Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Healing - Part 1\n Matthew 8:2-4\n 01\/27\/2025\n\n\n 2 And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before\n him, saying, ``Lord, if you will, you can make me\n clean.''\n 3 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him,\n saying, ``I will; be clean.'' And immediately his\n leprosy was cleansed.\n 4 And Jesus said to him, ``See that you say nothing\n to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and\n offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof\n to them.'' (ESV)\n\n During the Epiphany season, which begins on January 6, the\n Church studies how Jesus revealed Himself as true God. Last week\n we read of His first miracle, turning water into wine, which\n shows that Jesus has His Father's power to create. This week we\n will look at two healing miracles Jesus performed after He taught\n His disciples on an unnamed mountain.\n\n And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him,\n saying, ``Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.''\n And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him,\n saying, ``I will; be clean.'' And immediately his\n leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, ``See\n that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself\n to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded,\n for a proof to them.''\n\n\n This leper teaches us several lessons. First, Jesus\n certainly is God, one who can restore health. By calling Jesus,\n ``Lord,'' the leper is confessing that Jesus is true God.\n Second, we pray ``Thy will be done.'' You and I cannot see the\n big picture, how our situation may serve as a blessing to either\n ourselves or others. Saint Paul asked for a ``thorn in the\n flesh''[1] to be removed, and God said that infirmity served a\n greater purpose.\n\n God hears our prayers. By asking that His will be done, we\n confess that we are mere children standing before our heavenly\n Father. We pray that our will conforms to His will, that we\n trust in Him even if we do not understand why He may answer\n ``no.''\n\n May our Lord grant us faith to pray, and grace to accept the\n answer He gives. Amen.\n ____________________\n\n 1. 2 Corinthians 12:7-8<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 27, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}