{"id":809,"date":"2022-09-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=809&2022"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T00:01:24","slug":"giving-thanks-by-disobeying-matthew-9-27-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/giving-thanks-by-disobeying-matthew-9-27-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Thanks by Disobeying: Matthew 9:27-34"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Matthew 9:27-34 (NASB)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\" style=\"display: none;\"><p><sup>27<\/sup>\u00a0As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, &#8220;Have mercy on us, Son of David!&#8221; <sup>28<\/sup>\u00a0When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>said to them, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;Do you believe that I am able to do this?&#8221;<\/span> They <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>said to Him, &#8220;Yes, Lord.&#8221; <sup>29<\/sup>\u00a0Then He touched their eyes, saying, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;It shall be done to you according to your faith.&#8221;<\/span> <sup>30<\/sup>\u00a0And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;See that no one knows <em>about this!<\/em>&#8221;<\/span> <sup>31<\/sup>\u00a0But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land. <\/p><p><sup>32<\/sup>\u00a0As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him. <sup>33<\/sup>\u00a0After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, <em>and were<\/em> saying, &#8220;Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.&#8221; <sup>34<\/sup>\u00a0But the Pharisees were saying, &#8220;He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew 9:27-34&amp;version=NASB\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Matthew 9:27-34<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Perhaps it is because Jesus was humble, or maybe it is because Jesus was not interested in being praised by people, but following a number of healings, we see Jesus share some odd sounding instructions. One example of this comes immediately after Jesus had restored the sight of some formerly blind men.<\/p>\r\n<p>Matthew\u2019s gospel tells us that \u201c<strong>Jesus sternly warned them: \u2018See that no one knows about this!\u2019<\/strong>\u201d (v. 30b)<\/p>\r\n<p>These men probably thought Jesus was crazy. The best thing that had ever happened to them was this miracle, but they weren\u2019t supposed to tell anyone? That didn\u2019t make any sense in their minds. What about the people they knew who knew them as blind. What should they say to these people when asked, \u201cHow were you healed?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>So Matthew tells us these men did the opposite of what Jesus asked. Matthew writes, \u201c<strong>But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 31)<\/p>\r\n<p>These two men give thanks to Jesus by completely disobeying His final instruction to them. This makes me wonder why Jesus gave them this instruction. Maybe it was because Jesus was humble, or maybe it was because Jesus was trying to avoid something.<\/p>\r\n<p>From reading a number of the different healing miracles, another theme we can see in many of them is that praise is given to God. However, this characteristic is not seen in this specific healing example. I wonder if the instruction Jesus gave these men was because He did not want them spreading the idea that Jesus was a self-made miracle healer. Jesus may have wanted to avoid receiving the praise and credit for this miracle because He wanted God to get the glory.<\/p>\r\n<p>Matthew tells us that these men ignore Jesus and that they \u201c<strong>spread the news about Him throughout all that land.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 31b)<\/p>\r\n<p>This probably was inspired by the Holy Spirit, who wanted to glorify Jesus and point people to Him, but Jesus doesn\u2019t want the glory to stay with Him, He wants the glory and praise to ultimately go to the Father.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>In this disobedience, I see evidence of what happens when God truly does something incredible in someone\u2019s life: They cannot help but share it with others.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>I wonder if we too often discount the miracles in our lives because we are wary of sharing what God has done for us. <strong>However, it is only through our story that others can learn what God can do, and even if Jesus didn\u2019t want the glory for this healing, He ultimately received it because God worked through Him to restore the blind men\u2019s sight. When we share what God has done for us, we must remember that He is the hero who put the pieces back together, and that He is the One who deserves all the glory.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--809\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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