Fri Oct 9

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the words heal, sins, walk.

Reading

Luke 5:12-26—Jesus Forgives and Heals

Optional Reading

Psalm 103:1-5

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Jesus healed a man with leprosy—a serious skin disease.
Jesus healed a paralyzed man so he could walk.
More importantly, he forgave that man’s sins.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

What did the man with leprosy want?
What did the paralyzed man (and his friends) want?
What did Jesus do for them?

Catechism

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What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?

To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.

(Acts 20:21; Proverbs 2:1–5; Proverbs 8:33–36; Isaiah 55:3)

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

Jesus continued healing and teaching. A man with a serious skin disease knew Jesus had power to heal him and asked Jesus to heal him. And Jesus healed him!

Then a paralyzed man—another sinner like we all are, who needed saving—was brought to Jesus. He also needed healing from being paralyzed. His friends surely hoped Jesus would heal their friend. But Jesus knew the man needed something more important—to have his sins forgiven. So, Jesus forgave his sins—and then he healed the man from his paralysis.

I think often when we read or hear this true story, we are more impressed with the paralyzed man being healed than we are with his sins being forgiven. This is probably because we ourselves have been forgiven our sins and have heard and seen others testify about their sins being forgiven. But we probably have never witnessed a paralyzed person getting up and walking.

Jesus can heal. But more importantly, Jesus does have the authority to forgive sins. If you haven’t, ask Him to forgive your sins.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 103b, 104a

Prayer

If Jesus has forgiven your sins, rejoice. If not, ask Him to.
Pray for the hearing of God’s Word preached this Lord’s Day’s.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.