If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 9.  In our past studies, we have commented that in Matthew 5 through 7, we have the words of life from our Lord.  In Matthew 8 and 9, we have deeds of power by our Lord that we may see by His words and deeds that He is indeed the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.  In our previous study of  Matthew chapter 8, we saw the Lord's power displayed in 3 ways.  In the first 17 verses of Matthew 8, we saw His  power displayed in healing – three distinct scenes of miracles of healing that He performed in the first verses of Matthew chapter 8.  Then in Matthew chapter 8:23-27, we saw the Lord's power over nature itself, as He stilled the sea in the midst of the storm.  And then in…