© 19 Colin Melbourne
The Living Christ
Jesus spoke not as a scribe, but with authority and power, decked with divine glory.
A young man was preaching in a market place. At the close of the address, some Atheist came and said, “There have been five Christs. Tell us which one it is that you preach.”
He answered, “The Christ that rose from the dead.”
There is only One that rose from the dead.
There is only one Jesus that lives.
And as He lives, so we live also. Glory to God!
We are risen with Him, are living with Him, and will reign with Him.
Jesus said, I Will
This ruler, as he drew near the crowd, went up to Him and said, “Jesus, my daughter lieth at the point of death. Come and lay thy hands upon her, and she will be healed.”
“I will come.” Jesus said.
What beautiful assurance!
Medical Leeches
But as they were coming along the road, a woman met them who had an issue of blood for twelve years. When she began with this trouble she sought many physicians.
She had some money, but the physicians took it all, and left her worse than they found her.
Have you any that do the same thing around here?
When I was a plumber, I had to finish my work before I got the money, and I didn’t always get it then. I think that if there was an arrangement whereby no doctor got his fee until he cured the patient, there wouldn’t be so many people die.
Twelve years of sickness this woman had. She needed someone now who could heal without money, for she was bankrupt and helpless.
The Doctor Who Never Fails
Jesus comes to people that are; withered up, diseased, lame, crippled in all kinds of ways, and when He comes there is; liberty to the captive, opening of eyes to the blind, and the opening of ears to the deaf.
Many had said to this woman, “If you had only been with us today. We saw the most marvellous things; the crooked made straight, the lame to walk, the blind to see…” and the woman twelve-years-sick said, “Oh you make me feel that if only I could see Him I should be healed.”
It strengthened her faith, and it became firm. She had a purpose within her.
Faith is a mighty power
Faith will reach at everything.
When real faith comes into operation, you will not say, “I don’t feel much better.”
Faith says, “I AM whole.”
Faith doesn’t say, “It’s a lame leg.”
Faith says, “My leg is alright.
Faith never sees a goitre
A young woman with a goitre came to be prayed for.
In a testimony meeting she said, “I do praise the Lord for healing my goitre.”
She went home and said to her Mother, “O Mother, when the man prayed for me, God healed my goitre.”
For twelve months she went about telling everybody how God healed her goitre.
Twelve months afterwards, I was in the same place [Bury, NW. England. Ed] and people said, “How big that lady’s goitre is!”
There came a time for testimony. She jumped up and said, “I was here twelve months ago, and God healed me of goitre. Such a marvellous twelve months!”
When she went home, her folks said, “You should have seen the people today when you testified that God had healed your goitre. They think there is something wrong with you. If you go upstairs and look in the glass, you will see the goitre is bigger than ever it was.”
She went upstairs, but she didn’t look in the glass. She got down on her knees and said, “O Lord, let all the people know how wonderfully You have healed me.”
The next morning her neck was as perfect as any neck you ever saw.
Faith never looks: Faith praises God that it is done!
Now Listen…
Continue reading…Only Believe!
© 19 Colin Melbourne
