1 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. 4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” Matthew‬ ‭8‬‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭

12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Luke‬ ‭5‬‬:‭12‬-‭16‬ ‭

9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 1 John‬ ‭1‬‬:‭9‬ 

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We are in week three of studying several of Jesus’ key miracles. 

It is important for believers to know that the same healing POWER of the Holy Spirit is at work in the believer’s life today.

Week one, Jesus turned the water to wine, we learned:

• We should ‘do what He tells you to do’. 

Week two, we learned:

• That the man was born blind “so that the works of God might be displayed in Him”. 
• We learned about spiritual blindness vs. sight, and that nothing is impossible with God.

Today, Week 3, the story of the Leper found in Matthew Chapter 8 helps us understand:

• The Lord’s power and willingness to ‘heal’ not only our physical needs, but other needs as well.    

The Church of the Nazarene’s core beliefs are summarized in the Articles of Faith, which are 16 statements outlining our beliefs of key Christian doctrine. 

Article 14 titled Divine Healing says:

“We believe in the biblical doctrine of divine healing and urge our people to offer the prayer of faith for the healing of the sick.  We also believe God heals through the means of medical science.”

This article affirms our belief that God can heal individuals through both direct divine interventions AND the means of medical science. 

Billy Graham is known for saying, “God is not limited, and He is certainly able to work in miraculous ways today just as He did in biblical times, if He so chooses.”

Let us pray:

“Dear God, we love You.  We thank You for Your love, and for the truth found in Your word.  We express our trust in You as the Great Physician, and that You can heal all things. 

Lord, You have the power to heal not only disease, but also our mind, relationships, our finances, and to fill me, fill us, with Your peace. Abba, Father, there are many needs represented today. You know our needs, and You care. 

We surrender to You, may Your will be done. Holy Spirit, please give us peace, and open our ears to hear.  May Your presence be felt in this service today, and in every moment of our lives.

We need You Lord.  We praise You Lord, and we thank You for Your amazing love.  In Jesus name we pray, Amen.”

Please turn with me to Matthew 8:1-4.  Stand with me if you are able for the reading of God’s Word. The words will be on the screen.

8 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.

² A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

³ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.

⁴ Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Jesus loves all people, even those that are kept at a distance in society.  His love for lost humanity is real and this passage demonstrates His sovereign power.

We also learn in Matthew 4:25, “²⁵ Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.”

Now we are going to unpack our passage for today.

Matthew Chapter 8: Verse 1:  When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.

When the Word says, “Jesus came down from the mountainside,” the mountain to which the text refers to, is the mountain where Jesus had just finished preaching His most famous sermon on the mount, found in Matthew 5, 6, and 7.

The crowds followed Him down from the Mount of Beatitudes where He had been teaching with authority, and the news of His healing power had spread, drawing massive crowds from various regions.

On this day, imagine the atmosphere…the crowds were singing, and praising Jesus, overwhelmed over what they had witnessed by His power. 

The multitudes followed Jesus for a variety of reasons: 

• Curiosity
• Jealousy
• Desperation
• Devotion
• And the hope He offered for a better life, including the opportunity to experience a miracle.

His message of love, forgiveness, and the promise of the Kingdom of God resonated with many, therefore drawing large crowds.

The air was filled with PRAISE and JOY until a leper appears and kneels before Jesus. 

Verse 2:  ² A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Jesus had just walked into town.

Leprosy referred to unsightly skin diseases that were frightening to people, considered to be VERY contagious, and led communities to distance themselves from those who suffered from these diseases.

The leper, who appeared hopeless, and in great need, had heard about Jesus, and he walked up to the man who could heal him.

The leper didn’t care that he looked appalling.  He had been cast out of the city.  He didn’t care about embarrassment or the opinions of others. 

This man humbled himself.  The first thing he did was kneel before the Lord. 

He had heard about the miracles of Jesus.  And the leper not only begged Jesus, in his statement “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 

By him calling Him “Lord”, he is acknowledging Jesus’ sovereignty by expressing his dependence on Jesus’ willingness to heal him.

He worshipped Jesus by coming to Him, honoring Him as the One who could meet his otherwise impossible need. 

He acknowledged his full submission to His divine will. He clearly respected the power of Jesus by acknowledging all that was needed, was the will of Jesus, and he would be healed.

Through his posture of kneeling, he worshipped Jesus.  The leper’s statement and body language signify his profound faith. 

Did you know that Leprosy still exists?  Around the world there are an estimated 200,000 new cases reported each year.  The disease primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves.

While once feared, leprosy is now known to be treatable with multidrug therapy and is not highly contagious. 

Hansen’s disease was introduced to replace the term ‘Leprosy’ due to the stigma and negative connotations associated with leprosy.

To understand the leper in this story, we must have an understanding what leprosy meant in biblical times:

1. It was a physical disease, and it was deemed highly contagious.
2. It was visual and it was ugly to look upon.  The person had open sores.
3. It created shame in the victim – the person was isolated from their communities and forced to live in isolation.
4. From the Jewish perspective, the person was ritually unclean, therefore they could not participate in religious sacraments and celebrations.

According to Jewish law and customs, one had to keep 6 feet from a leper. 

If the wind was blowing toward a person from a leper, they had to keep 150 feet away. 

