‘Healing.’
a) Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 13:17. May come to us through the words of wise people.
b) Isaiah 19:22. May come to us through the Lord punishing and correcting us.
c) Isaiah 58:8. May come quickly to us if we are merciful.
d) Ezekiel 47:12. May come from pure natural resources.
e) Malachi 4:2; Mark 5:30; Luke 5:17. May come from Jesus Christ – the Sun of Righteousness.
f) Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14. If physical, may be proved to be believed.
g) Luke 9:6. May accompany the preaching of the Good News.
h) Acts 3:16. May come through Faith in Jesus’ Name.
i) 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. May come through a gift from the Holy Spirit.
(Through this QT I do not doubt the Healing Power of the Lord)
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‘Jesus In His Hometown.’
Matthew 9:1-8.
a) Matthew 9:1. Jesus and His Disciples deliberately went by boat across the lake to His hometown.
b) Matthew 9:2. Some men with Faith brought a paralysed man lying on a mat to Jesus.
c) Matthew 9:2. Jesus announced to the man on the mat that he was to take heart and cheer up because his sins were forgiven.
d) Matthew 9:3. Some of the Jewish religious teachers there accused Jesus of blasphemy.
e) Matthew 9:4. Jesus knew that these Jewish religious teachers were entertaining evil thoughts in their hearts.
f) Matthew 9:5. His challenge to the Jewish religious teachers: Which was easier, to forgive people’s sins or to say to them to get up and walk?
g) Matthew 9:6. Jesus demonstrated His Authority on Earth to forgive sins by saying to the paralysed man that he was to:-
1- Get up.
2- Take his mat.
3- Go home.
h) Matthew 9:7. The man did just what Jesus told him to do.
i) Matthew 9:8. The hometown crowd were filled with awe and Praised God Who had given such Authority to Jesus to serve amongst them.
(Through this Second one I am so Blessed by Jesus In His Hometown)
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Chris.
The Lord knows when we are whispering evil accusations and entertaining evil thoughts in our hearts. As True Believers we need to avoid both of these terrible things. Churches are severely weakened when the people whisper evil accusations and entertain evil thoughts in their hearts.
