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Life, Ministry and Identity of Jesus

  1. Lesson One
    Nativity and Early Years (Matthew 1–2, Luke 1–2)
    18 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Baptism and the Desert (Matthew 3–4, Mark 1:1–13, Luke 3–4:13)
    18 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    The Ministry of Jesus (Mark 1:21–2:12, Luke 4:14–6:49)
    17 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    The Miracles of Jesus (Mark 5–6, John 2, 20)
    14 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    The Identity of Jesus
    18 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

Jesus’ miracles always had a beneficial effect on the people he cured. He healed disease and disability and even raised the dead. But Jesus was also teaching with his miracles and a number of them were object lessons that proved a point or clarified an aspect of his ministry to all those who were witnesses. Miracles of this type have been called “parabolic miracles.”

  1. Carefully read the three passages below. Each of these makes a point about who Jesus is. For each passage complete the sentence: “Jesus is …”
PassageThe MiracleJesus is …
John 6:1-15, 35-39Feeding of the 5,000
Mark 6:45-51Jesus walks on water
Luke 7:11-17; 1 Kings 17:17-24Jesus raises a widow’s son

Source: Craig Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey, 1997, p. 269.

As you reflect on Jesus’ Parabolic Miracles, record responses to the questions below:

  1. Why might Jesus have provided such vivid object lessons for his teaching? What advantages would these scenes have over sermons?