Lepers had a disease that made them feel left out. 

Metaphorically speaking, who do you consider as a modern-day leper?”  (Pause)

This is not a literal question about individuals suffering from leprosy, but rather an invitation for introspection and a challenge to identify those individuals or groups who are marginalized, excluded, or are the “modern-day lepers?’ 

This question encourages self-reflection.  Are you truly embodying the teachings of Jesus, who reached out to, and healed the marginalized and outcast, including lepers. 

Verse 3:  ³ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.

Use your imagination, regarding the intrusion of the leper who asked Jesus for healing. 

Just think about it…

• The leper’s approach to Jesus required immense desperation and courage. Lepers were outcasts. They were forced to live separately and announce their “Uncleanness”.
• The leper’s presence near Jesus challenged social and ceremonial laws.  He broke these norms, driven by his need and hope in Jesus.
• The leper’s faith was strong because he risks rejection, ridicule, and potential violence.
• The leper experienced a ‘HOLY’ encounter with Jesus.

The leper’s desperation allowed Jesus to show compassion and challenge the norms. 

Jesus touched the man! Per the Law, Jesus contracted ceremonial defilement, but Jesus did not care about the rules. 

However, Jesus’ touch brings healing and ritual cleansing to the person with leprosy. Rather than being contaminated by contact, Jesus healed.

Jesus cares about everyone, especially those who feel left out.

Jesus did not come to hang out with the popular.  He came to hang out with the lonely and with the sinner.

Jesus’ authority as healer, needs but to will the deed, for it to be done. 

Jesus said, “I am willing.” Jesus’ compassion heals the leper, symbolizing His desire to cleanse us from the spiritual ailments that damage our souls and relationships.

Let us watch a short video of what it may have looked like when Jesus healed the leper.

Jesus heals the leper:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q8b8o1d1fc9p9bguj4te2/Jesus-Heals-the-Leper-3_36.mp4?rlkey=qka02psvdpvr69frz66uci9d5&st=qlqkplm2&dl=0

Verse 4: ⁴ Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Jesus gave instruction to the man “not to tell anyone”, but to go and show himself to the priest. 

Jesus did this because He wanted to keep down the excitement of the crowds until the proper time for His formal revelation to the people. 

Jesus told the man to present himself to the priest for examination and confirmation of his healing.

The entire process serves as the person with leprosy’s public testimony to the priests and to his family, friends and the community about the miracle and Jesus’ authority.

Jesus wanted the healing of the man’s disease to have as much benefit as possible.

How is the story of the leper in Matthew 8:1-4 relevant to us?

This passage shows you and me that Jesus has the POWER to heal and cleanse, not just our physical needs, but also our spiritual needs, from sin and social exclusion. 

You may be saying, that is great, but I have never experienced a miracle, nor have I ever heard of a real documented miracle.

For the pragmatics in the room or listening to this message I will share about two miralces.  Jesus is alive and He is still in the miracle business today!!

• Aug 10, 2014 — It is a miracle that Grayson Kirby is alive and well after he was thrown from a car at the Mid-Atlantic Power Festival in Ruckersville. 

Doctors at UVA are unable to explain how Grayson Kirby survived a car accident, traumatic brain injury and crushed lungs.  Grayson’s story is posted on UVA Health.com blog.

Let us watch this short video about Grayson Kirby from Ruckersville, VA.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/wjt5vvad0ljeevrcmsqg5/AOAiI9V6dT-ITpp5WThqCiE?dl=0&e=2&preview=Grayson+Miracle+2_41.mp4&rlkey=8kv28j4mfkkr6dl6ou93gnrie&st=p0jsiak6

• The second miracle story is about me.  I was diagnosed with CMC, carpometacarpal in 1999 in both hands.  The CMC is the joint specifically at the base of my thumb.

Over the last six years I have experienced increasing non-stop pain in both hands.

With the reduction of mobility in both hands: I would drop a cup of hot coffee, have problems pulling up my pants, experience difficulty unhooking my seat beat, typing at work, you name the task, and I can say that ‘EVERYTHING’ associated to my hands was painful.

I have received many painful injections to relieve the pain, occupational therapy, in addition to wearing hand braces faithfully, that brought me some relief.

Whenever people would ask me “How can I pray for you?”  I would say,
“If you think about it, please pray for my hands to stop hurting as I live with non-stop pain in both my hands.”

My doctor said I needed surgery on both hands to stop the pain.  The x-rays revealed that I was living with bone-on-bone. 

Two choices of surgery: 

1. Remove the bone and replace the damaged joint with an artificial implant as one option.
2. Or cut my arm and remove a part of my ligament, roll it up and place it in the carpometacarpal to act as a cushion between the bones.

I was told, recovery time for either surgery would be at least 3 months for each hand, and there was no guarantee that I would have full use of my hands after the surgeries.

However, IF I chose to not have one of the recommended surgeries, I was advised that I would continue to live with the pain.

I departed for a Mission Trip to speak as an evangelist in Lusaka, Africa on May 12 of this year. I took my braces off my hands because I did not want them to get dirty traveling.

I kept them on my person so at any time I could immediately put them back on. 

The flight to Africa was 21 hours.  When I arrived at my hotel room, I called my precious husband on WhatsApp. 

I was excited to share the wonderful news, “Thomas I don’t have my braces on!” 

