Witness Jesus’ Healing- Corey Sawyers
Teachers
Lesson Summary
Corey Sawyers taught this Bible study class focusing on the five healing miracles recorded in Matthew 9, demonstrating Jesus' complete authority over every kind of disease and sickness. The teacher established that Matthew's Gospel was written to convince Jews that Jesus is the Messiah, using a strategic pattern of miracles followed by teaching to draw and instruct followers. The class examined how Matthew's account differs from Mark and Luke not due to errors but by design—Matthew arranged material topically and thematically rather than chronologically to build his case for Jesus' messianic identity. Through an opening illustration about a teenage girl named Cherry who lost her leg in a car accident and struggled to believe anyone could understand her pain, Sawyers connected Jesus' incarnation to His unique ability to genuinely understand human suffering. Jesus came not merely as God with omniscient knowledge, but as one who experienced human temptation and suffering firsthand, giving His compassion authentic weight. The five healings in Matthew 9—the paralytic, the woman with the issue of blood, the blind men, the demon-possessed man, and the sick multitudes—collectively demonstrate that Jesus possessed healing power over every conceivable affliction. Each miracle witnessed to Jesus' identity as Messiah and His authority over all creation, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the promised Messiah.
Key Scriptures
Jesus went throughout Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and performing healings on every disease and affliction among the people.