Monday, July 8, 2013

Whose faith?

And it came to pass on a certain day, When I have good days, frequently the question arises in my mind: why can’t every day be like today? But that is not the way that the Lord lived His life: He drew strength and/or poured virtue into the day as it came, moving in the direction that He wanted to go, recognizing the impermanence of His audience, but wanting to provide them with the best
as he was teaching, opportunity available to be taught.
that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, And although I usually think of this as a story about the faith of the man who is physically healed and his friends in lowering him through the roof,
which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: Luke here points to the scribes and Pharisees as having faith sufficient to be healed. Christ was not so abrasive in his rebukes that his enemies would not hear, so that when they showed faith, He could proffer the awaited healing.
and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

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