Thomas, who is pragmatic, and IS PROUD to say that he is pragmatic, immediately said:

“Terry, you have not been typing and using your hands. Enjoy it while you can. When you get home, and you start typing at work, you can expect to have the pain in your hands again”.

Couples, I KNOW that you have experienced times in a conversation with your significant other, the person that you love, when they say something to you, and you just want to shake them.

This was one of those times.

I immediately said to Thomas…

“Don’t put water on my fire!!!!!  I know that I haven’t been typing!!  I KNOW I am NOT wearing my braces,  AND I KNOW my hands are not hurting!!!!

Be quiet and let us thank Jesus, for IF it is only for this period that I don’t have pain, then I am thankful. 

IF the pain returns in 5 minutes, then I WILL still PRAISE the LORD for the time that I have ENJOYED without pain.

We prayed and thanked the Lord!

Today is Sunday, July 20. I have been home since May 23.

I have been typing, picking up hot cups of coffee, pulling up my pants, and hooking my seat belt in the car, PLUS all my other normal activities of life,

AND, I have not had the excruciating pain in my hands, AND, I have not needed to wear my braces.

I have experienced a miracle.  IF the pain returns in 5 minutes, then I will still PRAISE the Lord for the time I ENJOYED without the pain. 

That’s a YAY for Jesus!!!!  It’s okay to clap to the LORD!!!!  J

Miracles happen when we worship the LORD.

How often is a sermon genuinely listened to with a heart open to being challenged and transformed, rather than simply seeking affirmation or information?

We cannot get rid of the illness on our own. We need the power of the Holy Spirit. The Good News of the story is Jesus’ response. He does not step back. He reaches forward. 

Jesus says, “I am willing.”

So, in all that we carry;

the decisions we’ve made, the things that we have done,

the words spoken to us as a child, the limits that others have set on us,

the things that have been done to us, all these things are part of who we are today.

If we are honest, we are all carriers of something. But Jesus is willing to meet us in all of it.

Jesus gives us real hope, plus real forgiveness, plus real love, that equals real JOY!

We can live a life filled with JOY during suffering when we bow down to Jesus.

Unlike leprosy, we often fight things no one can see:

• Mental health is real.
• Shame is real and it gains its power by hiding it.
• Relationships that are on the verge of breaking up, that are fragile or unstable.
• These are real things we know about and that Jesus knows about, but often others do not know because they can not see them. 
• And there are so many other things.  You fill in the blank.

Leprosy starts on the inside, and it lives inside of the person for years. By the time something shows up on the outside, it is bad on the inside.

Such is true for sin. Sin starts on the inside.  The more you sin, the more accepting you are to it. Sin brings distance and separation between you and God.

Jesus wants your life to be a trophy of God’s grace.  Are you willing to let Him meet you in your darkest needs?

I do not know what your need is today, but I do know Jesus said, “I am willing.”

There are 3 ways you can respond today:

1. The front row is dedicated for those who want to come sit or kneel, crying out to Jesus, begging Him for the healing that you desire in your life, for whatever your need may be.  Please come now.

Jesus said, “I am willing.”

• Perhaps you have a need that you have been praying about or that you are praying for “your one”.  There are cards on the table in front of the cross with writing pens, please come write your need on the card, and pin it to the cross.  Pastor Jared and I will join you in praying for that need.

Jesus said, “I am willing.”

• If you would like for me or Pastor Jared to pray with you and to anoint you, I will be up front, and Pastor Jared will be in the back.  Please come now.

Jesus said, “I am willing.”

Jesus is willing to take all of whatever you have. Give it to Jesus. The Holy Spirit is moving in this place now. Please do not ignore His gentle, tender voice.

Let us pray:

“Lord Jesus, we see in this passage your power to heal and your willingness to cleanse even the most outcast. We acknowledge that you are the Son of God, the one who can make us clean. We believe in your power to heal, and we ask for your touch in our lives.

We pray that you will touch us, cleanse us, and heal us from any sickness or disease, both physical and spiritual. May your power be made known through our lives as a testimony of your goodness and love. We pray for those who are suffering, who are marginalized, and who need your healing touch.

We ask that you reach out to them through us, and through others who are willing to be your hands and feet. In your powerful name Jesus, we pray, Amen.

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WELCOME- DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?

MIRACLE DEFINITION

  EXTRAORDINARY WORK PERFORMED DIRECTLY BY THE POWER OF GOD IN OUR NATURAL WORLD FOR HIS GLORY AND TO ATTEST TO HIS WORD, PRESENCE AND LOVE.

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 11:2-3

   2. “WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS IN PRISON, HE HEARD WHAT JESUS WAS DOING. HE SENT HIS FOLLOWERS. THEY ASKED, “ARE YOU THE ONE WHO WAS TO COME, OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER?”

 SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 11:4

   4. JESUS SAID TO THEM, “GO AND TELL JOHN WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR.

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 11:5

   5. THE BLIND ARE MADE TO SEE. THOSE WHO COULD NOT WALK ARE WALKING. THOSE WHO HAVE HAD BAD SKIN DISEASES ARE HEALED. THOSE WHO COULD NOT HEAR ARE HEARING. THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP TO LIFE AND THE GOOD NEWS IS PREACHED TO POOR PEOPLE.

