Thursday, September 8, 2016

JESUS HEALS PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW



Matthew 8:14-17

King James Version (KJV)

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
16 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:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.


KINGDOM DYNAMICS

8:16, 17 The Biblical Grounds for Divine Healing. DIVINE HEALING. The provision of divine healing must rest on clear grounds. Obviously it is biblically based, but from what source is this great mercy of God derived? Some link it to just that – God’s mercy. While that is certainly a truth – for His compassions is great – the question at issue is this: What are the redemptive grounds of divine healing? Is healing included in God’s saving provision in Christ, or is it simply a loving gesture of His benevolent character? This text, and that of Is. 53:4,5, gives clear evidence for divine healing as being provided in the atonement of Christ’s redeeming work on the Cross. To avoid this this truth, some suggest that Isaiah’s prophecy was fulfilled completely by the healings of that one day. Such would be impossible, for the prophecy of Isaiah states that the Servant of Yahweh would bear sickness in the same way that He would bear sins – that is, vicariously. Furthermore, He was to suffer for our sins and sicknesses.

If "our" means all of us in regard to our sin, and our being given a Savior, then it also means all of us in regard to sickness and our having been given a Divine Healer. (see Mark 1:40-45.)

8:15 The cure was immediate and complete as evidenced by the detail, she…ministered unto them.

8:17 Matthew interprets Jesus' healings and exorcisms as a fulfillment of the prophesied messianic Servant’s role (Is. 53:4).




In Christ,

Playwright Janet Irene Thomas
Founder/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts

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