Signs, Healings, and Authority - Teacher (Standard) (print)

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Objective: Analyse the relevant text and explain the case that jesus' works disclose compassion and authority while raising the question of his identity.

Read: Mark 2:1-12; John 11:17-44

Opening: Ask: What does this passage actually say before we explain what it means?

Say:

In Mark 2 Jesus links healing with His claimed authority to forgive sins, prompting controversy about His identity.
In John 11 Jesus engages Martha and Mary’s grief, claims resurrection significance, and calls Lazarus from the tomb.
Taken together, these passages support the lesson’s big idea: Jesus' works disclose compassion and authority while raising the question of His identity.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires synthesis or inference?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Signs, Healings, and Authority Claim Audit.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; Signs, Healings, and Authority Claim Audit

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Mark 2:1-12 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating? What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Signs, Healings, and Authority Claim Audit. Printable: T2-L02-P01-adam-christ-argument-map.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?

Activity details

Signs, Healings, and Authority Claim Audit · 10 min

Materials: Adam / Christ Argument Map; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read Mark 2:1-12 and record two direct observations.
Connect the observations to this big idea: Jesus' works disclose compassion and authority while raising the question of His identity.
Name one faithful response without claiming more than the passage supports.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: Genesis 3:1-24

Prayer: Thank God for what this passage reveals and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: Jesus' works disclose compassion and authority while raising the question of His identity.