SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/2/2022 8:53 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “The
Activity”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matthew 12:22
Message of the
verse: “22Then
there was brought to Him a demon-possessed man who was blind and dumb,
and He healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.”
As we look at this verse we can see that this man
had a world of trouble, as first of all he was demon-possessed, he was blind,
he could not speak, and it is entirely possible that he was deaf. I think of Helen Keller without being
demon-possessed when I think of this person.
As we move on in this verse were read “and He healed him” This of course
is speaking of Jesus who healed him. Now
we don’t know how many people that Jesus healed who had some if not all of
these issues, but perhaps thousands as we read in the Scriptures that when
Jesus went into a crowd that He healed all who were there who had different issues.
We can see from this one act that
Jesus had powers over both the spirit world of demons and also the physical
world of disease. Jesus could heal any
problem that people had, showing that He truly was the Messiah, the Son of
God. We see different times in the
Scriptures that Jesus brought people back from the dead, showing that He had
power over death as well.
MacArthur writes “Yet most of the
sin-blinded people remained unsure about Jesus’ identity and the source of His
great power. They knew that miracles would
be proof signs of the Messiah; but they also expected Him to come with a royal
fanfare and with military might. But
instead of regal robes, sovereign authority, a throne, trumpets, swords,
horses, chariots, and a might army, they saw a Man of compassion, gentleness,
and humility—with a following of twelve nondescript disciples and a multitude
of hangers-on whose loyalty could hardly be counted on. Because Jesus did not appear to be a conqueror
or a king by their definition, the people would not accept His being the
Messiah. His predicted coming in power
and glory to defeat the foes of Israel and set His people free was easy for
them to be excited about. His predicted coming in meekness
and humility was not.” Here is
where those who studied the Scriptures like the Scribes and Pharisees should
have had their eyes wide open to see that the Scriptures spoke of Jesus coming
in this very way. It seemed at times
that the prophets spoke of two Messiah, but what they were really speaking of
was both the first and the second coming of Jesus Christ, which they truly did
not understand.
As Jesus moved further on in His
earthly ministry we see that the scribes and the Pharisees have been dogging
Jesus’ footsteps, and they did this because they were afraid that the people
would be following Him and thus they would lose their power, not that they
cared about the people can truly be seen here.
I seems that Jesus had performed
this particular healing on this occasion especially for the benefit of the
Pharisees, forcing them to make their verdict concerning Him in public. It was before their eyes they saw a man
become immediately and dramatically delivered of three great afflictions. They could see this man standing before them
and as mentioned they cared more about their power than a man made whole by our
Lord.
2/2/2022 9:15
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