In honor of Mary Magdalene’s feast day, I reviewed what the Bible actually says about this most controversial of Jesus’ disciples. As I noted, this Mary has enough to recommend her to our consideration without the speculations of prostitution or marriage to Jesus.
Perhaps the most obvious lesson from her life is that God heals and restores. Both Mark and Luke note that Jesus healed Mary of seven demons. Some scholars take this literally, while others suggest that seven is used to symbolize the severity of her physical, non-demonic illness. Whatever your view of demonic activity, Mary had a serious problem and Jesus solved it. Completely.
That strikes me as worth repeating: this woman had a serious problem, and Jesus Christ solved it completely. Unfortunately, too many of us (myself definitely included) give lip service to this idea that God can heal and deliver without actually believing that it happens to regular people like us. We know it in theory but don’t believe it as fact. Perhaps the appropriate response is, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
I could stop here and have plenty to ponder. I see something else, though. read the complete post
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