1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,800 Hi, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast. 2 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:16,800 If you go to mass today, the Gospel reading you'll hear is 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:24,400 from Matthew Chapter 4, verses 12 to 17 and then 23 to 25. 4 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,200 So, let's get straight into it. Hearing that John had been 5 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,500 arrested. Jesus went back to Galilee and 6 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,400 leaving Nazareth. He went and settled in 7 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,200 Capernaum, a Lakeside town on the borders of zebulun and 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,500 naphtali. In this way. 9 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:46,300 The prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled land of zebulun land 10 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:50,200 of naphtali way of the see, on the far side of the Jordan, 11 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,000 Galilee of the nation's, the people that lived in darkness 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,900 have seen a great light on those who dwell in the land and and 13 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:00,200 shadow of death, a light has dawned. 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,700 From that moment, Jesus began his preaching with the message, 15 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:07,100 repent. For the Kingdom of Heaven is 16 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:11,400 close at hand. He went around the whole of 17 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,600 Galilee teaching in their synagogues. 18 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:17,600 Proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing, all kinds of 19 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,000 diseases and sickness among the people. 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,000 His Fame spread through throughout Syria and those who 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,500 are suffering from diseases and painful, complaints of one, kind 22 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:31,000 or another the possessed epileptics. 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,700 The paralyzed were all brought to him and he cured them. 24 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:39,800 Large crowds followed him coming from Galilee the decapolis 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,400 Jerusalem Judea and trans jordania. 26 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Okay, so the start of this passage here verse 12 says, 27 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,300 hearing that John had been arrested. 28 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:58,200 So this is John the Baptist and the arrest of John. 29 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,500 The Baptist is described elsewhere in the gospels and we 30 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:04,200 later learned that Jesus was actually quite emotional about 31 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,300 John's arrest, and he was quite affected by it. 32 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:09,600 He would talk to people about what he thought of John's arrest 33 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,300 a bit later on. In this context, it appears that 34 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,700 the arrest of John, the Baptist is what motivates Jesus to start 35 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,700 his ministry. So just before this Jesus has 36 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:23,900 been in the wilderness and as soon as he hears that John's 37 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:27,800 been arrested, apparently this is the motivation for him to go 38 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,900 to Galilee so it could be a case of John Jesus saying, well, if 39 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,900 John can no longer preach the kingdom then I need to take his 40 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,800 place. So, Jesus was probably in the 41 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,500 Judean Wilderness region. So that's sort of Southern 42 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:46,100 Israel and to get back to Galilee. 43 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:49,900 It was about 160 kilometres or 34 hours of walking. 44 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:52,800 So it's a few days journey back up to the northern part of 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,800 Israel. I always think it's good to talk 46 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,300 about the geographical information where possible 47 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:02,200 because sometimes we think it's just, you know, it's within the 48 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,800 day they arrive at a certain spot but often these are really, 49 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,900 really long Journeys. And certainly Matthews readers 50 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:10,800 would have been familiar with the distance between locations, 51 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,000 and that's something we often forget about. 52 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:17,400 Verse 13. So Jesus first goes to Nazareth, 53 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,200 which is his family's Hometown. So that's where Mary and Joseph 54 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,000 leave. That's where he grew grows up. 55 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:25,100 So he has a short stop there but then he moves away. 56 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,700 This is the point at which Jesus finds a new home and he goes to 57 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:33,000 a town called Capernaum or Capernaum or there's different 58 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,400 pronunciations. I was as a child, I was taught 59 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,800 Capernaum and it's sort of hard for me to get out of that. 60 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:42,300 But I believe the connect correct pronunciation is 61 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:46,700 capernum because If you look at the second half of it in a um, 62 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:48,500 it's named after the prophet Nahum. 63 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:54,200 So, Capernaum is between Nazareth and Capernaum. 64 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,900 So, Jesus is migrating from Nazareth to Capernaum. 65 00:03:56,900 --> 00:04:02,600 That's about 45 kilometers, or one full day of walking 9, hours 66 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,900 of walking. It's right on the Sea of Galilee 67 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:08,900 Capernaum, and it's actually quite a thriving fishing town. 68 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:11,200 So, Jesus is moving from a very quiet. 69 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,500 Small village to a much bigger. More bustling town. 70 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:19,300 It's where Peter spent a lot of time. 71 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:22,900 Peter spent lived there for a little while and some of the 72 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 other disciples live there too. And so, Jesus deliberately makes 73 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,400 his home here by the Sea of Galilee and Capernaum, and it 74 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,800 becomes the base of operations for a lot of his home Ministry. 