Matthew 9
18 While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live." 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.
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27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
I was grazing through Matthew last night and had one of those "duh" moments. As if "figuring out" something incredibly plain and simple for the first time. A minor epiphany if you will. I recently finished reading John MacArthur's 'Twelve Ordinary Men' ; a brief little rundown of the apostles (more on this later). So I have been more focused on the Twelve than well, I ever have been. Which led me to the book of Matthew. My minor epiphany was that Jesus didn't traipse around healing people, raising the dead, and performing other miracles just because He could; just because He was God and had that sort of power. It wasn't just carnival tricks to visibly back up His statements of divinity... He was not a performer. See Matt. 9:30 where He actually tells those He has healed not to go out and blab it all over the place lest the masses mistake Him for a 'miracle factory'.
He healed those that had faith and cried out.
He didn't even have to be there to place His hands on the person (Matt. 8:5-13) but by faith alone it was done.
I am just so awestruck by this. Such earnest and whole-hearted displays of faith in Jesus are utterly fantastic and humbling.
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