"While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land."
This lesson is a further demonstration of the power of Jesus Christ over all things. The woman merely touched Jesus' clothes and through her faith in His supreme power as the Son of God, her condition was healed.
Likewise, the daughter of the "ruler" was raised from the dead because of the man's demonstrated faith in Jesus as having the power to return his daughter's life to her.
This is a powerful lesson in that it again reassures us of the power of faith. If those of us who believe in Jesus, make our prayer requests, not wondering if, but KNOWING, that Jesus will be faithful to keep His promise, we can have anything for which we ask within the will of God. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."(Matthew 7:7-8)
Jesus made that promise while explaining the things available to the members of His Church, His children.~
Jesus made that promise while explaining the things available to the members of His Church, His children.~
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