PERFORM
HEALING MIRACLES
Fifth
of twelve in Jesus’ Earthly Life & Ministry Parallel Series
Isaiah
35:4-6, Mark 7:32-35
Isaiah
35:5: “Then will all the eyes of the
blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.”
Mark
7:32: “There some people brought to Him
a man who was deaf, and could hardly talk, and they begged Him to place His
hand on the man.”
It’s mind-boggling to imagine Jesus’
beginning as God, then becoming God-man.
Jesus always was. Jesus knew what
He faced from the point of deciding to agree with and obey the Father in Psalm
40:7-8: “Then I
said, ‘Here I am, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll. I desire to do Your will, O My God; Your law
is within My heart.’”
Jesus
laid aside His divinity and agreed to be born physically on earth as a human
baby.
As God’s Word (John 1:1-2), Jesus
knew His job: to fulfill all the laws and prophecies revealed in the Bible’s
Old Testament, then sacrifice Himself on the cross for people’s salvation. Around thirty years old (Luke 3:23), Jesus
began His ministry, which was—quite literally—an open book.
He lived in Capernaum after leaving
Nazareth to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulon and land of Naphtali, the
way of the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—the people living in
darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of
death a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:1-2).
Matthew 4:23-25 stages Jesus life
during the rest of the Bible’s New Testament:
“Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching
the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the
people. News about Him spread all over
Syria, and people brought Him all who were ill with various diseases, those
suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the
paralyzed, and He healed them.”
Take Home Nugget
Whoever
believes in Jesus as God’s Son—who died for our sins, and was raised to life
again—has the privilege to claim healing through Jesus’ blood. 1
Peter 2:24, says, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we
might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been
healed.”
Parallel confirmation is Isaiah
53:4-5: “Surely He took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted. But He
was pierced for our transgressions, and was crushed by our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are
healed.”
Thanks be to Jesus who heals our sicknesses
even today!
J.D.
Griffith
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