{"id":7335,"date":"2016-01-30T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2016-01-29T22:30:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T06:30:37","slug":"desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/01\/30\/desperate\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve years\u2014a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before\u2014had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, \u201cIf I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well.\u201d The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with.<\/p>\n

\tAt the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, \u201cWho touched my robe?\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHis disciples said, \u201cWhat are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you\u2019re asking, \u2018Who touched me?\u2019 Dozens have touched you!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBut he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story.<\/p>\n

\tJesus said to her, \u201cDaughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you\u2019re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague.\u201d (Mark 5:25-34)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJesus doesn\u2019t care about the proper paperwork. It\u2019s not like trying to get the right forms or find the right lines at some government office. Jesus will let you come however you want. All that matters is that you come.<\/p>\n

\tWhen the hemorrhaging woman heard about Jesus, she decided that he would be able to help her. What was the basis for her belief that touching the fabric of his robe would fix her problem? Had she heard of any similar healings? Were there stories in the Bible about such things? No, but she knew he had the power to heal. <\/p>\n

\tHowever, according to ceremonial law, if he touched her or anything that belonged to her, she knew that he would be ceremonially unclean until sunset. And he might not want to become defiled like that. But if she merely touched the hem of his garment, then he could be spared such ceremonial defilement. <\/p>\n

\tIn fact, she believed that in the press of the crowd, he would never even have to know anything had happened. But when Jesus stopped and made a search for who had touched her, she feared the worst, even though she had been healed. But Jesus didn\u2019t want to publically humiliate her. Instead, he wanted to publically let everyone know about her faith. <\/p>\n

\tJesus cherishes human faith.<\/p>\n

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