Title: Veronica Woman
Text: Mark 5:25-34 There was a woman who had been afflicted with bleeding for 12 years, and she was afflicted with many doctors by many doctors. They mixed and came back and touched his clothes, saying, "If I touch only his clothes, I will be saved." Then the source of his blood flow dried up, and he knew in his body that he was healed. Jesus said that the power had gone out of him. Knowing himself immediately, he turned around from the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" The disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pushing you around and ask, 'Who touched me?'" But Jesus looked around to see the woman who had done this. When the woman knew what had happened to me, she came, trembling in fear, and fell on her face before him and told him all the truth. Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace, and be healed of your sickness.
The same words are found in Matthew 9:20 and below, and the text is a story of a poor woman trying to steal the blessings of the Lord. This woman had been suffering from bleeding for 12 years.
Look at the characteristics of hemorrhage. It is an incurable disease that it is shameful to tell others because of the blood flowing from the lower body, but it is a shameful incurable disease that cannot be hidden.
So, looking at the text, it is said that many doctors suffered a lot of pain and suffering, so it is the same as in the past and present that incurable diseases suffer a lot from the doctors and lose a lot of money.
Moreover, since this is a time when there are not many legislators, hopeful news came to this woman, who was on the verge of death after she had wasted her fortune for 12 years on long-term illness.
It is a rumor that the Lord, the healer of all diseases, is passing through the town. So I immediately went out into the street, smoking a smell, dragging my heavy body, and finally met Jesus' Haeng Lil. However, this woman had no desire to go before the Lord to ask for her help, and she did not come even after waiting, and she had nothing to ask for by offering a gift.
However, he could not miss the opportunity he had been looking for. At this time, what suddenly came to my mind was the desire to live by stealing the power and blessings of Jesus. It may be the same idea as Jacob stealing and stealing his brother's blessing.
Then the Lord passed by him, and he had faith that he would be healed if he secretly touched the hem of the Lord's robe. The Lord has authority in his hand, and wherever his hand goes and touches, works appear, and the word has authority. Every time he spoke, a great work appeared, so the hem of his robe came to believe that he had no power. Then, without anyone knowing, he touched the hem of the Lord's robe. It was then that the woman experienced healing. Hallelujah ! Maybe she didn't know it, but at this time, the woman danced like crazy and sang praises to God and thanked the Lord.
It must have been more rejoicing than the fact that the crippled man sitting at the beautiful gate of the temple in Acts 3 got up in Jesus name by Peter and John and went to the temple, walking and running.
I was prepared to die in the hospital for three years, and I went to the mountain to pray, and then miraculously lived. How great was the feeling of being cleansed from long-term illness?
The world becomes what you believe.
For the cynical people it becomes a cynical world, for the stubborn people it becomes a hard world, for the kind people it becomes a kind world, for those who believe that there is a fatherland, there is a fatherland, and for those who believe there is nothing but hell.
look. Jesus, who was passing by, suddenly stopped walking while this bleeding woman was feeling good.
Why? Jesus knew that your power had gone out of your body. so active and positive
In front of the woman, Jesus had his power stolen.
There are all kinds of weird thieves in the world. Because you have stolen the power of the Lord.
In the last days, in order for my spirit and body to live, I must live by stealing. At this time, Jesus looked back and asked, "Who touched me?" This verse also asks the question, "Who has stolen power from me?" At this time, the disciples said, "It was just a lot of people gathered and their clothes rubbed against each other." At this time, Jesus said, “No, there is someone who has consciously touched my body.” This woman realized that she could no longer deceive that she had stolen the power from Jesus, and confessed that she was driving on her face, trembling in fear.
Jesus blessed this woman once again and said, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace. Be healed of your illness." ).
This woman was saved and found peace. I got health.
It also means complete salvation.
Traces are still marked in 14 places until Jesus was crucified after the final trial and was crucified at Golgotha. At the 6th point, there is an arch engraved with "Woman of Veronica" because when Jesus was carrying the cross, all the disciples avoided it, but only Veronica followed while weeping until the end, and when the Lord fell, the blood flowing from the Lord's head. and wiped sweat. At that time, a Roman soldier was beaten with a leather belt, and wept bitterly, saying, "Lord, you have saved and healed people with your words, so why are you suffering this?" When he unfolded the towel with the blood of Jesus, the blood clumps together to become the face of the Lord, and it is said that the towel is still preserved in the Vatican.
