Clearly Jesus has a teaching component to His ministry (chapters 5-7 are an apt example). But now with chapter 8, Matthew makes sure we see that Jesus has an action-oriented, demonstration aspect to His ministry as well!
Healing leprosy…
He healed someone outside the Jewish faith…
He heals and drives out demons from many…
Does a little teaching on the cost of following Him…
Calms a storm…
Then dramatically delivers to other men...
Quite a chapter.
What I see is that the faith of Jesus is word and deed, internal belief and external action. The faith of Jesus includes the transfer of information/truth in the mind (heart) into action of the hands and feet.
Like Jesus, I am to demonstrate my faith through my life and actions. The same goes for you, too.
Lord, over the years I have stuffed much information into my mind. Help me to let it out in actions, speaking and acting as You would in the various situations in which I find myself. I pray this so that Your glory will advance across the world. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
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