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Matthew 8:
A leper came to Jesus in
faith for healing and Jesus healed him. Jesus then told the man not to
tell anyone but to go show himself to the priest according to the laws of Moses
(Jesus still followed Jewish laws under Roman rule. Do Africans still
remember their ways like Jesus did?) A centurion (commander of 100
soldiers) wanted Jesus to heal his servant (master cares for servant), but to
say the word rather than come to his house. Jesus was so impressed with
his faith that he declared publicly that he has never seen such faith in Israel
(not Judah) and the servant was healed as soon as Jesus said so. Jesus
healed Peter's mother-in-law, healed all the sick around him, and drove out
demons. A teacher of the law assured Jesus that he would follow him, but
Jesus told him that the Son of God had no place to lay his head (being godly is
to take care of people without rest and fight for justice for all people).
Another wanted to bury his father before following Jesus, but Jesus told him to
follow him now and let the dead bury his own head (godliness has no break or
vacation. It is on call now and around the clock). Jesus calms the
storms and it obeyed. Jesus met two demon-possessed men who called him the
Son of God and asked if he was coming to torture them before the appointed time
(demons confessing their destruction by God). They begged Jesus to send them
into the pigs near by and Jesus agreed. All the pigs rushed to their death
into a lake (I believed the demons died as well because that was all they could
enter). The people then begged Jesus to leave their town.
Matthew 9:
A paralytic man was brought
to Jesus by some men and Jesus told him his sins were forgiven. This
angered the teachers of the law, but Jesus told them that even though it was
easier to forgiven sins than to heal, he was going to heal the man, which he
did. Jesus recruited Matthew, a tax collector. While Jesus ate
dinner with Matthew, the Pharisees asked the disciples why Jesus loved to eat
with tax collectors and sinners, and Jesus replied that he was here for the
sinners. The disciples of John wondered why they and the Pharisees fast,
but not Jesus and his disciples, Jesus told them that they will fast after he is
gone, but while he (Son of God) was with them, they did not need to fast
(fasting is still relevant today).
Jesus heals a woman who bled for 12 years because she merely touched his garment
by faith of healing. Jesus went to the house of a ruler who came to beg his
presence because of his dead daughter, Jesus chased the funeral musician out of
the house because to him she was just asleep and she woke up after Jesus took
her by the hand. Two blind men called out to Jesus as the Son of David
(they knew his background well because David was 24 generations before Jesus)
and asked for help. He healed them by touching their eyes and drove out
the demons from a mute man, who began to speak. The Pharisee accused
Jesus of using the prince of demons to evict demons because nothing like this
had ever happened in Israel. |
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
Holy Land
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Matthew 10:
Jesus
chose his 12 disciples and gave them power over evil spirits, disease, and
sickness. It seems that Jesus choose his disciples from Jewish (from Judah)
resident in Israel,
where he was living, despite the fact he was a from Judah as well. So
Jesus called the first four disciples on the Sea of Galilee in Israel, in
Matthew 4: 18-22. Jesus instructed all 12 disciples not to enter towns of the Gentile
or the Samaritans (Israelis in their capital, Samaria). Their purpose was
to save the lost sheep of Israel (To bring Israelis back to God from the laws of
Moses. This is why Israeli reject Jesus to this day). They were to
take no money, food, bag, or extra clothing or shoes, but rather feed from tips from
good customer service. They were to stay with credible people in each town and
shake the dust off their feet wherever they were rejected in a town and move to
the next. They will be
arrested, flogged, and tried, but God's Spirit would guide them in their
response. Jesus encouraged them to be strong to the end in order to be saved,
regardless of the betrayal or persecution because of Jesus because Jesus will
represent those to his father that represented him on earth. |
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