB.Examples?

Jairuss DaughterLuke 8:40-56Galilee (Capernaum)Elijah/Elisha prophetic connections1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:18-36What is the symbolism in these restorations of life?What are these restorations pointing toward?

1 Kings 17:17-2317 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son? 19 Give me your son, Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried out to the LORD, LORD my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die? 21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, LORD my God, let this boys life return to him! 22 The LORD heard Elijahs cry, and the boys life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, Look, your son is alive!

Woman with Hemorrhages Luke 8:42b-48Set within the Jairus storyWhats a hemorrhage?Number 12 againWhat part of society is this woman from?What part of society was Jairuss daughter from?What does this say about the Kingdom?

LegionLuke 8:26-39The Brick TestamentNOT in GalileeAsked to leave at the end.Remember Lk 4:24: Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.Sucks to be a prophet, no?Demoniac is literally on the fringes of society Where is he living?Why Legion?The former demoniac asks to stay with Jesus.Does this say anything about the Kingdom?

The Ten LepersLuke 17:11-19Implication that the returnee is the only Samaritan.Remember the good Samaritan?What does this story say about the Kingdom of God?

Centurions ServantLuke 7:1-10CapernaumThe centurion is ethnically _______?First instance of healing in a Gentile household.Relationship between centurion and Jews.Helped build synagogue.Remember what the synagogue is for at this time.Centurion first sends Jews, then he sends friends.Sense of worthinessThe healing is NOT the center of the story.An Acts preview?

Widow of NainLuke 7:11-17Why does Jesus act?What emotion motivates him?WidowOnly sonRemember the anawim.Luke 7:18-2318 Johns disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? 20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? 21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.

Calming the StormLuke 8:22-25

Table FellowshipWhat happens around your dinner table?

People eat with like company, so the pure eat with _____?

Luke 7:36-50Sinful woman washes feet.Luke 11:37-54What a dinner guest!Luke 14:1-24Again What a dinner guest!Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Luke 22:13-35The Road to Emmaus

This Table Fellowship Thing Wont Go AwayMatthew 15:1-2, 10-111 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They dont wash their hands before they eat! 10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someones mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.

Acts concerns Peter and Cornelius, Acts 10-11; Paul in Galatians 2:11-14Acts 15

Your taskOne sheet of paper with all three names.20 point HW

What is AIDS? What is HIV?How do people with HIV/AIDS die?What groups of people feel the effects of HIV/AIDS most?What two biblical convictions is Overberg trying to correct?What biblical condition does Overberg think is helpful for understanding people with HIV/AIDS? Why?What are the three responses that Overberg believes we must have to the HIV/AIDS issue?

Gospels parallelsWhy do these stories look similar?What does it say that all the gospels include this story?And that theyre fairly similar!

What seems to be Marks particular take on the events?What seems to be Matthews particular take on the events?What seems to be Lukes particular take on the events?