TUESDAY 26.09.2017
MIRACLE 11 : JESUS HEALS THE EAR OF MALCHUS
TEXT : MATTHEW 26:51; MARK 14:43; LUKE 17:12-19 AND JOHN 18:10
Today’s
miracle is about Jesus healing the ear of Malchus. In fact, it is more than a
healing. It is a supernatural surgery of an instant ear replacement done by the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Who
is Malchus? Malchus is a character that appears in the 4 gospels as the servant
of the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas who participated in the arrest of Jesus
Christ.
According
to the Bible, Simon Peter, being armed with a sword, cut off his right ear in
an attempt to prevent the arrest of Jesus.
Although
the other writers mention the event, Luke is the only one who records the
miracle.
WHAT DOES THIS TEXT TEACH US TODAY?
1st lesson: Never confound power and
purpose
Jesus
knew to make the difference between “power” and “purpose”. In this text, Jesus
had enough power to escape and even pray his Father to send him help, but he
purposed not to but to stay and confront death. He could have escaped but he
purposed to die.
Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
2nd lesson: Spiritual warfare is not won
with carnal weapons but with spiritual weapons
In
this text, we see Peter trying to defend the Lord using his sword but Jesus
teaches him that his Kingdom is not established by the power of human flesh but
by the power of divine hand.
3rd lesson:
The best response to men’s hatred is not hatred but love
In
this text we see Jesus’ compassion for the wounded man, we see that even someone
described as a slave mattered to him; we see his willingness to confront threat
and opposition with restraint, courage and the power of love
4th lesson: Being prayerless is being
powerless
According
to Scriptures, while Jesus was laboring and sweating in prayer, Peter and his
friends were sleeping. When temptation came, Peter was vulnerable to external
attack and was not able to control negative emotions and feelings of anger.
5th lesson: The purpose of miracle is not
to demonstrate how great is our faith but how great the grace and the love of
God for us are.
This
text is a clear indication that God can perform a miracle in someone’s life
without him having faith or being saved. Malchus came to arrest Jesus. He never
came to have a miracle and never had any faith in him.
6th lesson: Jesus performed a public
miracle to fix the public mistake of Peter
During
his public ministry, Jesus taught about love, forgiveness, self-control …
Unfortunately, Peter behaved publicly in contradiction to those teachings. In order
for Jesus Christ to fix what Peter did in public and confirm the veracity of his
teachings, he performed the miracle publicly.
7th lesson: Jesus is God
This
miracle is an indubitable, an unquestionable, and an unchallengeable proof that
indeed Jesus is God.
Psalms 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
PRAYER
POINTS
🙏PRAYER 1: The same way Jesus replaced the cut ear of
Malchus instantly and without surgery, the same way He is able to replace any missing
part of your body because He is God.
Is
there any part of you that is not functioning well? With faith, lift up your
voice and pray for divine surgery over your body.
Read and pray with Psalms 94:9
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🙏PRAYER 2: Jesus was focused not into his power but
into his purpose. He was focused not in what he was able to do but in why he
had to do.
Is
your purpose of life not clear? Lift up your voice and pray for clarity of
divine purpose over your life.
Read and pray with Proverbs 29:18
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🙏PRAYER 3: Jesus was able to gain control over his
feelings, emotions and external attacks because he was prayerful and spiritual
Does
it happen to you to lose control over your feelings and emotions? Lift up your
voice and pray for divine grace to be prayerful and spiritual like Christ in
the midst of your trials.
Read and pray with Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs
15:18; Proverbs 19:11
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🙏PRAYER 4: Peter’s secret prayerlessness caused him to
a public behavior contrary to the teachings of Jesus.
Is
the fire on your prayer altar life going down? Lift up your voice and pray that
the fire of the Holy Spirit ignite the flame and the fire of prayer upon your
altar.
Read and pray with Leviticus 6:13
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IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME !
JESUS IS LORD !
Pastor T.D. KASUKU K.K.
The Word Of Life Church International
Nairobi/Kenya
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