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Why Miracles Happen?
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Lesson Four: by turtle
(1) And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which
had a withered hand.
(2) And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that
they might accuse him.
(3) And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
(4) And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to
do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
(5) And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for
the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
(6) And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
I often wonder why people would be upset if Jesus wanted to heal someone. Yet
often the Pharisees were upset at everything Christ did. They were upset because
it was breaking down there pocketbooks. It was breaking down the ability to
lord over the people. Instead of being happy about the situation the Pharisees
got angry.
In their rage they made a plot to get rid of the one that was doing evil in their
eyes. Christ was not about doing evil but about peace and love for all. Christ
desire all men and women to come to Him. All one needs to do is allow their
heart to become unhardened, by believing in Jesus as Lord of one’s life and
choosing to obey Him. Truth is people make choices daily, make choice to live
for God or live for their own comforts. I think with all the convinces of the
world today it is a hard choice. I be lying if I did not say I love to be rich. I think
though I rather have Jesus and salvation for my soul. How precious is Jesus to
you. The healing of this Man with the whither hand shows Christ authority over
sickness. Christ however was most concern about the sickness of the soul and
was sadden by the Pharisees position. Christ would of love the Pharisees to
repent. He would of love them to come to Him.
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