Is keeping the Law important to Jesus?
Read Matthew 9:18-26 and journal your thoughts
Have you ever been reading about God’s Law and thought that some of those commands were a bit trivial? Why do we need to do that? In Deuteronomy 22:12 God commands His people to make these tassels and to wear them on the corners of their robes (NOTE: how are you supposed to be tassels on the corners of round robes, since the robes God commanded the priest to wear are round?). God commands His people to do this to help remind them of His Law.
What’s crazy is God commands His people to wear these tassels twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. At some point wouldn’t that seem to be a bit trivial? Some of us put Scripture up on our mirrors or refrigerator, but after about a week or so how many of us even notice it anymore?
One thing we should note is this woman believes very much in a prophecy in Malachi 4:2 that talks about how the Messiah will have healing in his tassels (“wings”). What if Jesus decided not to wear the tassels that day? What would have happened to that woman if she touched his sandal or something else? Could it be if neither of them were faithful to God’s command, that woman would have died?
This story is a reminder that God is faithful to us when we are faithful to Him
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