Did the woman believe in her heart what
she had heard? Yes. Did she say what
she believed with her mouth? Yes. Did
she act on her faith? Yes. She came in
the press (crowd) behind Jesus and
touched His garment. What if she
hadn't acted on what she believed? She
would have never made contact with
Jesus nor with His healing power. The
healing power with which Jesus was
anointed was passive until it was
activated by her touch of faith. Jesus
did not say, "My power has made you
whole." We know it was that power
because of verse 30. The Greek word
translated virtue here is the same word
dynamis translated power in Acts 10:38.
But Jesus said, "Daughter, thy faith hath
made thee whole."
31 AND HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM,
THOU SEEST THE MULTITUDE
THRONGING THEE, AND SAYEST THOU,
WHO TOUCHED ME?
32 AND HE LOOKED ROUND ABOUT TO
SEE HER THAT HAD DONE THIS THING.
33 BUT THE WOMAN FEARING AND
TREMBLING, KNOWING WHAT WAS
DONE IN HER, CAME AND FELL DOWN
BEFORE HIM, AND TOLD HIM ALL THE
TRUTH.
34 AND HE SAID UNTO HER, DAUGHTER,
THY FAITH HATH MADE THEE WHOLE; GO
IN PEACE, AND BE WHOLE OF THY
PLAGUE.
What else do we know about this
woman? We know that she had heard
of Jesus. Heard what? It must have
been His WORD because faith comes
by hearing, and hearing by The WORD
of God. We also know that she had
suffered many things of many
physicians. Why is that so important?
Because she must have forgiven every
one of them. Faith does not work in an
unforgiving heart. She also had spent all
she had. She's not only suffering
constantly and bleeding to death, but
the weight and constant worry of
financial ruin is adding to her desperate
needs. Twelve years of this and now,
SUDDENLY, SHE IS MADE WHOLE!
How? By FAITH! By whom? JESUS!
Healed and prosperous in one grand
moment of faith in God. Don't you love
it? Oh yes, amen!
Is God a respecter of persons? No. Is
He a respecter of faith? Yes, He is.
Would she have been whole without her
financial needs being met? Absolutely
not. Why not? Because the curse is
threefold: spiritual death, sickness and
poverty. Wholeness is being redeemed
from the curse: spiritual life, healing and
THE BLESSING of Abraham.
Wholeness belongs to every believer in
Christ Jesus. It must, however, be
appropriated by faith. How? First find
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