Bible Study from Matthew 9:35

This Bible Study comes from Matthew 9:35. Notice that it says that Jesus went to all the towns and villages. This is an example of how God wants everyone to hear the Word. God does not discriminate. He does not want us too either. The next thing to notice is that Jesus was not thrown out of their synagogues. He came to re-educate these people. He wanted to change their way of thinking. They obviously didn't have a problem with this since it doesn't say that He was thrown out. He wanted the people to know about the kingdom of God. He wanted them to realize that He didn't come to this earth to establish a government at that time. They thought that He did. They thought that He was going to save them from the oppression of the government. He wanted to re-educate them on this thinking. He wanted them to understand prophecy. He was there to save their souls.

Something that I want you to notice is that Jesus started teaching them before He started healing them physically. God is interested in our spiritual healing. The body will pass away, the spirit will not. This does not mean that sometimes God works in a different fashion. We cannot put God in a box. Sometimes He does choose to heal a person physically first. It is just to realize that the spirit is the most important.

The next thing that we see is that Jesus healed every disease and illness. There is a difference between disease and illness. Disease affects the physical body whereas illness can affect the emotions and spiritual part of the person as well. God wants us well in every aspect of our lives, whether it is emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual. He is compassionate to all forms of sickness.

Some interpretations of this scripture say that Jesus was preaching and teaching. There is a difference here too. Preaching is giving someone earnest advice, whereas teaching is showing someone how to change. God has a balance here. We need both in our lives. God also knows what is going to touch our hearts at that moment too. Sometimes we need to be preached at, other times we need to be taught how to change. We need a whole healing and I believe that both forms will do this for us. Our God is amazing and He knows what He is doing.