Outsiders In, Week 10

Why Women Flock to Jesus Scripture: Matthew 9:18-26 Speaker: Jon Morales, Lead Pastor of Oak Pointe Church In this week’s passage from the book of Matthew, we witness Jesus heal two women. The younger, the daughter of a synagogue leader, had died. The older suffered from a chronic condition lasting years. Having heard such stories many times before, we may be overly familiar with Jesus’ power to resurrect the dead and heal the sick. But when we observe the cultural context in which these miracles took place, a powerful lesson emerges that both women and men need to receive.