A Blessed Man

Luke 11:14-36 

Key verse 11:28

1. Think about the healing Jesus performed on a man (14), the accusation some people directed toward Jesus (15), and the answer Jesus gave to his accusers (17-22). What does this passage tell us about: 1) the spiritual warfare we are engaged in; and 2) the kind of help Jesus came to offer those who fall victim in this warfare? 

2. In verses 24-26 Jesus concludes that the final condition of the man described is worse than the first. How can one avoid becoming like this? (23)   

3. Think about what a woman said in verse 27 and compare it with Jesus’ reply in verse 28. Describe some example(s) (or practices) of those who still call out saying, “blessed is the mother who gave you [Jesus] birth and nursed you [Jesus]”? What can we learn from Jesus’ reply?

4. Compare what “others” did to test Jesus in verse 16 with what Jesus says in verses 29-32. Why do people keep asking for a ‘sign’ (or miracles) from heaven? But what do the people of Nineveh or the Queen of the South (1Ki 10:1-10) teach us to do? (28)

5. Read verses 33-36. What are we to learn?