Matthew 9: ¹Jesus got into a boat and crossed back over to the town where he lived. ²Some people soon brought to him a crippled man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven." ³Some teachers of the Law of Moses said to themselves, "Jesus must think he is God!"
    ⁴But Jesus knew what was in their minds, and he said, "Why are you thinking such evil things? ⁵Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? ⁶But I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth." So Jesus said to the man, "Get up! Pick up your mat and go on home." ⁷The man got up and went home. ⁸When the crowds saw this, they were afraid and praised God for giving such authority to people. (CEV)
1. Why was Jesus not pleased with the teachers, but pleased with the cripple and his friends?

Romans 12: ¹... God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God. ²Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him. ³... measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.(CEV)
2. How do we have to think and act to know what is good and pleasing to God?

Jeremiah 29::¹¹I will bless you with a future filled with hope - a future of success, not of suffering. ¹²You will turn back to me and ask for help, and I will answer your prayers. ¹³You will worship me with all your heart, and I will be with you  (CEV)
3. Who do you know that has a future full of hope and success, not of suffering?

2 Timothy 2: ²¹That's also how it is with people. The ones who stop doing evil and make themselves pure will become special. Their lives will be holy and pleasing to their Master, and they will be able to do all kinds of good deeds. (CEV)
4. When people want to become pleasing to God, how does He make them able to do that?

Psalms147: ¹¹The LORD is pleased only with those who worship him and trust his love.
Acts 10: ³⁵God is pleased with everyone who worships him and does right, no matter what nation they come from. (CEV)
5. What opens our minds and hearts to know that God has no favorites? He loves all equally.

James 2: ²².... Abraham's faith and deeds worked together. He proved that his faith was real by what he did. ²³This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, "Abraham had faith in God, and God was pleased with him." That's how Abraham became God's friend. (CEV)
6. Tell us how you have learned to have faith from reading about the life of Abraham.

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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