Lesson 768

(Lesson 768)(09-29-13) Our lesson for today comes from Matthew 8:14-17;

"And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

There is something very unique about today's lesson I have never heard discussed before. It pertains to the reason Jesus healed some of these people and cast devils out of others.

In every scriptural incidence of healing there is a reason given for that healing. In the case of the leper and the servant to the centurion, previously mentioned, Jesus healed them because of the faith they had demonstrated. In today's example, Jesus healed Peter's wife, and the sick among the multitude, to fulfill a prophesy made by Isaiah.

This, in my opinion, was done to demonstrate that Jesus has the power to do what ever He chooses, whenever He chooses to do it.

He also did these things because He cared for those who were suffering. His set the perfect example of how we are to treat the weak among us. We should NEVER reject the opportunity to reach out and help those in need.
The core of the gospel of Jesus Christ is based on the two explicit commandments found in Matthew 22:37-39, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

By spontaneously casting out devils and healing the sick Jesus set the example for those or us who make up His Church.~