Another walk with Jesus
week 11
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.Jesus spent most of his ministry travelling throughout Galilee, preaching, teaching and healing the multitude of people that came to him, or were brought to him. Jesus moved from Nazareth to Capernaum. He had just heard that John the Baptist had been imprisoned. He was not safe in his home town of Nazareth.It is here, as Jesus walked along the shores of the Sea of Galilee that he called Andrew, Peter, James and John to be his disciples. They were mostly likely disciples of John the Baptist, as it is unlikely Jesus just walked up to total strangers who immediately left hearth and home, family and jobs to follow him.
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Matthew informs us of how Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 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. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
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In Matthew’s Meticulous Gospel, we see the orderly working of an accountant. He was a collector of taxes, making him among the most hated people of his day, even hated, and probably rejected by family and friends who would view Matthew as a collaborator with the occupying foreign force of Rome. In Chapters 5-7 we have the great Sermon on the Mount - which most probably is a collection of teaching by our Lord - and Matthew arranges this material into one great teaching discourse - often referred to as the Platform of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. The Sermon on the Mount certainly gives instruction on the Christian life - and it is not for the faint-hearted or fair-weather Christian.
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We know that Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray and renew his spirit, and on this occasion came down from the mountain he was met by a leper who sought healing for his terrible condition. Next Jesus encounters a Roman Centurion who asks for healing for his servant.
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Matthew informs us of how Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 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. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
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In Matthew’s Meticulous Gospel, we see the orderly working of an accountant. He was a collector of taxes, making him among the most hated people of his day, even hated, and probably rejected by family and friends who would view Matthew as a collaborator with the occupying foreign force of Rome. In Chapters 5-7 we have the great Sermon on the Mount - which most probably is a collection of teaching by our Lord - and Matthew arranges this material into one great teaching discourse - often referred to as the Platform of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. The Sermon on the Mount certainly gives instruction on the Christian life - and it is not for the faint-hearted or fair-weather Christian.
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We know that Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray and renew his spirit, and on this occasion came down from the mountain he was met by a leper who sought healing for his terrible condition. Next Jesus encounters a Roman Centurion who asks for healing for his servant.
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In fact, 18 of 33 miracles were performed in the area referred to as "the evangelical triangle" the villages of Korazin, about which nothing much is known, and the town of Bethsaida, where Andrew, James and John lives, and Capernaum, where Simon Peter lived and where Jesus moved to live with him. And 25 of the 33 miracles recorded occurred around the Galilee circle.
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So as we walk again with Jesus, we will encounter those who came seeking healing. However, later in Matthew’s Gospel Jesus will denounce Korazin, Bethsaida and Capernaumk for their lack of faith.
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M. MATTHEW 4:23
JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY IN AND AROUND GALILEE..
M. MATTHEW 4:23
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T. MATTHEW 5
JESUS PREACHES A SERMON ON THE MOUNT
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W. MATTHEW 8:5
ROMAN CENTURION’S SERVANT HEALED
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T. MATTHEW 9: 2
PARALYZED MAN IS HEALED
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F. MATTHEW 9:9
JESUS CALLS MATTHEW
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S. MATTHEW 10:
JESUS CHOSES HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES
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S. MATTHEW 12:9-15
MAN WITH SHRIVELLED HAND HEALED