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You Are Healed (Matthew 8:1-9:34) Part 3

 PETER'S FEVERISH MOTHER-IN-LAW


Matthew 8:14-15: When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.

Infirmity: Fever
Patient: Peter’s mother-in-law
Initiation: None specified: “When Jesus came to Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever” (Matthew 8:14)
Response: 1) Jesus touched her hand, healed her 2) She waited on her Lord
Directive: None recorded.

What makes this healing stand out from the others? First, the others show very humble people coming before the Lord with much intention, deference, and respect on behalf of others or themselves. They approach Jesus quite humbly and they ask Him to please heal them or their loved ones. In this episode it even seems that Jesus initiates the healing: He goes to Peter’s house; He notices Peter’s mother-in-law and He heals her on the spot. Now even if she did not approach Jesus in humility before her healing, you will notice that afterward she gets up from her sickbed and proceeds to wait on Him.  Can you imagine if the doctor came to your house, healed an in-law of yours and then she immediately got up and began waiting on doctor? What would you think? Wow. She is better! This is what it was like and this is the same gratitude we should show as God delivers us from our ailments and infirmities.

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