We get Matthew's view of Jesus healing a paralyzed man....everytime I see "Knowing their thoughts" I think about how awesome Jesus is......if He can read their thoughts, you know He can read ours.
We read about Matthew's call...he is the author of this book. He was also known as Levi and was a tax collector appointed by the Romans. He had to tax his own people and the tax collectors were hated because they charged high taxes and gouged their own people. The Pharisees couldn't understand why Jesus would associate with the untouchables and I love what Jesus said:
"Is in not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick."
John the Baptist's disciples asked why Jesus didn't fast...the kingdom of God was like a wedding feast and Jesus was the bridegroom...it wasn't right to mourn or fast while the bridegroom was there.
We read Matthew's version of the bleeding woman and restoring Jairus' daughter to life.
Matthew tells us of Jesus healing the blind and mute...this fulfills Isaiah 29:18, 35:5....and Jesus teaches that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.....people were ripe to give their lives to God if someone would show them how...we need to be prepared to lead people to God.....He will certainly help us.
Jesus then, sends out the 12 disciples....they were common men from all walks of life....he sent them to the Jews first so that the Jews could fufill their purpose of leading Gentiles and Samaritans to Christ.....unfortunately the Jews didn't all go along with that purpose. The Disciples had to be prepared for persecution because it would surely come. History shows us that it did.
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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I love 9:13 "...For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
ReplyDeleteIn 9:15, is Jesus suppose to be the bridegroom and when the bridegroom is taken away when Jesus dies on the cross? I will just jump for joy if I actually get one of these metaphors without being told....
I do not understand why all of a sudden He does not want people to know of his miracles....this was in previous post and now today....
awww....I love 9:36 "but when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." There were so many people hurt and worn down and without faith that He knew many did not know any different and did not know of him or His promises and miracles....They needed someone to show them and tell them about God...