So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.He came and took her by the hand and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
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There's something fascinating, even captivating, about reading the words of another person's journal. This is especially true if they've already gone on before us. And one of the things left in their legacy are their own words. And always in their own handwriting, you can enter into their world as you read those words. and sometimes you can feel like you're a part of the threads woven into the fabric of their lives as they live them out in yesteryear. I'm having that experience right now as I am working my way through the 769-page book written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Her book is titled No Ordinary Time. What's fascinating is that it is the account of life behind the scenes in the White House, mainly during the Second World War years. I was only a lad then, and so my world was altogether different from the world of, of course, the president and the first lady and the cabinet and those who surrounded that difficult time in our nation's history. …
… Mark tells us that having discovered that Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, he went to her, he took her hand, he helped her up, the fever left her, and she began to wait on them. There's a wonderful progression in that, isn't there? The masterful simplicity of language, and in it all we see a demonstration of the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. I know some of the ladies think that this is a fascinating sentence. The fever left her, and she began to wait on them. Shame on you for thinking that there's a self-serving dimension to the initiative of Simon or to the response of Jesus. No, it is an indication, surely, of the immediacy of the impact of the power of Jesus in this lady's body. In other words, she's restored to do that, which she was happy to do and which she customarily did. And there is, I suggest, in that little scene, a cameo of what Christ's kingly rule meant and means. Because what has taken place in her life is a restoration, right? She was restored. …
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed, Everyone is looking for you. Jesus replied, Let us go somewhere else, to the nearby villages, so that I can preach there also. That is why I have come. So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. Father, we ask now that you will help us in studying the Bible for clarity of thought, for brevity of expression. for a sense that we are under the tutelage of you, the living God, that you are the one who teaches through your Word by the Holy Spirit, so that we might be prepared to sit up, to pay attention, and to say, Speak, Lord, speak to me. And we ask it humbly in Christ's name. Amen. Easter has reminded us of the fact that what we are dealing with is historical material, that Easter itself is a historical event, that it actually happened, that it involved real people in real places at a real moment in time. So much so that when we ask why it is that the small band of followers—men and women who had already begun to follow Jesus—why it was that although they had been in hiding for fear of their lives, they had come out of hiding to face the challenge that was not only presented by the religious authorities but also by the persecuting Roman Empire. Why it …