Study The Chosen - Season 1 Episode 6

 The Chosen" Season 1 Episode 6 - Small Group Study

Episode 6 is my favorite of the first two seasons. It's entitled "Indescribable Compassion" and maybe that's why I love it so much. You can see the compassion of Christ in the reactions of others. Frist, a leper meets Jesus and his disciples on a road back to Capernaum. He had heard of the water being turned into wine from a relative who was at the wedding and begged Jesus to heal him. He said, "if you are willing, I know you can heal me." Jesus said, "I am willing." (This story can be found in Matthew 8.) At what age did you first understand that Jesus performed miracles? Did you think of him as a superhero? 

Meanwhile, Shmuel challenges Nicodemus' view of John the Baptizer's use of Torah. Nicodemus is trying to shrug off John's apparent infraction, knowing deep in his heart that God is doing something new. He said to Shmuel, "You would place limits on the Almighty?" Nicodemus goes on to say, "And if God did something that you felt contradicted the Torah, would you tell Him to get back in that box that you have carved for Him? Or would you question your interpretation of the Torah?" Nicodemus goes on, "We are still students, Shmuel!" When have you had a closed mind about an area of faith only to be open in that area later in life? Do you believe that God's done speaking? Or does he speak today?

Jesus' teaching at Zebedee's house draws a crowd, including a paralytic and his friends. They tear through the roof and let him down into the middle of the house. Jesus tells him, "Take heart, your sins are forgiven", and tells him to take up his bed and to go home. The paralytic walks out on his own two feet and the crowd is amazed. But Shmuel asks him on what authority does he teach and Jesus tells the paralytic that his sins are forgiven and also calls himself the Son of Man. What do you do when people around you question Christ's divinity, when they say he was just a man? Do you point to the scriptures or to what he's done in your own life?

Summary Questions:

• At what age did you first understand that Jesus performed miracles? Did you think of him as a superhero? 
• When have you had a closed mind about an area of faith only to be open in that area later in life?
• Do you believe that God's done speaking? Or does he speak today?
• What do you do when people around you question Christ's divinity, when they say he was just a man? Do you point to the scriptures or to what he's done in your own life?