What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Romans 7:24 NIV There is a new illness today that has spread into our societies. It is the love of self. It has crept even into the fold and into the hearts of God´s children. Most times we don´t even... Continue Reading →
Don´t We Get It? We are Sick!
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:18-19 (NIV) Come on guys, Jesus says. How... Continue Reading →
Bringing the Sick
And wherever he went--into villages, towns or countryside--they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. Mark 6:56 (NIV) As Jesus traveled through the region, the people recognized Him. The word spread. People went running ahead of... Continue Reading →
The Sick Need a Doctor
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call... Continue Reading →
He Took Her Hand and the Fever Left
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. Mark 1:31 (KJV) What a beautiful scene is portrayed here. Simon´s mother-in-law is suffering in bed with a fever when Jesus and the disciples come into the house. When He hears that... Continue Reading →
Make Us Clean!
And, Look! A leprous man came up and began doing obeisance to him, saying; ¨Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.¨ Matthew 8:2 (Reference Bible) Why do we go so often to the scriptures and why do we study the life of Christ so much? Some people may like to read the... Continue Reading →
Jesus´ Amazing Teaching and Healing
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23 American Standard Bible) So familiar are we to the story of Jesus that perhaps we rarely stop to think what was... Continue Reading →
