Mark 5:24-34 “So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him. (25) Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, (26) and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. (27) When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. (28) For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well." (29) Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. (30) And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" (31) But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?' “(32) And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. (33) But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. (34) And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
The next example we will look at is that of our Lord Jesus again. In the above passage Jesus did not lie. He genuinely did not know who touched Him. He knew that power had gone out of Him, but the Holy Spirit did not in this instance, reveal to Jesus who it was that touched Him, even though clearly, Jesus wanted that information. And so, if Jesus was operating the gift of the word of knowledge Himself, He would have known supernaturally just who had touched Him, but He didn’t. And so, again we see that in His earthly ministry, if the Holy Spirit did not give Jesus supernatural words of knowledge, then Jesus was limited to the natural, just as we are. From this example we again see clearly that the Holy Spirit was operating the gift, and not the Lord Jesus.
Michael E.B. Maher
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