Luke 8:43-48
As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
Tag: The Power of God
God has power. Christ demonstrated that power while He walked on this earth. Note, previously to the story above, what had happened:
Luke 6:19
And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
Power flows from God. In Christ we have power. Note what Paul stated in his epistle to the Philippians:
Philippians 3:10
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Power comes from God. The world likes the think power comes from position, property, proximity to others, persuasive ability and/or prestige. God has real power. In the above story God's power was used to heal the woman. The world's system and diagnosis and label. But the world's system has no power to change a life, as above. Only God has power to change a life.
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