Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Goal of Christ: Restoration

Matthew 9 Continued

A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.'”
Jesus doesn't get a bit of rest here, right after He teaches John's disciples the rules of the New Kingdom, a prominent man among the Jews, fell at his feet before him. How odd. If you can't grasp the strangeness of this verse, imagine your governor bowing before your pastor, pretty funny, right?

As the leper earlier, this man is in need of Jesus. 
 
Jesus listens to the desperate, people that realize their other options are bunk.

Its common knowledge that's often overlooked: most people don't come to Jesus until they reach the bottom: the jail cell, the funeral, after being abandoned by everyone. The voice of God is nearly impossible to hear unless you're looking for it, other things just seem to stuff up our ears.

You don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

A man like this, a ruler (as he's called) had options, other solutions which would have allowed him the luxury of pride...but he chose Jesus, he chose the way of humility.

On the other side of things, the woman that bled for twelve years had no doubt of her frailty. Her condition would not only have made her an untouchable but...practically...foul smelling. 
 
Two people, opposite end of the pole, given new life in Christ.

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