“For I resolved to know

nothing while I was

with you except

Jesus Christ and him crucified.”

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“Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Luke 7:20-23

Intr.:

“When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?'”

“At that very time Jesus cured many………. So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard:

1. The blind receive sight,

Mark 8:22-26

2. the lame walk,

Matthew 15:31

The people were amazed when they saw

a. the mute speaking,

b. the crippled made well,

c. the lame walking and

d. the blind seeing.

And they praised the God of Israel.

3. those who have leprosy are cured,

Luke 17:11-17 Ten Healed of Leprosy

4. the deaf hear,

Mark 7:31-37

5. the dead are raised, and

Matthew 9:18-26

John 11:38-44

6. the GOOD NEWS is preached to the poor.

Matthew 11:5; Luke 7:22; Luke 4:18

End:

Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.”