CONTAGIOUS KINGDOM

MATTHEW 8:14-17

WE’VE ALREADY SEEN

•GOD IS ABLE

•GOD IS WILLING

• THE KINGDOM IS ALWAYS A GIFT OF GRACE

•WE RECEIVE THIS GIFT BY FAITH

WE’VE ALREADY SEEN

•KINGDOM AUTHORITY IS THE FRUIT OF SUBMISSION TO THE KING

• FAITH IS NOT A TRICK TO GET GOD TO DO WHAT YOU WANT

• THE KINGDOM OFTEN FIRST BREAKS IN THROUGH COMMANDS GIVEN TO CREATION IN THE NAME OF THE KING

MATTHEW 8:14-16

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.

WHEN EVENING CAME, MANY WHO WERE DEMON-POSSESSED WERE BROUGHT TO HIM, AND HE DROVE OUT THE SPIRITS WITH A WORD AND HEALED ALL WHO WERE ILL.

MATTHEW 8:17

THIS WAS TO FULFIL WHAT WAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH:

‘HE TOOK UP OUR INFIRMITIES    AND BORE OUR DISEASES.’

CONTAGIOUS KINGDOM

HEALING IS PASSED ON INSTEAD OF THE FEVER

THE UNCLEAN BECOMES CLEAN

THE CONTAGION IS REVERSED

WE SAW IT IN MATTHEW 8:3

• JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND TOUCHED THE MAN. ‘I AM WILLING,’ HE SAID. ‘BE CLEAN!’ IMMEDIATELY HE WAS CLEANSED OF HIS LEPROSY.

THE CROSS &THE COLOSSEUM•AFTER 2000 YEARS WHICH ONE OF THESE IS TODAY KNOWN FOR ITS POWER?

• LOVE WINS

THE POWER OF A TOUCH

• JESUS’ BODY ON EARTH HAD BECOME AN OUTPOST OF HEAVEN.

•YOU DON’T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO EXPERIENCE IT OR EVEN BELIEVE IT.

•ONE OF THE MOST RECURRING WAYS HEAVEN’S MERCIES ARE RELEASED IS THROUGH TOUCH.

THE DEVIL’S WORK IS UNDONE

“THE REASON THE SON OF GOD APPEARED WAS TO DESTROY THE DEVIL’S WORK.”

1 JOHN 3:8

MATTHEW 8:17

THIS WAS TO FULFIL WHAT WAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH:

‘HE TOOK UP OUR INFIRMITIES    AND BORE OUR DISEASES.’

ATONEMENT

• JESUS WILL GO TO THE CROSS AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, AS OUR SUBSTITUTE, IN OUR PLACE, CARRYING ALL THE EFFECTS OF THE CURSE AND THE FALL.

•GOD HAS LAID OUR SIN ON JESUS AND ALL ITS EFFECTS.

•HE CARRIES OUR PAIN, OUR SUFFERING, OUR SICKNESS, OUR DISEASE.

ATONEMENT – TAKING AWAY

• THE VERBS “TAKE UP” AND “BORE/CARRY” SPEAK OF NOT ONLY LIFTING SOMETHING BUT REMOVING THEM – CARRYING THEM AWAY.

•WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS HE WAS ONCE FOR ALL, ONE MAN FOR ALL, ACCOMPLISHING IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS WHAT WAS PROPHETICALLY ENACTED EVERY YEAR IN THE PAGEANTRY OF ATONEMENT. 

ATONEMENT – A LEGAL AUTHORITY

• JESUS SECURES THE LEGAL AND MORAL FRAMEWORK OF FORGIVENESS OF SIN.

• SIN IS NOT IGNORED. IT IS OPPOSED AND YET PAID FOR BY GOD HIMSELF. 

•ALL THE BENEFITS AND FREEDOMS AND POWER OF THE GOSPEL PASSES THROUGH THIS MASSIVE LEGAL EVENT OF SELF-GIVING LOVE.

WHAT MATTHEW IS SHOWING US

•ON THE CROSS JESUS DEALS WITH THE LEGAL AUTHORITY BEHIND SIN, SICKNESS AND DEMONIC FORCES – ONCE FOR ALL

• IN HIS MINISTRY JESUS DEALS WITH THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF SIN, SICKNESS AND DEMONIC FORCES – ONGOING BATTLE

WHEN WE DON’T GET HEALED (YET)

•WHAT WE DON’T DO WITH SIN THAT HAPPENS AFTER WE COME TO FAITH IS ASCRIBE IT TO THE WILL OF GOD!

• LET’S NOT DO IT WITH SICKNESS EITHER.

•WE WILL NOT HAVE FAITH TO STAND AGAINST THAT WHICH WE THINK GOD INTENDS OR APPROVES OF.

ABANDONED TO HIS LOVE AND GOODNESS.

•WE ARE NOT ASKING GOD TO PROVE HIS LOVE FOR US.

•YOU HAVE GOT TO BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE THAT.