April 11, 2021
Sunday Sermon
TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT
Luke 8: 43-48
Introduction: Have you gone to the doctor lately? Many people are afraid and have mixed emotions of going to the doctor’s office and the news they receive when they are ill or sick. They have to co-pay for a doctor’s visit, hospital care, and prescriptions. Today, I would like to recommend my Doctor who not only is experienced for many, many years, but works around the clock and answers our call. The best Doctor from the best network (Heaven) is available and the only co-pay is Faith. This Doctor is the Primary care and the Specialist all in one. No need to go to any other because His specialty is healing. His name is Jesus.
In this text the woman had been to many doctors and all failed except one. All she needed was her co-pay (usual touch of faith). The woman had an expectant, believing attitude. She believed that if she could only touch the Hem of His Garment, she would be made whole. TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT!
I.
A WOMAN’S DESPERATION
V.43
A. The story of her problem all in one verse.
1. She had an incurable disease (sickness).
2. She had spent all on the physicians.
3. She was ceremonially unclean.
B. Physically desperate, her health was gone.
C. Financially desperate, her money was gone.
D. Spiritually desperate, she could not enter the temple.
E. She is a picture of all people.
1. Physically, we are ever moving toward death.
2. Financially, money cannot buy what one needs.
3. Spiritually, sin separates us from God.
II.
A WOMAN’S DETERNINATIONS
v. 44
A. “Came behind and touched the border of His garment”.
B. Things to discourage her from coming to Jesus.
1. The great crowd of people milling about Him.
2. The attitude of His disciples.
3. The important of His mission.
4. Her own appearance: pale and poor.
C. Mark 5:28 gives the thoughts she had.
D. Still, she pressed through to Jesus.
III.
A WOMAN’S DELIVERANCE
v. 45-46
A. Her deliverance came from contact with Jesus.
B. That touch of His garment was the touch of faith v. 8.
C. She exercised far greater faith than she thought she could.
D. She got more that she came for.
1. Her illness was healed.
2. She became a child of God: “Daughter, Go in peace!”
IV.
A WOMAN’S DECLARATION
v. 47
A. “Who touched me?” Did Jesus know?
B. Jesus knew what had happened.
C. Jesus wanted her to make a public declaration.
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