Mark 7:32-37 Healing of the Deaf man
What is Jesus telling us tonight.
When I was preparing for tonight introduction, I was in front of my desktop, figuring out what is the message. So, I googled “A Deaf man who had an impediment in his speech.” The search result showed 56,300 suggestions on this topic. This is way too difficult!
So, I asked myself, How does “A Deaf man who had an impediment in his speech” operate? So, I concluded two simple understanding. First, it will be complete silence and solitude. Second, hearing problem & speech problem are connected. This deaf person’s speech impediment is probably due to the result of his deafness. We can imagine, a deaf person also having problem speaking.
So, my question is this: What about a spiritually deaf person, will he also have problem with his tongues?
Interesting what Jesus did with this deaf man “He took him aside in private, away from the crowd” before he did anything to the person. So, is Jesus showing us the way here?
Now, we may not have hearing & speech impediment. Physically we are all OK. What a blessing we have received from God. But, what about spiritually? Can we hear the words of God in our lives? Are the words of God dwelling inside us? Filling us out fully? Thus, whatever that we utter from our tongue glorify his name.
Perhaps not……… So what do we need to do? Tonight Jesus shows us the way, Yes, Jesus is literally showing us the way….. “We need to allow Jesus to take us in private, away from the crowd” Then, he will put his words in our ears and touched our tongue with spittle.
In this noisy world, we need to recognize the gift of deafness because in that silence and solitude, away from the noise of the world, our soul is then tuned to the voice of God. The voice of God has the mighty power of healing and curing all of us.
What is Jesus telling us tonight.
When I was preparing for tonight introduction, I was in front of my desktop, figuring out what is the message. So, I googled “A Deaf man who had an impediment in his speech.” The search result showed 56,300 suggestions on this topic. This is way too difficult!
So, I asked myself, How does “A Deaf man who had an impediment in his speech” operate? So, I concluded two simple understanding. First, it will be complete silence and solitude. Second, hearing problem & speech problem are connected. This deaf person’s speech impediment is probably due to the result of his deafness. We can imagine, a deaf person also having problem speaking.
So, my question is this: What about a spiritually deaf person, will he also have problem with his tongues?
Interesting what Jesus did with this deaf man “He took him aside in private, away from the crowd” before he did anything to the person. So, is Jesus showing us the way here?
Now, we may not have hearing & speech impediment. Physically we are all OK. What a blessing we have received from God. But, what about spiritually? Can we hear the words of God in our lives? Are the words of God dwelling inside us? Filling us out fully? Thus, whatever that we utter from our tongue glorify his name.
Perhaps not……… So what do we need to do? Tonight Jesus shows us the way, Yes, Jesus is literally showing us the way….. “We need to allow Jesus to take us in private, away from the crowd” Then, he will put his words in our ears and touched our tongue with spittle.
In this noisy world, we need to recognize the gift of deafness because in that silence and solitude, away from the noise of the world, our soul is then tuned to the voice of God. The voice of God has the mighty power of healing and curing all of us.
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