Demonstrated In Acts Of Healing

This weeks lesson find us with Jesus as he does several very high profile acts of healing and then deals with John the Baptist who has a very serious bout with doubt. Our scripture reference is Matthew 9:27-34 and 11:2-6. One thing that is important to note is the gospel of Matthew is not necessarily written chronologically and it is noted that Jesus dealing with John the Baptist happened first.



What is very interesting to observe is how the people involved deal with Christ. Some have genuine faith. Others fear his influence, while others just can't get past the fact that Jesus doesn't fit the mold they had in their mind of what the Messiah was suppose to look and act like.



AHH now we get to the heart of the matter. Do you perhaps already have your mind made up how Christ is suppose to act? Do you allow the Holy Spirit to guide you or do you have an already preconcieved idea of this guidence? How can we KNOW if what we are doing is Spirit lead, or maybe it doesn't make sense or fit the mold so we don't walk by faith. I read in a book one time that "the best policy is to check with your spirit and see if you have peace rather that checking with your mind to see if what God is asking is reasonable."

Do you walk by faith or are you still trying to figure Jesus out?