HEAL – God’s Heart for Healing in MarkSample

If You Are Willing

“If you are willing, you can make me clean.” This is what a man with leprosy said to Jesus. Jesus had compassion for the man, touched him and said, “I am willing.” He healed him right there, giving him instructions to tell no one of his healing but to go to the priests, offer sacrifices for his healing as a testimony to them. Instead, the healed man went around telling everyone his good news. Would you blame the man for spreading the word?

This account is where we see an immediate healing due to this man’s faith. He believed Jesus could heal him and begged for it. He sought Jesus as the one who could heal him. No matter if Jesus heals immediately or over time, we are to learn from this man’s faith that Jesus is willing!

Questions:

1. Why do you think Jesus heals some people immediately and others over time?
2. Why do you think Jesus wanted the priests to see this healing?
3. What do you think of the fact that the man essentially went against Jesus’ instructions to “not tell this to anyone” and instead spoke freely about it, spreading the news? What does scripture say is the impact or outcome that it had on Jesus?