EPHRATA
Key Verse 7: 34
Jesus healed a deaf and dumb man. This man had this illness due to his démon possession. However, no one could deliver him from his condition. How did Jesus deliver him? We can observe this by his open-minded spirit. We, the French, need to learn this spirit in order to overcome our closed or hindered spirit.
Jesus healed a deaf and dumb man. This man had this illness due to his démon possession. However, no one could deliver him from his condition. How did Jesus deliver him? We can observe this by his open-minded spirit. We, the French, need to learn this spirit in order to overcome our closed or hindered spirit.
- A deaf man who also had difficulty speaking (31-33)
Man has the faculty to express his thoughts and to hear those of the others in order to reconcile with them. However, this man could do nothing given his disability. He was unable to hear and to speak anything. He had certain difficulties to speak. Stammering or any other disability is due to possession by an evil spirit. However, Jesus wanted to heal him.
2. Ephrata (34-37)
Jesus carried him away from the crowd for an unknown reason. This man was unable to hear anything so the crowd did not hamper him. However, Jesus had a one-on-one with him in order to heal him. Jesus’ goal was not to become famous but he was really affected by this man’s pain and so he carried him to the best place. His healing method is unique as he put his fingers in this man’s ears and he spat on his tongue. It’s not very hygienic but that does not matter as Jesus did it this way for one reason. He wanted this man to count on him alone. This was a sort of exorcism. The sick man therefore had to be humble enough to support this somewhat humiliating treatment and when he did he was healed. Jesus sighed because of his child’s suffering and then he said “Ephrata” which means “open up”. Everything in this man was closed due to the evil power that was residing behind him. However, when Jesus’ finger touched his ears and his tongue, they both opened up and he became a normal man thanks to Jesu’ healing power. He could then on understand the others and freely express his thoughts. He became a man who was totally free and able to communicate with all without any hindrance. May God be praised for giving us the faculty to listen and talk.
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