Healing Man’s Infection of Sin “The Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it” (Isaiah 19:21. All scriptures from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted). by Ernie Kuenzli Listen to audio Today mankind is sick: (1) physically, living under the penalty of death; (2) mentally, being blind to the ways of God and (3) morally, being ignorant of God’s principles of […]
Healing Man’s Inability to Walk Righteously “Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your pallet, and walk.’ And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath” (John 5:8,9. All texts are from the Revised Standard Version). by Jeff Earl Listen to audio Healing of the Lame Man Miracle Life in the first century was fraught with many perils, including disease, famine, and childbirth. There were many untreatable illnesses such as […]
Healing of Man’s Inability to Work Righteously “Provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt” (Jeremiah 25:6). by Rafal Niemczyk Listen to audio The man with the withered hand was unable to work with that hand. Let us look more closely at the story of his healing to see what lessons we might discover. The story is recorded in Luke 6:6-11, Matthew 12:9-14, and Mark 3:1-6. “And he [Jesus] entered again into […]
Healing of Man’s Sight “Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind” (John 9:32 ASV. All other texts are from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted). by Ray Charlton and Nicholas Charcharos Listen to audio This statement was made by the man that was born blind. He had just received his sight through a miracle performed by Jesus and he came to the defense of Jesus after the Pharisees […]
Healing Man’s Inability to Stand in Righteousness “And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity” (Luke 13:11). by David Christiansen Listen to audio It was the Sabbath and we find Jesus teaching in the synagogue. Luke 13:1 (NLT) says, “About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were sacrificing at the Temple in Jerusalem.” This would have been a harrowing experience for the Jews that witnessed the aberration, and they […]