75 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:38,400 I've been to Capernaum and you can see today the room where 76 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,200 Jesus would have spent a lot of time praying with his disciples. 77 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,600 They think it was probably Peter's house and also the 78 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,900 remnants of the synagogue where he would have spent a lot of 79 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:49,900 time preaching as well. So if you ever get the chance to 80 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:52,000 go to the Holy Land, definitely look at Capernaum. 81 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,100 And messy, he mentions that Capernaum is in the territory of 82 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:00,900 zebulun and naphtali. So that's according to the 83 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,800 tribal divisions of the Old Testament. 84 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,500 Each of in the Old Testament, each of the Twelve Tribes gets a 85 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:10,400 certain block of land. That's, there's Matthew mentions 86 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:15,900 here that it's the land of zebulun and naphtali because of 87 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:18,700 the thing, he's about to say next, it might not strike us as 88 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:22,500 important that that's where zebulun and naphtali at that 89 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:25,200 used to be their tribal area. But Matthew is now going to make 90 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,800 a point of that. Because in verse 14 he says in 91 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,100 this way, the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled. 92 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:35,900 Matthew does a lot of this, Matthew always highlights how 93 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,600 Jesus is fulfilling Old Testament prophecies. 94 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:42,300 And then the quote here that we're about to hear is from 95 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:47,000 Isaiah chapter. 8 verses 23 up to the start of chapter 9. 96 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:51,200 And the context of that was given in about the eighth 97 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,900 Century BC. In the book of Isaiah. 98 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,200 And at that time, the land of Israel was being overtaken by 99 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,200 its enemies and the territories of zebulun and naphtali were the 100 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,700 first area to be overtaking. Lots of people were taken away 101 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:11,300 to slavery from zebulun and naphtali, and that's kind of the 102 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:13,900 reference to Darkness and death that will hear shortly. 103 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:19,400 So, keep in mind the context, Isaiah 8th Century BC, the land 104 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,000 of Israel has been overtaken. And this is the quote, its 105 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,400 inverse Dane of chapter 4 of Matthew land of zebulun, net, 106 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,000 land of naphtali way of this. See, on the far side of the 107 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,500 Jordan, Galilee of the nation's, the people that lived in 108 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:39,400 darkness have seen a great light on those who dwell in the land 109 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,100 and shadow of death, a light has dawned. 110 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:48,000 So, Matthew sees this prophecy about zebulun and naphtali 111 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,500 seeing a great light in terms of Jesus, being that great light, 112 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,900 which dispels the darkness in Galilee, because Jesus has now 113 00:06:55,900 --> 00:07:00,400 arrived in Galilee and Matthew thinks that significant, it 114 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,500 could be that Jesus chose this region deliberately, if you 115 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,600 think about it, this was the first region of Israel to be 116 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,300 judged by God and destroyed. So maybe they're given a chance 117 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:16,600 for Renewal before the other regions, maybe Galilee gets the 118 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,300 first chance because they were the first ones you could say to 119 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:23,800 lose God's grace. So, Galilee is the region that 120 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,500 Capernaum and Nazareth are in. It's kind of like a state. 121 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:30,300 If we consider Israel to be the country, Galilee is one of the 122 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:36,000 northern states. Verse 17 from that moment on 123 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Jesus began his preaching. So this is the beginning of 124 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,200 Jesus public preaching. And if we try and put together 125 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,500 all the data, it looks like his ministry lasted about three and 126 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:50,500 a half years total. Matthew now tells us what the 127 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:55,000 main theme of Jesus preaching is repent for the kingdom of God is 128 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,600 at hand. This is a summary of Jesus 129 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,000 mission. Repent for the kingdom of God is 130 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,400 at hand, notice. Jesus main message is not 131 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,900 believe in me and you will have eternal life or say the sinner's 132 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:10,700 prayer, and you're being heaven for all eternity. 133 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:12,600 That's not Jesus. Main message. 134 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:18,000 Jesus message is repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. 