And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
Jesus stood still and stopped on His way, commanded that the blind man be brought to Him, and when the man had come near He spoke personally with him. In that standing He is the great Physician standing to receive the sufferer, receiving those who are brought to Him in the arms of faith. He is Jesus of Nazareth passing by with a blessing in His hand, a blessing that must not be allowed to pass unreceived.
To call upon Him as Son of David for mercy is to find comfort and to feel healing power go through the soul and body. His stopping for the blind man makes every such moment an occasion to cry to Jesus for mercy and to receive clearer spiritual sight through God's grace. The answer He gives calls for laying aside all earthly medicine and relying alone upon the arm of God.
Faith thus awakened is not satisfied with partial relief but claims entire restoration, expecting to see and to feel still more of the salvation of God. The result is peace flowing like a river, triumph in God, unspeakable gratitude for tokens of divine love, renewed dedication to God, and restored strength to sound the last notes of warning to the world. For His commandment-keeping people that blessing is received by coming down from all self-exaltation, walking humbly before Him, seeking Him with all heart and soul and strength and mind, searching the heart, setting in order what ought to have been set in order, and preparing the King's highway, all to glorify His name.
Jesus stood still and stopped on His way, commanded that the blind man be brought to Him, and when the man had come near He spoke personally with him. In that standing He is the great Physician standing to receive the sufferer, receiving those who are brought to Him in the arms of faith. He is Jesus of Nazareth passing by with a blessing in His hand, a blessing that must not be allowed to pass unreceived.
To call upon Him as Son of David for mercy is to find comfort and to feel healing power go through the soul and body. His stopping for the blind man makes every such moment an occasion to cry to Jesus for mercy and to receive clearer spiritual sight through God's grace. The answer He gives calls for laying aside all earthly medicine and relying alone upon the arm of God.
Faith thus awakened is not satisfied with partial relief but claims entire restoration, expecting to see and to feel still more of the salvation of God. The result is peace flowing like a river, triumph in God, unspeakable gratitude for tokens of divine love, renewed dedication to God, and restored strength to sound the last notes of warning to the world. For His commandment-keeping people that blessing is received by coming down from all self-exaltation, walking humbly before Him, seeking Him with all heart and soul and strength and mind, searching the heart, setting in order what ought to have been set in order, and preparing the King's highway, all to glorify His name.