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Introduction.
Pray and read the passage.
Turn to Luke 8:41
Illustration
Let’s turn to .
Pray.
Read the passage.
Our topic for this weekend is “Lives Changed by Jesus”.
And certainly there is no shortage of lives changed by Jesus in the Bible but when
The Woman is unclean
The Woman is unclean
The law says that she is unclean.
It also says that everything she touches is unclean.
She cannot go to the temple.
She cannot go before God
To be completely honest, I hate public speaking.
Even in front of just a few people I am terrified.
She sees how God is Holy and she is unholy
The Woman has spent everything she has to clean herself up
1.) We are all unclean before God
And it is tempting for me to tell myself that I just need more confidence, more encouragement, practice etc.
But the reality is that this is not what God says my problem is.
That is not what God says is our problem.
God says I have a pride problem.
God says that the same problem I have when I fear others is the same problem that keeps me from the throne of Grace.
We don’t need to be proud of who we are but we need to forget who we are and fall at the feet of Christ.
Yet she remained unclean
She is hopeless
This passage is a beautiful picture of what our problem is and an amazing story of someone who has seen the end of the problem, repented and believed the truth about Christ.
The only hope that she has is that Jesus could cleanse her.
She touches Jesus
This is supposed to defile him and make him unclean.
Instead she is made clean.
Jesus outs her
So as we work through this passage I have four points.
She confesses what she has done
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We are unclean before God, 2. We cannot clean ourselves, 3. Jesus is the one who cleanses and finally Jesus Cleanses through Faith.
Jesus lifts her up
First point
1.)
We are all unclean before God
1.) We are all unclean before God
The first thing that we see in this passage is that the womanShe clearly sees her uncleanliness before God
He is holy
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And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years
25 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
The woman is unclean
The first thing that we see in this passage is that the woman is unclean and knows it.
Before we get too into the passage we have to understand a little bit of the context.
Because if we just jump in without any knowledge of the Bible we can be pretty confused.
This woman doesn’t just have a problem of pain or discomfort.
Her problem is that she is unclean.
How do we know this?
Well, when God gave the law to the Jews at Sinai he gave some commands on the topic of “ceremonial cleanliness”.
We call it the ceremonial law.
This law of cleanliness dictated when someone was able and unable to worship God.
In the specific issue that the woman is facing is described.
These commands said that the woman was not to enter the temple, to worship, to offer sacrifices or to enjoy God in any manner.
She is separated from God.
In fact even the things that she touches would be declared unclean.
We have a pride problem.
We need to see clearly our disobedience
According to the law , this woman is “unclean”.
According to the Mosaic law This woman is not able to go to the temple, to worship God, offer sacrifices or enjoy God in any manner.
In fact, even the things that she touches becomes unclean.
So you can imagine the situation.
Here she is 12 years after first being unclean unable to worship God and unable to even touch anyone else.
this woman is “unclean”, because of her bleeding, is not able to go to the temple, to worship God, offer sacrifices or enjoy God in any manner.
In fact, even the things that she touches becomes unclean.
The law shows her this
This is not just true of her but meant to be an image of our uncleanliness before God.
The Woman knows that she must be cleaned before she can be in the presence of God.
The woman is humbled by the law.
To be honest I was tempted to not talk about this passage because of the grossness of what the woman is dealing with.
However that discomfort that we have when we read about her “discharge of blood” is meant to convey something.
God is disgusted with our sin.
He is repulsed by it.
This woman is not unique, but she is like each and everyone of us.
And the reason why God is disgusted with our sin and even us in many respects is that He is Holy.
That was the purpose of the Law given to the Israelites and that is the affect that the law has on this woman.
She recognizes His holiness and her unholiness.
His righteousness and her unrighteousness.
The grossness of her problem is reflective of how God views or sin
We all need to recognize this.
We all need to be humbled by this.
It is our pride that says we are okay, we can earn our way to God.
We aren’t That Bad.
But the Bible says otherwise.
The law shows her this
God calls us to see our sin.
To see his Holiness and to recognize our need for cleansing.
Ultimately the woman is humbled by the Holiness of God and the great chasm between him and her.
2.) We cannot clean ourselves
She has tried to clean herself up.
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.
And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
The woman has tried to clean herself up.
We are always trying to clean ourselves up.
As the law shows us our sin we are constantly telling ourselves that we can in fact obey all that God has commanded apart from faith.
Again that we aren’t that bad.
In case you are unfamiliar with the Bible, Has and does command things of us.
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