135 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,700 So there's a lot we could say about the kingdom of God, the 136 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:26,600 Jews at the time did believe in a future kingdom of God. 137 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,600 So they would have been familiar with this phrase but they had 138 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,500 sort of different expectations than what Jesus would come and 139 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:36,799 reveal to them. So they thought the kingdom of 140 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:40,900 God was basically going to be a political Kingdom with Israel at 141 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:43,799 the center of the world. They didn't really have any 142 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:47,500 emphasis on repentance. So Jesus emphasis on repentance 143 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,900 is new, it's a new thing. Although John the Just was doing 144 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:55,600 that as well. Kingdom of Heaven, is the term 145 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,300 that Matthew uses, it's the same as kingdom of God. 146 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:01,700 So, whenever you see those two together kingdom of God, or 147 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:03,700 Kingdom of Heaven, you want to know that they are the same 148 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:06,300 thing? It's just that Matthew, try to 149 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:10,200 avoid using the word God because he's writing to Jews and they 150 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,000 have some issues with using certain words for God. 151 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,000 So he uses kind of a synonym in order to not offend his readers. 152 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,400 He says, Kingdom of Heaven. Most of the time although 153 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,000 occasionally, he does, say, kingdom of God, They're not 154 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 different things. Some Scholars have tried to say 155 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,100 that because Matthew uses both terms kingdom of God, sometimes 156 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:33,000 Kingdom of Heaven other times that they must mean different 157 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,500 things. But if you put it all together, 158 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:37,300 they're clearly the same thing exegetically. 159 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,300 The kingdom of God is the kingdom of heaven. 160 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:43,400 It's a concept that's well worth studying. 161 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,400 If you've never done any study on the Theology of the kingdom 162 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,100 of God, it's well worth looking into because it's such a rich 163 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:51,400 term. And if you can get an 164 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,900 understanding of what the Jews thought the kingdom of God to 165 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:55,700 be. And what Jesus said, the kingdom 166 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:59,800 of God is that will shed a lot of light on Jesus ministry. 167 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,000 And some of the things he says, the core idea of the kingdom of 168 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,400 God is that God is now establishing his will and Reign 169 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,900 on Earth through the Messiah. His will and Reign on Earth 170 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:14,100 through the Messiah. That's the kingdom of God. 171 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,000 Notice that Jesus message of the kingdom of God is basically the 172 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,900 same. As John, the Baptist's message 173 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:24,500 John, the Baptist basically said the same thing, repent for the 174 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:27,900 kingdom of God is at hand. So there's a strong continuity 175 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:32,400 between John and Jesus. And then Our Gospel reading for 176 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,700 today. Skips a bit of text, and we go 177 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:39,000 down to verse 23, is our next. Verse says, he went around all 178 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,900 of Galilee. So, remember, Galilee is an 179 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:45,300 entire State. This is like a summary statement 180 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,200 of Jesus of Matthew. Matthew is summarizing Jesus in 181 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,500 Time movements over the next portion of his ministry. 182 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,300 Matthew doesn't always say things, chronologically, he 183 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:59,000 tends to group things thematically rather than 184 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,100 chronologically. So, When he says he had, Jesus 185 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:06,400 went around all of Galloway, this probably covering the next 186 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,600 several months. It's a summary statement. 187 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,500 It says Jesus was teaching in their synagogues, so it was 188 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:16,500 common for preachers to travel, to local synagogues, to move 189 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:20,100 around the towns, and many of them developed quite a following 190 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:22,700 Jesus did as well. He'd go from town to town in 191 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:25,700 Galilee, go to their local synagogue, which is kind of like 192 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:29,100 their local Parish church and he preached and people would come 193 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:32,800 to listen to him. And this is what he taught. 194 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,500 He proclaimed. The good news of the Kingdom or 195 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:39,200 another translation of that is the gospel of the Kingdom 196 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,200 gospel. As a would literally just means 197 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:48,400 good news gospel. gospel is another one of those Greek words 198 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:53,300 that needs to be unpacked if we can get a grasp on, How the word 199 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:56,600 gospel was used in that time, even before Jesus came along. 200 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,100 It really helps gospel is not necessarily a Christian word. 201 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,400 The word gospel was used before the gospels were written, before 202 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,000 Jesus started talking about his gospel. 203 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,200 It's more the case that gospel was a general word and Jesus 204 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,300 came to reveal his gospel. So what is the word gospel mean? 205 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:20,000 It's usually used in relation to Roman governors. 