What do I know with Isaac Carroll
What do I know with Isaac Carroll
Today's Bible Reading: Matthew 9:14-38 The power of Christ Compassion and Miraculous acts
Join me, Isaac Carroll, as we explore Matthew 9's profound teachings, uncovering truths about the old and new covenants and the struggles of introducing fresh insights to those steadfast in their beliefs. Through examining the disciples of John the Baptist, we ponder the evolution of belief systems and the transformative power of Christ's message, urging us to reflect on our own journeys with change and new understanding.
Experience the compelling narratives of unwavering faith and miracles as we recount the stories of a woman healed by her belief in touching Jesus' cloak and a synagogue official's daughter raised from the dead by His compassion. These accounts are not just tales of ancient miracles but lessons on the enduring hope and transformative faith Christ offers. Embrace the invitation to seek this faith-driven power in your own life, as we unravel the depth of these biblical stories and the hope they continue to inspire.
May God bless you and lead you always.
Welcome to the podcast. I'm Isaac Carroll, and this is what Do I Know? Alright, in today's Bible study we're going to be picking back up in Matthew 9, 14. If you're ready. Then the disciples of John came to him asking why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? And Jesus said to them the attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? The day will come when the groom is taken away to them into old wineskins. Otherwise the wineskins burst, the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined. But they put the new wine into fresh wineskins and both are preserved. Alright, the parable of the patches and the wineskins.
Speaker 1:This has always meant to me the incompatibility of teaching someone who is already set in their understanding. I have read a lot of Bible scholars talk about this being the incompatibility between the old covenant and the new covenant, and there's a lot of truth to that. If you have ever spent any time with a person who follows Judaism, they'll be quick to tell you no. But I always think back to John the Baptist. We know John the Baptist was the herald of Christ and he had followers. Matter of fact, it's his followers that come to Jesus and ask him this question. We know that some of John's disciples became followers of Christ, but not all of them did. John actually told his followers that he must become less because Jesus was greater than himself, that he wasn't even worthy to bend down and buckle the shoes of Jesus' feet. Yet they followed John because they were invested in John. I believe this is why Jesus says this in Luke 5.39. In this passage it says no one after drinking the old wine wants the new, for he says the old is better. I would at least argue that all those who follow Christ at this time had been partakers of the old covenant, but they found the new one to be better. Now, this is just how I view this, and I always tell everybody in my classes that when I'm giving my opinion, this is just my opinion. That can change when more information is given. This is just how I've come to understand how this passage is meant that hard to teach someone who's kind of set in what they've been taught, kind of like that old saying you can't teach an old dog new tricks. All right, let's continue.
Speaker 1:While he was saying these things to him, behold, a synagogue official came and bowed down before him and said my daughter has just died, but come and lay your hands on her and she will be alive again. Jesus got up from the table and began to accompany him, along with his disciples, and behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and she touched the border of his cloak. For she was saying to herself If only I could touch his cloak, I will be made well. But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said Daughter, take courage, your faith has made you well. And at once the woman was made well. I was just thinking. It's no wonder that Jesus' disciples always worried about him eating. He was never given a moment to rest, not with somebody always coming to him and having some great need. But the beauty of that is that Jesus was always willing, always willing Whenever someone would come ask him for something. He was always willing and he still is, and that's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1:The woman with the issue of blood is another story. Like the paralyzed man Faith embodied in action. You know she believed that Jesus could heal her before she was healed. But she moved on that. She sought Jesus embodied in action. You know she believed that Jesus could heal her before she was healed. But she moved on, that she sought Jesus, she sought his touch. She just needed a touch the hem of his garment. And that faith made her well, as Jesus proclaims to her. When Jesus came into the official's house, he saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder and he said leave, for the girl has not died but is asleep. And they began to laugh at him. But when the crowd had been sent out, he entered and took her by the hand and the girl got up and the news spread throughout the land.
Speaker 1:All right, we have three accounts of Jesus raising someone from the dead. This is the first account we see in Matthew. The first one we see in Luke is when Jesus went to Naim and he raised a widow's son. They were carrying the widow's son on a burial mat to be buried and when Jesus saw him he had compassion on her and he stopped him and he raised a boy and gave him back to her. Finally, there's Lazarus himself, and it's closer to the time when Jesus is crucified. So we have three accounts of Jesus raising the dead, and I've always said when God wants a message to be heard, he says it three times. He wants us to really get it. He says it three times and here we have three different times Jesus raising from the dead, and I think it's quite clear that Jesus had the power to raise the dead Until he himself died and overcome death completely. And now, even though these people died, death has no claim on them. 27.
Speaker 1:As Jesus went out from there, two men were blind followed him, crying out have mercy on us, son of David. And after he entered the house, the men who were blind came up to him and Jesus said to them Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him yes, lord. Then he touched their eyes, saying it shall be done for you according to your faith. And their eyes were opened and Jesus sternly warned them, saying See that no one knows about this. But they went out and spread the news about him throughout the land. And as they were going out, behold, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to him. And after the demon was cast out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked. The crowds were amazed and they were saying Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. But the Pharisees were saying he cast out demons by the ruler of the demons.
Speaker 1:Jesus was going on through the cities and villages, teaching in the synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness. Seeing the crowds, he felt compassion for them because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd. Then he says to his disciples Okay, so much is going on. Here we have those who were healed, the two blind men, and they were given a charge to tell no one. Now, I've always believed that they were so full of joy that they couldn't contain themselves and they spread the news to anyone who would listen. But I know that disobedience is disobedience and Lord forgive us for our disobedience. Then we have the Pharisees dishonoring Jesus by associating Jesus' power with the devil. Now, they couldn't explain the authority of Jesus and how he proved it by doing the works that he was doing. They couldn't say he didn't have the power because he did. He proved it. So they said that he got his power from the devil, because if he got it from God, it would make them out to be liars. How wicked we can sometimes be is just mind-blowing.
Speaker 1:Finally, we hear Jesus proclaim the need for workers. I have, over the past couple weeks, heard three different messages on the need for workers. I have, over the past couple weeks, heard three different messages on the need for workers, the need for us to work, and I think the message is quite clear that I need to get to work. But I also need to proclaim the need for workers and too often we push the responsibility off on others and we may even feel like we're having a good excuse. Maybe we don even feel like we're having a good excuse. Maybe we don't feel like we have enough knowledge in the Bible. What are we going to tell people?
Speaker 1:I heard this one pastor tell us one time that when he first got saved, he couldn't get over the thought of being saved and he had to go out and he had to tell everybody he had no idea, he had never read the Bible, he had no idea about the Bible or anything in the Bible, but he told everyone about what happened to him, the experience that he had and the joy that he received from it, and excitement. And, to be honest, that's all we really need is our experience, the hope that we have in Christ Jesus. That's the seed we need to be planting. It's the only seed we really need, because it's the truth, the truth we know for a fact, because no one can argue with our truth. We know what we experienced and we're sharing that and that seed. God can make that seed grow. I'm going to end this one here. Let's be faithful and be workers. I love you guys. God bless you Until next time, goodbye.