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Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

by Cornelius R. Stam

"And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean" (Mark 1:40).

It is interesting to observe exactly what the leper did and did not say to our Lord in the above passage. He did not say: "If You could, You would," even though more and greater miracles would unquestionably have enhanced our Lord's fame. He rather said: "If You will, You can" --- "If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."

The people of our Lord's day did not question the genuineness of His miracles. No one suggested that the infirmities He dealt with might be psychosomatic in nature, that they were probably either real healings of imaginary infirmities or imaginary healings of real infirmities. They could not raise these objections, for the evidences of the supernatural character of His healings were too overwhelming to admit of this. Everywhere He went healing the sick or casting out demons, the people "wondered and were amazed," and spread "His fame" abroad from city to city. At Capernaum:

"All they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him, and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them" (Luke 4:40).

How different it is with the "healers" of our day and with their claims! Entirely apart from the objections of those who question these "healings" on Scriptural grounds, it is a simple fact that great numbers of people among the general populace question the validity of both the "healers" and their "healing miracles."

Meantime, as one has said, the death rate remains "one apiece." There always comes that last time, when the "healing" doesn't work and the patient dies. This is why all modern "healers" leave behind them a long, sad trail of disillusionment and shaken faith.

Posted by Caretaker (Member # 36) on :

The Touch of the Master's Hand!!!!

Song of Jesus
©1990 Drew D. Montgomery

Sing a song of Jesus, Teacher, Healer, Friend,
Sing a song of Jesus, stanzas without end,
From Bethleham to Calvary, the cradle to the grave,
Sing a song of Jesus, the only one who saves.

Chorus:
Sing a song, song of Jesus,
Sing it out let it ring,
Sing a song, song of Jesus,
Messiah, Savior, King.

Sing a song of Jesus, his glory, might and grace,
As he walked to Bethany, the tears that stained his face,
As he called the dead-man forth, all wrapped up in a shroud,
How the spark of life returned when the master called aloud.

Chorus

Sing a song of Jesus, the Lion and the Lamb,
Sing of might and sacrifice throughout that barren land.
Sing of wounds on hands and feet, upon his head and side,
And how our blessed Savior, God, was so cruelly crucified.

Chorus

Sing about our Jesus, how they took him from that tree,
And placed him in that cold, dark tomb at the foot of Calvary.
The Romans and Sanhedrian sealed up that tomb so tight,
But there's nothing darkness ever does can prevail against Heaven's might.

Chorus

Sing about our Jesus that resurrection day,
The grave-clothes laying on the slab, the stone had rolled away.
The dead are dead no longer, captivity's been set free,
And now he's opened Heaven's gate, to let in you and me.

Chorus

Jesus, Lord, Messiah, Master, Savior, Friend.
Who taketh from a lost dead state, giveth life that'll never end.
Guide me down thy pathways, fill me with thy Holy Ghost,
And when I slip these earthly bonds, bring me into thy Heavenly Host..

Chorus

Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

Manny a time I reached out in total desperation just to touch the hem of His robe in my mind and was renewed each and every time.