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"Great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all." Matthew 12:15
What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye ofJesus! Yet we read not that He was disgusted, but patiently waited on everycase. What a singular variety of evils must have met at His feet! Whatsickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet He was ready for every new shape ofthe monster evil, and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly fromwhat quarter it might, He quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or thecold of dropsy; the lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the filth ofleprosy, or the darkness of ophthalmia-all knew the power of His word, and fledat His command. In every corner of the field He was triumphant over evil, andreceived the homage of delivered captives. He came, He saw, He conqueredeverywhere. It is even so this morning. Whatever my own case may be, thebeloved Physician can heal me; and whatever may be the state of others whom Imay remember at this moment in prayer, I may have hope in Jesus that He will beable to heal them of their sins. My child, my friend, my dearest one, I canhave hope for each, for all, when I remember the healing power of my Lord; andon my own account, however severe my struggle with sins and infirmities, I mayyet be of good cheer. He who on earth walked the hospitals, still dispenses Hisgrace, and works wonders among the sons of men: let me go to Him at once inright earnest.
Let me praise Him, this morning, as I remember how He wroughtHis spiritual cures, which bring Him most renown. It was by taking upon Himselfour sicknesses. "By His stripes we are healed." The Church on earthis full of souls healed by our beloved Physician; and the inhabitants of heavenitself confess that "He healed them all." Come, then, my soul,publish abroad the virtue of His grace, and let it be "to the Lord for aname, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off."
Charles Spurgeon
What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye ofJesus! Yet we read not that He was disgusted, but patiently waited on everycase. What a singular variety of evils must have met at His feet! Whatsickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet He was ready for every new shape ofthe monster evil, and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly fromwhat quarter it might, He quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or thecold of dropsy; the lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the filth ofleprosy, or the darkness of ophthalmia-all knew the power of His word, and fledat His command. In every corner of the field He was triumphant over evil, andreceived the homage of delivered captives. He came, He saw, He conqueredeverywhere. It is even so this morning. Whatever my own case may be, thebeloved Physician can heal me; and whatever may be the state of others whom Imay remember at this moment in prayer, I may have hope in Jesus that He will beable to heal them of their sins. My child, my friend, my dearest one, I canhave hope for each, for all, when I remember the healing power of my Lord; andon my own account, however severe my struggle with sins and infirmities, I mayyet be of good cheer. He who on earth walked the hospitals, still dispenses Hisgrace, and works wonders among the sons of men: let me go to Him at once inright earnest.
Let me praise Him, this morning, as I remember how He wroughtHis spiritual cures, which bring Him most renown. It was by taking upon Himselfour sicknesses. "By His stripes we are healed." The Church on earthis full of souls healed by our beloved Physician; and the inhabitants of heavenitself confess that "He healed them all." Come, then, my soul,publish abroad the virtue of His grace, and let it be "to the Lord for aname, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off."
Charles Spurgeon