VIEWS ON MIRACLES CONTINUUM

• THERE ARE NO MORE MIRACLES

PICTURE OF YOUNG MAN

• MANOJ YADAV- SURGERY 18 YRS/YEAR REWIRING

SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:1-2

1. “AS HE WENT ALONG, HE SAW A MAN BLIND FROM BIRTH. HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, “RABBI, WHO SINNED, THIS MAN OR HIS PARENTS, THAT HE WAS BORN BLIND?”
2. FEAST OF TABERNACLES- THOUSANDS GATHERED

BLINDNESS WAS A COMMON ISSUE THEN

SCRIPTURE RECORDS JESUS HEALING 5 DISTINCT EPISODES- TOTAL OF 7 BUT WE KNOW MOR

SUFFERING=SIN

• THE GENERAL THOUGHT IS THIS
• SOME JEWS THOUGHT BABIES COULD SIN/WOMB
• NO DOUBT CONSEQUENCES FOR SIN
• THE STORY OF JOB REFUTES THAT

SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:3-4

• “NEITHER THIS MAN NOR HIS PARENTS SINNED, SAID JESUS, “BUT THIS HAPPENED SO THAT THE WORKS OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED IN HIM. AS LONG AS IT IS DAY, WE MUST DO THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME. NIGHT IS COMING, WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK.

THE DISCIPLES NEED TO LEARN HES NOT A THEOLOGICAL PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BUT A PERSON TO BE HELPED AND HEALED

 SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:5-6

   5. WHILE I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “AFTER SAYING THIS, HE SPIT ON THE GROUND, MADE SOME MUD WITH THE SALIVA, AND PUT IT ON THE MAN’S EYES.

• NOT SUPPOSED TO SPIT ON SABBATH
• DEFINITELY CAN’T MAKE MUD AND RUB OR KNEAD
• JESUS DOESN’T NEED MUD-
• CONNECTS HIMSELF CREATION FORMED YOU
• AGAIN USES WHAT IS PROVIDED PERFORMS MIRACLE.
• CONTRAST “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD” AND THIS MAN LIVING IN TOTAL DARKNESS
• MOM EVER USE SALIVA FOR YOUR HAIR?

 PICTURE OF MAN BEGGING

• ALMOST LIKE THIS WAS DEFAULT JOB

JOHN 9:7

   7. “GO, HE TOLD HIM, “WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM (WHICH MEANS SENT). SO THE MAN WENT AND WASHED, AND CAME HOME SEEING.

PICTURE OF MAP

• THE DISTANCE A BLIND BEGGER TRAVELED
• HOW DID HE GET THERE? HALF MILE MAYBE
• JESUS AGAIN PARTNERS WITH PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE MIRACLE

 SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:8

   8. HIS NEIGHBORS AND THOSE WHO HAD FORMERLY SEEN HIM BEGGING ASKED, “ISNT THIS THE SAME MAN WHO USED TO SIT AND BEG?”

• THIS IS THEIR INTERPRETATION

 THE CHOSEN                                

• THE REACTION OF THE MAN
• SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME

NEIGHBORS THINK THEY RECOGNIZE HIM

• THESE AREN’T MAGIC TRICKS
• WHO DIDN’T SEE WHO HERE? WAS HE INVISIBLE?

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴ Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. ¹⁵ Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.

¹⁷ Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

¹⁸ They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. ¹⁹ “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

²⁰ “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. ²¹ But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.

²⁴ A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”

 SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:25

  25. “HE REPLIED, “WHETHER HE IS A SINNER OR NOT, I DON’T KNOW. ONE THING I DO KNOW. I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE!”

SO HOW’D HE OPEN YOUR EYES?

²⁷ He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”  (JOHN ADDS HUMOR)

²⁸ Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! ²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”

BLIND STATS

• JOHN  IN 1 CHAPTER- 13 TIMES USES WORD BLIND
• JOHN SAY 5 TIMES HE WAS BORN BLIND

THE MAN WITH NO NAME SAYS:

 ³² Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

UP TO THIS POINT- THE MAN HASN’T SEEN JESUS

SCRIPTURE 9:35

  35. JESUS HEARD THAT THEY HAD THROWN HIM OUT, AND WHEN HE FOUND HIM, HE SAID, “DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SON OF MAN?”

 SCRIPTURE JOHN 9:36

  36. “WHO IS HE, SIR?” THE MAN ASKED, TELL ME SO THAT I MAY BELIEVE IN HIM.” JESUS SAID, “YOU HAVE NOW SEEN HIM; IN FACT, HE IS THE ONE SPEAKING TO WITH YOU.”

SCRIPTIRE JOHN 9:38

  38. THEN THE MAN SAID, “LORD, I BELIEVE, AND HE WORSHIPPED HIM.

 MIRACLE TWICE.                                          

• A PHYSICAL HEALING- SIGHT IS RESTORED
• THE GREATER MIRACLE IS A SPIRTUAL ONE
• THERE IS AS MIRACLE BEHIND THE MIRACLE

VIDEO

• MAN SEES COLOR FOR FIRST TIME
• THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT YOU COULD NOT SEE BEFORE
• SPIRTUALLY-

IS ANY AMONG YOU SICK? LET THEM CALL THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO PRAY OVER THEM AND ANOINT THEMN WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. 15. AND THE PRAYER OFFERED IN FAITH WILL MAKE THE SICK PERSON WELL; THE LORD WILL RAISE THEM UP. IF YOU HAVE SINNED, THEY WILL BE FORGIVEN.

