Sermon Overview
Jesus completes a chain of miracles where He displays His sovereign power over the greatest forces in the world: disasters, demons, disease, and death. However, He does it in an unexpected way that reveals His personal and intimate care for people’s true spiritual needs. Jesus was not just a miracle worker; He was a Savior of souls. In the lesson today, we see the first two unexpected phases of Jesus’s compassionate deliverance.
- The Anxious Request (5:21-24)
- The Agonizing Delay (5:25-34)
- The Woman’s Desperate Approach (vs. 25-29)
- Jesus’s Determined Pursuit (vs. 30-32)
- The Woman’s Open Confession (vs. 33)
- Jesus’s Gracious Response (vs. 34)