The last four verses of Matthew 9 speak volumes. Here’s verse 35.
verse 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.
Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages: The key word here is all. Our Lord, the savior of the world, the sinless Son of God, went through every city and every village seeking to save the lost and seeking to make God known. This is a relentless passion and work ethic.
teaching in their synagogues: Synagogues weren’t always friendly places. Formal, orthodox rabbis were offended by Jesus. Jesus was a threat to them. Yet, by the Providence of God Jesus is able to teach there.
proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom: This is the real intent and goal of Jesus. He doesn’t present the gospel, He PROCLAIMS it! It bursts forth from Him. He cannot help it. It wells up and he preaches it with passion and zeal. It is THE message, the main TRUTH of the Bible, and the the GREATEST thing mankind NEEDS.
the gospel: The lost are estranged from God because of sin and rebellion and pride. Christians too need the gospel. We continue to sin. We have no way on our own to be right with God except through the the death and blood of Jesus for our sins. Someone had to die for our sins. Jesus willingly took our place. He died for us. And with that Jesus’ perfect life is credited to us, as if we had lived His perfect life. The Gospel is we can be forgiven because of Jesus and through Jesus.
healing every disease and every affliction: This is the character of God. In the life of Jesus, for the three and half years He walked the earth, he revealed God was good and gracious and helpful to those in need.
Verse 35 shows us God. We see His heart and what matters most to Him. More verses to come on Wednesday.
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