206 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,200 So when there was a significant development in Rome because 207 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,700 Judea was part of the Roman Empire Israelis under Roman 208 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:29,900 control, whenever something significant happened in Rome, 209 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:33,700 Rome would send a messenger out to all of the regions of the 210 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:36,300 Roman Empire to declare the good news. 211 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:39,500 Particularly, if there's been a new governor or King elected 212 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:43,100 Rome would send out a message saying, good news, there is a 213 00:12:43,108 --> 00:12:46,900 new king. It's kind of the backdrop that 214 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:51,900 the gospel authors have in mind, they are proclaiming and Jesus 215 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:55,500 is proclaiming the good news that a new spiritual Kingdom has 216 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:58,900 arrived, there is a new king that's the good news, the true 217 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:03,000 and final King is here. So, the people of that time were 218 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,600 quite used to gospels. They were quite used to Good 219 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:11,400 News being received and now the Christian authors and Jesus is 220 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,100 now saying we're here to give you the ultimate and true good 221 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:17,400 news. So I hope that's kind of helpful 222 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,800 analysis of the word gospel. So Jesus here Q is all kinds of 223 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,000 diseases, so it mentions paralytics. 224 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:30,300 Those who are possessed, so these and all the other things 225 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:32,900 that are listed are signs of the Kingdom. 226 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,900 So Jesus hasn't come to just be a miracle worker, he's come to 227 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:40,100 to proclaim the kingdom of God and part of that is to Proclaim 228 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,300 healing and Liberation from the powers of sickness and Satan. 229 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:48,600 So he does Miracles as part of revealing, the kingdom of God to 230 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,600 people. Verse 24. 231 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,000 His veins, his Fame spread throughout Syria, Syria, is 232 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,300 another country. So internationally. 233 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:00,900 People will start to hear about Jesus and we learn that they 234 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:03,800 travel enormous distances internationally to come and be 235 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,200 healed. So people are traveling months 236 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:09,500 to come and see Jesus because of the things they're hearing about 237 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:15,100 him and to be healed. Verse 25, it then lists all the 238 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:17,800 different states that while most of the states of Israel have 239 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,100 heard about Jesus and they come to him to be healed. 240 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:22,900 So Jerusalem, he is about him Galilee his about him. 241 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:25,100 That's a couple is hears about him Bill. 242 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:29,200 All flocking to Jesus. So, apparently, Jesus spent a 243 00:14:29,208 --> 00:14:32,900 lot of his early months of his ministry, doing healings and 244 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:39,100 word, spreads really quickly. Okay, so that's our passage for 245 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,800 today. Let's turn to the catechism. 246 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,000 How does the Catholic Church develop teachings? 247 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:47,000 Based on our passage from Matthew chapter 4 today. 248 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,900 So firstly, a really important paragraph is paragraph 1989, 249 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,300 which is in the section about justification or how we achieve 250 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:02,900 salvation. Here's what it says, the first 251 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,500 work of Grace of the holy spirit is conversion affecting 252 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,800 justification in accordance with Jesus, Proclamation at the 253 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:13,800 beginning of the Gospel, repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at 254 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,500 hand. Moved by Grace, man, turns 255 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:21,800 toward God, and away from sin. Thus accepting forgiveness and 256 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,300 righteousness. From on high justification is 257 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:29,100 not only the remission of sins but also the sanctification and 258 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:35,400 renewal of the Interior man. So, the Catholic Church's 259 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,900 teaching on salvation is largely informed by Jesus, quote here, 260 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,700 from Matthew, for repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand 261 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:47,000 as in, we need to turn away from sin in order to reach the 262 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,500 kingdom. That's the Catholic teaching 263 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:53,200 paragraph 1503, which is in the discussion about Christ. 264 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:58,100 And his miracles says, Christ's compassion towards the sick and 265 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,400 his many healings of every kind of infirmity. 266 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:05,300 I resplendent sign that God has visited Edited his people, and 267 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,500 that the kingdom of God is close at hand. 268 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:12,400 Jesus has the power, not only to heal, but also to forgive sins. 269 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:15,700 He has come to heal the whole Man, soul and body. 270 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:21,600 He is the physician. The sick have need of And then 271 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,000 the paragraph goes on from there. 272 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,600 So that picks up from Matthew for the fact that Jesus spent a 273 00:16:27,608 --> 00:16:30,700 lot of time healing. And what that tells us about God 274 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:34,000 and about Christ. Okay. 275 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,800 So, that's the end of your podcast for today. 276 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,700 Thanks again for listening. Remember, you can always leave 277 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,700 questions or comments via voice messages and there's a link to 278 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:46,600 the voice messages within within the show notes of this episode. 279 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:50,300 And I'd love to hear from you. And then I can play that voice 280 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,500 message in a future podcast as well and hopefully answer your 281 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:57,500 questions or have a bit of a discussion about whatever. 282 00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:59,100 Bible topic you want to talk about? 283 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:00,900 Thanks again for listening.