THEREFORE CONFESS YOUR SINS TO EACH OTHER AND PRAY FOR EACH OTHER SO THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS PERSON IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE.

WAYMAKER LYRICS

You are here, You’re moving in our midst
I worship You I worship You
You are here, You’re working in this place
I worship You I worship You

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God That is who You are 

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are

• THOUSANDS JESUS NOTICES THIS MAN
• JESUS GOES AFTER ONE- TWICE

MIRACLES – John 9 Jesus Heals Man Born Blind 

Introduce – Angela Kohl – Harrisonburg Campus… 

How many of you are currently asking “WHY?” to something you are facing in life? 

           If you have kids – you likely deal with answering “why” often.  

Some at my house lately –  

Why can’t I have a treat right before bed? 

Why do I have to go to bed now? 

Why can’t we do it now? 

Why are bubby and sissy on summer break and I’m not? 

I’ve even asked… Why can’t I eat cookies and they … 

Why did God create stink bugs? (In case you are wondering – I tell my kids, those likely came after the fall?) 

Or  it may come from a more tender space? 

Why is my child struggle with this challenge? 

Why is his business successful and I am struggling to make ends meet? 

Why hasn’t God healed me? 

Why is my marriage in such a mess? 

Why will this difficult season not just end? 

Why? Why? Why? 

“Why” is ultimately necessary, important question for us to navigate life. 

But I would also ask you has the “why” ever blocked your view, blinded you, or kept you stuck? 

As we continue the series on the MIRACLES of Jesus and look at the story of healing the man born blind–  

I am going challenge us to ask a different question.  “What …What can God do? 

As we dive into John 9:   Let’s shift our view from WHY to WHAT in Christ? 

 Let’s breakdown and talk through this powerful story! 

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 

           Right off the bat, we see this chapter starting off with a WHY.  Why is he blind – Jewish beliefs says it is sin.  Sin of the parents or sin of the man even bf birth. 

³“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 

          Jesus does not address the WHY here – He simply sees an opportunity to reveal His glory.  A platform to reveal to those around Him and to us – His power.  (Now of course, sin in our lives can result in illness and hardship but that is not the truth in this story) 

⁶After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.  

          Jesus sees a need. A blind beggar. 

He has just reminded them of His purpose on Earth – to be the light of the world.  We have just heard that he will bring light and He spits on the ground and makes mud and then puts it on the mans eyes. 

           Now, I have to tell you 2 things came to mind when I first read vs 6 

1. I hated being “spit-washed” as a kid.  I can still see my mom lick her thumb – with what seemed like force and come at me ready for a fight!  I made a solemn vow – I would never do that to my kids… and I must admit I have not survived parenting without breaking out the spit wash! So now my kids are also scarred! 

2. And 2, Jesus will go through spit and mud to me us.  He has surely met me in the dirt.  This is not in any commentary you will find – but just a reminder for my heart. 

⁷“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. 

This is often an instruction of Jesus in scripture … GO. Take the first step and then see “What God can do in His power”  

Jesus also uses the opportunity of the Feast of Tabernacles. The city would have been packed and the blind man had to make his way through the crowd with mud still caked on his eyes to get to the pool of Siloam.  He went eagerly and as he did He displayed the grace of God as he went.   

⁸His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” ⁹Some claimed that he was. 

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” 

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.” 

¹⁰“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked. 

¹¹He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.” 

¹²“Where is this man?” they asked him. 

“I don’t know,” he said. 

Lets take a step back and take note that the man did not see Jesus but He obeyed and did as He said.  Nothing held him back in light of hope.  

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing 

¹³They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. ¹⁵Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”  I love this about our Lord, he can’t be limited and he can and will use anything to accomplish His mission of love.  Let me repeat that… Our Lord, he can’t be limited and he can and will use anything to accomplish His mission of love. 

¹⁶Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”  Jesus healed on the Sabbath because needs know no calendar. It’s important to know Jesus did not break the law, he used this opportunity to show the religious leaders that their interpretation of the law put policy before people.  He acted out against their hypocrisy. 

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided. 

¹⁷Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” 

The man replied, “He is a prophet.” 

¹⁸They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. ¹⁹“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?” 

²⁰“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. ²¹But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” ²²His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. ²³That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” 

Can we say, the WHY had them stuck. The Pharisees tried to muddy the story bc they wanted to disprove that Jesus was the Messiah. Throughout their investigation they prove over and over their spiritual blindness. 

²⁴A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.” 

²⁵He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”  

²⁶Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 

²⁷He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?” 

I Love this!! So much! The truest miracle begins – Though he had not yet seen Jesus, his heart had chosen Jesus. He is proclaiming I see and I want more of this! This grace. This truth. This Hope. This Jesus.   

²⁸Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! ²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.” 

             Blind, afraid, stuck! 

³⁰The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. ³²Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 

        Exactly, What can God do?  The Impossible. 

³⁴To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out. 

Spiritual Blindness 

³⁵Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 

³⁶“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.” 

