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JESUS CHRIST HAS AUTHORITY AND POWER OVER ALL THE FORCES OF DARKNESS, OVER SICKNESS, AND OVER THE WORLD
JESUS HAS POWER OVER SICKNESS : 8:1-3
A leper understood who Jesus was and he worshiped Him [8:2] Then he humbled himself before the Mighty God and said, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Mat. 8:2. Jesus said that He was willing [8:3] Then with the power in Him, Jesus touched him and the leprosy went away [8:3]. It was prophesied that Christ would take our infirmities:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.”
Matthew 8:17
JESUS IS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE ANGELIC HOST :
A Roman centurion pleaded with Jesus to heal his servant [8:5-6] The Lord agreed to go to the centurion’s house to heal the servant but the centurion refused based on the concept that he was not worthy for Jesus to come to his house [8:8] But what he said to Jesus next totally caused the Lord to be astonished. The centurion declared that as a soldier he had power over other soldiers to command them and to expect obedience from them. In the same way he knew that Jesus had authority over all and in a sense, all had to obey the Lord — Jesus just needed to speak the command and it would be obeyed [8:8-9]
JESUS IS THE KING OVER HIS KINGDOM :
The Lord warned the people of Israel that just because they had been promised a kingdom, entrance was not assured — it would require the faith to accept Him as King, Messiah, and Savior. Then He prophesied that entrance into the Kingdom would be given to all, Jews and Gentiles, who had the faith to know that He was the King, the Messiah, the Savior of the world [8:11] Those who would reject Jesus as the King and Messiah would be cast into outer darkness where there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
JESUS HAS POWER OVER THE FORCES OF NATURE :
Jesus and the disciples got on a boat to go across to the other side and a great storm arose. The storm became so intense that the waves were covering the boat and the disciples feared for their lives so they woke up Jesus who was sleeping [8:23-25] Jesus reproached them for their lack of faith [8:26] Jesus then got up and rebuked the wind and the sea, and they obeyed Him! There was a great calm. [8:26] The disciples marveled wondering who this man was! [8:27]
JESUS HAS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER THE DEMONIC SPIRITUAL WORLD :
Jesus and the disciples arrived in the country of the Gergesenes and demon possessed men came out from among the tombs exceedingly fierce. (8:28) [Mark says that there was one man] The demons started crying out to Jesus calling Him the Son of God. They were asking Jesus if He had come to torment them [send them to the lake of fire (Mat. 25:41)] before judgment day. [8:29] The demons had no power against Jesus; on the contrary, they were begging him to cast them out into the pigs. Jesus told them to go and the whole herd of swine ran into the sea and perished. (8:30-33)
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