EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/2/2026
7:59 PM
My
Worship Time Focus: “His
Inexhaustibility”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
8:45-48
Message of the verses: “And Jesus said, “Who is the one who
touched Me?” And while they were all
denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on
You.” But Jesus said, “Someone did touch
Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.” When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice,
she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of
all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been
immediately healed. And He said to her, “Daughter,
your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
So we are picking up the story of this woman which we
looked at this morning from MacArthur’s commentary.
“There is an inexhaustible
thoroughness in what Jesus did. Not
content with restoring the woman physically, the Lord restored her socially by
making her healing know publicly. He
also restored her spiritually to God.
“After the woman grasped the tassel
of His robe Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” Obviously, the omniscient Lord was not
asking for information. He knew who had
touched Him, and was calling for her to reveal herself. And while they were all denying it, Peter
said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.” Following Peter’s lead the rest of the
disciples asked incredulously, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You
say, ‘Who touched Me?’’ (Mark 5:31). The
Lord’s reply is one of the most profound things He ever said: Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that
power had gone out of Me.” The power
of God is not an impersonal force flowing from Him to people. He was fully aware of its action. No one ever receives the power of God into
his or her life without acute awareness on His part.
“Realizing that she could not hide, when
the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling in
reverential fear and fell down before Him in homage and worship. She then declared in the presence of all
the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately
healed. Not content merely to
restore her physically and socially, Jesus said to her, “Daughter (the
only time in the Gospels that Jesus used that word to address a woman) your
faith has made you well; go in peace.” The
phrase made you well translates a form of the verb sozo, which is
the common New Testament word for salvation.
This same phrase in the Greek text appears in Luke 7:50, where it
clearly refers to salvation from sin. It
is also used in Luke 17:19 to describe one of the ten lepers who returned to
worship Jesus.”
(Luke 7:50)
“50 And he said to the woman, “Your faith has
saved you; go in peace.”
(Luke 17:19)
“19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way;
your faith has made you well.”
“While all
ten were healed, he alone was saved.
Further, the Lord’s calling her daughter indicates that He
received her as a child of His kingdom (John 1:12). She was restored, physically, socially, and
spiritually through the grace and personal power of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
(John 1:12)
“12 But to all who did receive him, who believed
in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,”
10/2/2026
8:34 PM
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