He Makes the Deaf Hear and the Mute Speak
The text for this morning is our Gospel, Mark 7:31-37, which has already been read. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Jesus is in the Decapolis , the Ten Cities. He’s just come from the region of Tyre and Sidon , where He healed the daughter of a faithful, Canaanite woman. These locations are part of what make these miracle accounts important. Jesus is healing and preaching to the Gentiles. He’s not just the Savior of the Jews, but of all people. Believing the Word they’ve heard about Jesus some people bring a man who is deaf and mute to Jesus that He would heal him. The loss of any sense is terrible, but this is a dreadful combination. The man is isolated, unable to hear the sounds of the environment around him, much less those who try to talk to him. He can’t speak intelligibly, even if he is in dire need of assistance. Jesus takes the man aside privately. He puts His f...