29 Jul 2014

Matthew 4:23-25

Posted by joncooper

Matthew 4:23: “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”

Jesus did not hide Himself in a corner. He taught in public, He preached a gospel of repentance, and He healed the sick. God audibly pronounced Him His Son on the day Jesus was baptized. His birth was announced by angels. Magi from the east came to visit Him, alerting the priests that the Messiah had been born. There was nothing secret about this man; He made it obvious that He was both the Messiah and God. He was very much a public figure! Everyone had heard of Him:

Matthew 4:24: “And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.”

Yet, to this day, the Jews have rejected Jesus as their Savior. They will not believe in Him, even though He fulfilled all of the Old Testament prophecies. The apostle Paul said that one day that will change, for all Israel shall be saved, but it has not happened yet. That glorious day is still in the future.

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