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A Complete Savior
John DangananJesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.” - Matthew 15:32
The scope of Jesus ministry in Matthew 15 is amazing. He demonstrates he is the savior by reaching the mind and teaching on life-changing truth of the human heart defiling a person from Jews in Jerusalem (15:1-20). He then saves the spirit of the Canaanite’s daughter from demon possession in the pagan region of Tyre and Sidon (15:21-28). Not only does he save the physical bodies of the lame, blind, crippled and mute in Galilee but he also nourishes them (15:29-39)! Jesus is a complete savior bringing salvation to mind, spirit and body—he is sufficient in every way!
I need to look at the comprehensive work of Jesus and trust him to bring wholeness in every aspect of my life. I will look to him and inquire in prayer (i.e. David in 1 Sam. 2:1-2) to bring right thinking and perspective in my thought life. Continue to stand firm in the gospel and walk out the redemption in my battle against sin. I will contend for physical healing and wholeness in the kingdom of God that Jesus ushered in with his life, death and resurrection.
