THE HEALER | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal., Kansas City, and New York · Nov 29, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, Nos. 48, 49.

THE HEALER.

SIN is the transgression, or perversion, of the law of God (1 John 3:4); and all sickness is the result of sin. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick." Jer. 17:9, R.V. All humanity at the best is diseased, and therefore mortal. The well person is only comparatively healthy, for he is subject to death. Heb. 9:27; Rom. 5:12.

Because of man's need Jesus Christ not only bore "our sins in His own body on the tree," but He also "Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." 1 Peter 2:24; Matt. 8:17. And as He bore our sins that He might cleanse us from them, so He bore our sicknesses that He might heal us. 1 John 3:9; 1 Peter 2:24. "He . . . healed all that were sick." Matt. 8:16. He sent forth His disciples with the instruction, "Heal the sick." Luke 10:9. He said of them, "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:18. And this was manifest among them for years. Mark 16:20; Acts 5:15, 16; 14:8-10. The Word assures us that God is unchangeable. Jesus Christ is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever." God reveals Himself to His people: "I am Jehovah that healeth thee." Ex. 15:26. Faith responds, "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases." Ps. 103:3. But it must be by faith in God, not fanaticism. When He shall gather His people to their own land, it shall be said, "The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity."