God's Chosen Servant
Scripture
Matthew 12:15-21
Commentary
This is one of the more generic descriptions of
Jesus' ministry. In short, He heals the sick and thus
fulfills prophecy that He is God's chosen servant.
It is worth noting that Jesus instructs those
whom He healed not to tell anyone who He was. In some ways
this appears to work contrary to the way that we expect Jesus to
operate as Jesus should want people coming to Him and for others
to tell about Him.
What Jesus doesn't want is a frenzy of people
who have gathered not for Him but for the miracles that He
performs. This will occur later in Matthew 14 with the
feeding of the 5,000. After that time Jesus begins to pull
away from the crowds and many of the crowd abandon Him as they
realize He is not going to do what they want.
Jesus wants genuine followers, not people who
have gathered for their own selfish needs. For this reason
He instructs the people whom He healed to remain quiet.
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