³⁷Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.” 

³⁸Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 

         Praise Jesus!!! Jesus met Him again in His need.  

³⁹Jesus said,^[a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” 

⁴⁰Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?” 

⁴¹Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains. 

What we have the privilege of witnessing here as this story wraps up, is truly the greatest MIRACLE of all.  

The eyes of his heart are open. 

This is exactly how I met Jesus – in my need. He met me there and then beyond the momentary need my greatest need was met – I received a Savior. 

The same is true of the blind beggar, Jesus saw him and  EVEN before He could see Jesus – He trusted Him.  That’s simply Faith.  

He let Him meet Him where He was and when He said GO – the man obeyed.  At that point His Journey of Faith began!!   

And then against culture, religion, family. He says I don’t want to miss whats in front of me – the power, hope, and love of Jesus.  The healing the man experienced was Gods grace on display.  Pointing each of us to an even greater grace that Jesus has to offer.  

         The healing of the man born blind is proof of who Jesus is, but it is also a picture of our salvation.        -Forgotten Jesus 

Let us not miss this – the man could see for the first time in his life and in a matter of what seems like minutes – the scales on the eyes of his heart also fell away. 

He was about to embark on the journey of a lifetime – he had been given true vision. 

My hope is that all of us in this room can say, “ I once was blind, but now I see” 

I would beg of you if you have not let Jesus restore your spiritual sight – Don’t leave this place without inviting Him in.  Let Him make you the MIRACLE on July 13, 2025.  If there … 

Now, if I am completely honest, I would love for this message to end right there.  (some of you might be wishing the same thing!) Let’s celebrate the victory and go home! 

But I know, that as much as this scripture brings the greatest truth of all time – it leaves some of us back at the WHY.  

You may be saying, Angela, I believe in His power.  He’s my Lord this morning. I am His – but WHY hasn’t He touched me with mud and removed the cancer, the illness, healed the broken relationship, why is my child still wayward, WHY? 

First, don’t stop approaching his throne of grace, believing and knowing – proclaiming His power.   

I fully believe, and we as Nazarenes, believe He is a MIRACLE WORKING LORD.  

But the lingering “WHY” of sometimes His answer is NO or WAIT – I don’t fully know. But I do know He is sovereign, and He works for our good. He loves you deeper than anyone and wants the truest miracle – you in relationship with our Lord and Savior. 

What I can share with you, is that regardless of what I have faced, His grace has been sufficient for me. He is in our details and even in the mist of a broken-down, sin-filled, hurting world – His grace is sufficient for me, for you. 

As I prepared for this message, the Lord reminded me that I have developed a habit in prayer that feels a bit embarrassing to admit.  It usually goes something like this… 

            Lord, we need you in this area, please draw us closer to you – AND… Lord, if we don’t have to go through “something painful” to get there, that would be great. And then often reluctantly, I add, your will be done. 

Here’s what I know in my heart this morning (though its not always what I request) that I grow closer to Jesus in my need and pain. It’s been true of me – all of my life.  It is the way I have stayed dependent on Him. And I wouldn’t change a thing. Nothing I have face would be worth the exchange of truly knowing Him. In those places that is where I received TRUE HEALING.  He is at work and with great purpose – HIM. 

And while He is at work, He never left me, and I discovered His grace is sufficient for me.  As we close, let’s take a quick look at our friend Paul, In 2 Corinthians 12 – we find Paul had cried out 3x to remove the thorn from His flesh and the Lord responded 

 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 

Lord, help us to believe and know that even in the waiting you are at work.  As we, seek and see  “what all God can do” we experience Miracles all along the way. 

Who needs to continue to seek a miracle this morning, who needs to trust for His miracle strength in the waiting and trusting.  

WELCOME- HAPPY 4^TH OF JULY WEEKEND

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 USA HOCKEY

• UNDERDOG USA TEAM- COLLEGE PLAYERS
• SEMI-FINALS VS SOVIET UNION
• RUSSIA WAS THE 4 TIME DEFENDING CHAMP
• RUSSIA TEAM CONSIDERED FINEST IN WORLD
• THEY HAD WON 4 IN A ROW
• AL MICHAELS ANNOUNCER SAID “WE PRAYED ON WAY TO GAME ONLY LIKE a 3-1 LEAD”
• 10,000 LIVE FRENZIED SPECTATORS
• 35 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH ON TAPE DELAY
• 3 DAYS BEFORE OLYMPICS-SOVIETS BEAT THEM 10-3
• USA WAS SEEDED 7^TH– TRAILED IN GAME 3 TIMES
• SOVIETS OUTSHOT US TEAM 39-16.
• THEY BEAT THE SOVIETS AND 2 DAYS LATER BEAT FINLAND TO CAPTURE GOLD MEDAL.

MIRACLE DEFINITION

  EXTRAORDINARY WORK PERFORMED DIRECTLY BY THE POWER OF GOD IN OUR NATURAL WORLD FOR HIS GLORY AND TO ATTEST TO HIS WORD, PRESENCE AND LOVE.

