They came not doubting the power of Jesus - fully assured that he was able to heal. In the case of the ruler and the woman that was diseased, we have a strong instance of the nature of faith. We should mingle with them simply to transact necessary business and to do them good, and no further, Psalm 1:1.ĥ. We should not seek enjoyment in their society. We should not enter into their follies or vices. It should not be of choice or for pleasure. We see here the proper rule to be observed in mingling with the wicked, Matthew 9:10-13. He can save to the uttermost all who come to God through him.Ĥ. But no impostor ever yet worked a real miracle. He that claims this right must be either an impostor or God. Only God can pronounce what shall be done with transgressors of His law, Isaiah 43:25. Nothing could prove it more clearly than the power to pardon sinners. To him, then, the lost sinner may come with the assurance that as he freely "then" exerted that power, so he is ever the same, and will do it now.ģ. He claimed it, and worked a miracle to prove it. Jesus has the power to forgive sins, Matthew 9:6. He should lay himself at his feet, and feel that Jesus holds over him the power of life and death, and that no other being can save.Ģ. Nothing was suffered to prevent the purpose of presenting the helpless paralytic to the Saviour. We are presented with an instance of proper perseverance in coming to Christ, Matthew 9:1-2. God is the proprietor of the great harvest of the world, and he only can send people to gather it in.ġ. He directed them, therefore, to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send forth reapers. They were prepared to receive the gospel but the laborers were few. By the reference to the harvest here, he meant that the multitude of people that flocked to his ministry was great. A waving field of golden grain invites many reapers and demands haste. Barnes' Notes on the BibleThe harvest truly is plenteous.
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