Mark 7:32-37 English Standard Version
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus[a] charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Look at verse 33. Jesus took this man that others wanted healed and took him away from those who cared about his wellbeing and did this miracle privately. The people asking for a miracle never saw what Christ did to heal the man. Spitting on the tongue and placing His fingers in his ears is very mechanical in form and has nothing to do with the healing except how it was perceived and received by the man being healed. For the man it was personal, private and only had meaning to him. Jesus knew that. This is may be why He took the man aside privately.
This is important to each of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The miracle of transformation into this new creation which we have become was done in private where no one can see how it was done. Like the deaf and dumb man that was healed those who pray for the lost will know that it was Jesus that saved them. They will not know how or even when but faith tells them it is Jesus who saves.
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