   BRIAN CHARETTE

THOMAS JEFFERSON

• 3^rd PRESIDENT IN OUR COUNTRY
• BORN IN SHADWELL VA- DIED IN MONTICELLE VA
• AGE OF 83
• JEFFERSON-WAS A DEIST- GOD YES-ME NO

 JEFFERSON BIBLE

• JEFFERSON CREATED HIS OWN BIBLE
• HE ON PURPOSE CUT OUT MIRACLES
• HE BELIEVED WASN’T INTELLIGENT TO BELIEVE
• TITLE GIVES AWAY JESUS IN HIS LIFE

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? WHY? NOT?

MATTHEW 4:23

  23. “JESUS WENT THROUGH GALILEE, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS AMONG THE PEOPLE.

 MATTHEW 4:24

  24. NEWS ABOUT HIM SPREAD ALL OVER SYRIA, AND PEOPLE BROUGHT TO HIM ALL WHO WERE ILL WITH VARIOUS DISEASES, THOSE SUFFERING SEVERE PAIN, THE DEMON-POSSESSED, THOSE HAVING SEIZURES, AND THE PARALYZED; AND HE HEALED THEM.

MATTHEW 4:25

  25. LARGE CROWDS FROM GALILEE, THE DECAPOLIS, JERUSALEM, JUDEA AND THE REGION ACROSS THE JORDAN FOLLOWED HIM.”

• WEDDINGS ARE INCREDIBLE EVENTS/DAYS
• BRIDES DREAM THESE DAYS MORE THAN GROOMS
• LOTS CAN GO WRONG AT A WEDDING

WEDDING

• JUNE 28^TH-2003.    EASTON MD
• RUTH RODRIGUEZ IS SUPPOSED TO MARRY ME
• PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE WEDDING
• TOOK MOST BEFORE SO WE COULD FELLOWSHIP
• PACKED OUT CHURCH-EARLY AFTERNOON
• BIGGEST MOMENT OF THE WEDDING IS?
• REHEARSAL WENT WELL – PICTURES BEFORE
• PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER
• FOOD IS PREPARED
• MUSIC STARTS “HERE COMES THE BRIDE”
• IT’S THE BIGGEST MOMENT- WHEN SHE ENTERS
• PACKED OUT CHURCH IS STANDING
• LOOKING ME-LOOKING DOWN THE AISLE-NOTHING
• PLAY SONG AGAIN-  GROOMSMEN IN PLACE
• BRIDESMAIDS ARE IN PLACE- NOTHING

WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS MIRACLE IS WORSE

THIS WAS A TRAGEDY AND EMBARASSMENT

COULD GET SUED- EVEN BE A GUEST

JOHN 2:1

1. “ON THE THIRD DAY A WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT CANA IN GALILEE. JESUS’ MOTHER WAS THERE, AND JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED TO THE WEDDING. WHEN THEY WINE WASA GONE, JESUS’ MOTHER SAUD TO HIM “THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE”
2. 3^RD DAY IS TUESDAY- DAY OF DOUBLE BLESSING
3. GOD DECLARES IT IS GOOD TWICE ON 3^RD DAY
4. NAZARETH ABOUT 500 PEOPLE-CANA SMALLER

 JOHN 2:4-5

   4. “WOMAN, WHY DO YOU INVOLVE ME? JESUS REPLIED. “MY HOUR HAS NOT YET COME.” HIS MOTHER SAID TO THE SERVANTS, “DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU.”

WOMAN- “MAAM”

 JOHN 2:6-7

   6. NEARBY STOOD SIX STONE WATER JARS, THE KIND USED BY THE JEWS FOR CEREMONIAL WASHING, EACH HOLDING FROM 20-30 GALLONS. JESUS SAID TO THE SERVANTS, “FILL THE JARS WITH WATER”; SO THEY FILLED THEM TO THE BRIM.

STONE WATER JARS

• NOT SURE THEY ALL 30 GALLON CONTAINERS
• PICTURE HAS DIFFERENT SIZES
• PERSPECTIVE- THIS IS 30 GALLON DRUM
• 6 IS EITHER 120-180 GALLONS OF WINE

LETS ADDRESS THIS WHILE WE ARE HERE

JESUS DOESN’T DO THIS TO MAKE THE PARTY BETTER

HE DOESN’T DO THIS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SIGN OFF ON WINE CONSUMPTION FOR ALL TIME

   PEOPLE SERIOUSLY AND JOKINGLY POINT TO THIS PASSAGE AND USE IT FOR THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.

THERE ARE ONGOING DEBATES ABOUT HOW FERMENTED THE WINE ACTUALLY WAS, OR IF IT WAS EVER FERMENTED AT ALL. (THIS MUCH WE KNOW- IT WASN’T LIKE OUR CURRENT WINE AND CERTAINLY WHAT MADE IT THE MOST AMAZING WINE THEN WASN’T HOW FERMENTED OF THE PERCENTAGE PROOF IT WAS.

AT FACE VALUE THOUGH- WE TAKE IT THAT THIS WAS WINE.

JESUS DOESN’T USE HIS POWER HERE TO INCREASE THE CHANCES PEOPLE WOUD GET HAMMERED.

