Discerning the Ministry of the True Jesus (Santosh Poonen)

1. Faith is the Key: Matthew 8:12-13; not: “faith by association”; but: “as you have believed”. 2. Spiritual Power is Immediate: Matthew 8:3,13,15,16; no long dialogue; Mark 9:28-29: a life of “prayer and fasting”. 3. Zero Fanfare: Matthew 8:4,15,18; The Divine Nature is most powerfully manifest when the Human Nature gets zero glory! 4. Physical or Spiritual?: Matthew 8:3,16; loved to touch the “untouchables”; never laid hands on demon-possessed. 5. Ultimate Purpose: Matthew 8:15; discipleship.