Matthew 8:14-17
The reason that God sent His Only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world was to set us free from the spiritual and physical suffering of our unhappiness. Jesus is our Savior whom we should meet, no matter how many problems we have. In today’s Scripture, Jesus healed the servant of the centurion, who had been paralyzed, right away. When He went into Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever and He immediately healed her. He is the Savior who solves all our suffering, whether it is physical, spiritual, or if it is still in the future. When people reported this joyful news, many people came to Jesus to be healed (Matthew 8:16-17). God is so compassionate to us without limitation, and there isn’t anyone who is excluded from His grace (Matthew 11:28). He will surely have mercy on even those who challenge Him and are doomed to perish forever, if they repent of their sins and turn back to Him. He will surely bind up their wounds and heal them (Hosea 6:1-3). “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28. There is no one who loves something that he had created so much that he would give his one and only son; but God our Father does. This is the only way for us to be set free from every kind of suffering - by believing in the Son of God. We should preach the gospel of Jesus and confirm our faith by being freed. Dear brothers and sisters! Jesus is here to ask you what you are suffering from. It doesn’t matter whether it is something great or small, He can solve everything. The purpose for us to believe in Jesus is for us to be set free from suffering (John 8:31-32), for He bore all our infirmities and weaknesses on His body and He drives out the devil, Satan, evil spirits and all our diseases (Isaiah 53:4-5). Jesus Himself showed us that the cause of all our suffering is the working of evil spirits. He showed us this by forgiving sins and casting out demons (also see Genesis 3). We cannot see evil spirits with our physical eyes, but Jesus can, and He can solve the problems caused by them. As long as the working of evil spirits exists in the world, we absolutely need Jesus. He asks those who are suffering to pray and He commands us to drive out demons and set people free from their suffering, just as He had done on earth. He has promised to answer our prayer. He has power for those who believe in Him. “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.” Mark 16:17-20. Likewise, when demons are driven away, diseases will be healed and prayers will be answered according to His promises. The working of Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Dear brothers and sisters! Is there anyone who has been suffering from sins, curses and diseases? Jesus bore them already, and we can let our suffering and impossibilities be places for Him to work in us, by faith. Let us believe in this fact and be free!
