Lesson for February 22, 2025
HEALING: CASTING OUT DEVILS
Scripture Reading: Matthew 8.
Memory Verse: Matthew 8:17.
- Who was the first to be healed after Christ’s sermon on the mount? Matthew 8:1-3.
- Who next requested healing of Christ Jesus? Matthew 8:5,6.
- What extraordinary faith did he exercise? Matthew 8:7-9.
- How did the Saviour regard this? What comment did He make? Matthew 8:10-12.
- How was his faith rewarded? Matthew 8:13.
- Of what, and by what means, was Peter’s mother-in-law healed? Matthew 8:14,15.
- What is said of the amount of healing done when the evening was come? Matthew 8:16.
- What prophecy did this fulfill? Matthew 8:17; Isaiah 53:3-6.
- Through what power were these healings accomplished? Isaiah 61:1; Acts 10:38.
- What other incident followed? What was the disciples’ thought as to what would be their lot? What request did they make of Jesus? Discuss Matthew 8:22-27.
- Who did Jesus meet next? Matthew 8:28.
- Did the devils know Christ? Matthew 8:29.
- What happened next? Matthew 8:31,32.
- How did the city folk regard this? Matthew 8:33, 34.