SCRIPTURES FROM BEGINNING TO END HOLD VERY CONSISTENT PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATION FROM ALCOHOL (BE INSTEAD FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IN FACT IT SAYS) JESUS ACTIONS HERE DON’T CONTRADICT THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES, OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH LOVED ONES, FRIEND- NEIGHBORS OF THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, SHOULD IMPACT HOW WE APPROACH ANY DRINK WITH EXTREME  CAUTION AND RESPECT FOR THE POWER THIS SUBSTANCE HAS IN OUR HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

OUR CHURCH TAKES A POSITION OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL- WE BELIEVE IT’S THE MOST FAITHFUL RESPONSE WE CAN HAVE AS JESUS SANCTUARIES.

WE DO NOT BELIEVE A DRINK IS GOING TO KEEP A PERSON OUT OF HEAVEN

YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH OUR POSITION SURELY AND YOU ARE MOST WELCOME HERE- BUT WE DO COMMIT TO TAKE IS SERIOUSLY.

JOHN 2:8-9

  THEN HE TOLD THEM, “NOW DRAW SOME OUT AND TAKE IT TO THE MASTER OF THE BANQUET.” THEY DID SO, AND THE MASTER OF THE BANQUET TASTED THE WATER THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO WINE. HE DID NOT REALIZE WHERE IT HAD COME FROM, THOUGH THE SERVANTS WHO HAD DRAWN THE WATER KNEW. THEN HE CALLED THE BRIDEGROOM ASIDE

JOHN 2:10

   AND HE SAID, “EVERYONE BRINGS OUT THE CHOICE WINE FIRST AND THEN THE CHEAPER WINE AFTER THE GUESTS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK; BUT YOU HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW.”

 JOHN 2:11

  11. WHAT JESUS DID HERE IN CANA OF GALILEE WAS THE FIRST OF THE SIGNS THROUGH WHICH HE REVEALED HIS GLORY;  AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED IN HIM.

 JOHN 20:30-31

  “ THE DISCIPLES SAW JESUS DO MANY OTHER MIRACULOUS SIGNS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES RECORDED IN THIS BOOK. BUT THESE ARE WRITTEN SO THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD, AND THAT BY BELIEVING IN HIM YOU WILL HAVE LIFE B Y THE POWER OF HIS NAME.”

MIRACLES

   THIS IS THE FIRST OF 8 “SIGNS” JOHN CALLS THEM

    FITTING JESUS CHOSES A WEDDING- 1^ST MIRACLE HE AFFIRMS COVENANT OF A WEDDING

• WHY DOESN’T HE JUST BLINK AND OR “POOF” AND HAVE THEM CHANGED?
• TAKES ORDINARY AND MAKES IT EXTRA ORDINARY
• HIS GRACE OVERFLOWS IN THE MIRACLE
• 5 LOAVES- 2 FISH ( END OF WITH 12 EXTRA BASKETS)
• WHEN HE SUPPLIES- ITS NOT SPARINGLY
• 37 MIRACLES INVOLVING JESUS DIRECTLY

THE GREATEST MIRACLE IS THAT GOD BECAME A MAN

AND THAT MAN DIED AND ROSE AGAIN

TOP 10  CREATION OF ALL THINGS- MIRACLE

THE FLOOD.     PARTING OF THE RED SEA- JERICHO ELIJAH AND FIRE ON MT CARMEL.    JESUS FEEDS 5000.  JESUS WALKS ON WATER

LAZARUS RASIED FROM DEAD JESUS RAISED FROM DEAD

QUOTE BILLY GRAHAM

   “GOD IS NOT LIMITED, AND HE IS CERTAINLY ABLE TO WORK IN MIRACULOUS WAYS TODAY JUST AS HE DID IN BIBLICAL TIMES, IF HE SO CHOOSES.” B GRAHAM

WHAT WE BELIEVE STATEMENT

   WE BELIEVE IN THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF DIVINE HEALING AND URGE PEOPLE TO OFFER THE PRAYER OF FAITH FOR THE HEALING OF THE SICK. WE ALSO BELIEVE GOD HEALS THROUGH THE MEANS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

• THIS IS THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HAPPENED
• NOBODY REALLY KNOWS THE MOMENT CHANGE TOOK PLACE

 THE CHOSEN

• GOD DOESN’T NEED TO INVOLVE US- YET HE DOES
• HE INVOLVES THE SERVANTS- THEY KNEW
• JESUS TAKES WHAT IS THERE- AND USES IT          
• THIS ISN’T A SHOW- IT’S NOT A MAGIC TRICK
• JESUS BRINGS OUT BETTER THAN THEIR BEST

JOAN GWALTNEY- BREAST CANCER

• DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
• DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU
• BELIEVE

THE POTS WERE USED FOR CEREMONIAL CLEANSING

DOESN’T ASK THEM CLEAN THE POTS

POTS WERE FOR HANDS AND FEET CLEANING

• HE DOES THAT- WATER CLEANSES THE OUTSIDE
• HIS BLOOD (THE WINE-  CLEANSES WITHIN)

When did I start to forget
All of the great things You did?
When did I throw away faith for the impossible?
How did I start to believe
You weren’t sufficient for me?
Why do I talk myself out of seeing miracles?

You are more than able
You are more than able (You are, You are)
You are more than able, yeah
(We’ve seen it) You are more than able
Who am I to deny what the Lord can do?
It’s easy for You, oh

And now I see all that I have
Oh, I’ve got my confidence back
I put my trust in the One who still does miracles
You do miracles (come on, sing)

²³The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.