After that, she did her best for the Lord's work and even erected an arch here to commemorate her. So, I would like to receive grace under the title of Veronica Woman after her.
What lesson does this verse teach us today?
1. We must learn that we cannot do anything apart from the Lord.
In verse 26, it says, “I suffered much from many physicians, and all that I had was wasted, but there was no benefit, and I was getting worse.” The chosen saints must use the Lord even if they take medicine, and even if they do business, they must serve the Lord. They cannot do anything apart from the Lord. When King Asa became ill, he did not seek the Lord, but only a physician. He said that the Lord killed him. It is not that he found a doctor, but that he did not pray to the Lord.
John 15:5 says, "I am the vine and you are the branches; if he in me and I in another place, this man bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." The saints cannot do anything apart from the Lord, so please live with the Lord.
2. In despair, I heard a rumor about Jesus.
A life in despair needs the news of Jesus. Even economic losers need the rumors of Jesus. Even the current losers need to hear the news of Jesus. We need to tell the story of Jesus to those who have failed in educating their children.
As the famous doctor Dr. M. Scott Peck said, "It takes four constructive disciplines to overcome the pain of our failures and pains. The first is to postpone pleasure." He said that you can never achieve your goals in life while enjoying pleasure. The players gave up all pleasure until they got the gold medal. I couldn't even enter a happy family. A person who gives up pleasure. A trained person can conquer the top.
Second, there must be a strong sense of responsibility. A person who can take responsibility for their own life, for society, for their family, and for the church, can rise to the top.
Third, there must be a dedication to the truth. Those who have faith in the truth can reach the top. Those who do not know what the truth is, who do not have a goal, cannot reach the top.
The fourth is to live a balanced life through faith even in despair. No matter how much knowledge and wealth we have, if we are spiritually poor, we are crippled. Evangelism is spreading the rumors of Jesus, and we only spread our own rumors through people's rumors. Saints should only spread the rumors of Jesus through anyone. A sermon without Jesus or a church event without Jesus is not driven by God. Hearing this news of Jesus creates a way to live, gives hope, and creates a way to eternal life.
3. This woman heard the rumor and followed Jesus.
During the 12 years of long-term illness, I did not have the energy to follow, but I knew it as a last chance, and I did my best, and I did not think of anything whether the smell was bad or the disciples hated it. And no matter what anyone said, I mixed with the crowd and followed Jesus.
Those who follow Jesus right away do not give up easily.
Jews still eat hard-boiled eggs to celebrate the Day of Suffering. This is because of the Talmud's teaching that other foods become liquid the more they are boiled, but the harder the eggs are boiled. The Talmud said, "Life is like a boiled egg."
There are people who quickly become flabby when they enter the cauldron of suffering. There are people who seem strong when they are at peace, but easily fall apart when faced with difficult situations.
The Nazis in Germany hated the Jews the most. The camps built to exterminate the Jews were the concentration camps Walsaw and Auschwitz. The Nazis made lampshades by peeling off the skins of Jews and extracting oil from their bodies to make soap.
But the Jews did not melt away. This is because they had a national spirit and national faith that they inherited from their ancestors.
4. This woman touched Jesus' clothes.
Like the centurion, this woman believed that even if she invited Jesus, she would be healed just by touching her clothes, just like the centurion who knew that she would be healed just by speaking the word.
Therefore, they tried to steal Jesus' blessing and power.
Faith is holding on to his clothes. We have to put our hands on his character and life.
The moment my life touches Jesus, an amazing miracle happens. Don't follow him far away, but get close enough to touch the hem of Jesus' robe. A problem arose when Peter followed Jesus from afar. When Jesus was carrying the cross, this woman came near and washed away his blood and sweat, but the disciples followed him from a distance and just watched.
There are still four types of church members.
The first is a bystander member who feels no responsibility.
The second is a talker church member who does not act but speaks.
The third is a church member who is just a grumpy person who is grumpy about what others are doing.
The fourth is a true worker who works by giving blood, sweat, tears, time, and material to burn in his mission.
conclusion. Let me finish my speech.
1. I learned a living lesson from this Veronica woman. We must learn that apart from the Lord we can do nothing.
2. In despair, we heard the rumors of Jesus, so we must spread the rumors of Jesus.
3. Hearing the rumors, he followed Jesus.
4. I touched Jesus' clothes.
At last I was completely healed, saved, and at peace.