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From Heaven With Love
but he can work for individuals. Nigh and afar off are souls weighed
down by guilt. It is not hardship or poverty that degrades humanity.
It is guilt, wrongdoing. Christ would have His servants minister to
sin-sick souls.
Where We Can Begin
Everyone is to begin where he is. In our own families may be
souls starving for the bread of life. There are heathen at our very
doors. If performed with faith, the work will be felt to the uttermost
parts of the earth. The humblest worker, moved by the Holy Spirit,
will touch invisible chords, whose vibrations will ring to the ends of
the earth, and make melody through eternal ages.
The gifts of the Spirit are promised to every believer according
to his need for the Lord’s work. The promise is just as trustworthy
now as in the days of the apostles.
Christ came to heal the sick, to proclaim deliverance to the cap-
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tives of Satan. He imparted His life to the sick and those possessed
of demons. He knew that those who petitioned Him for help had
brought disease on themselves, yet He did not refuse to heal them.
And many were healed of their spiritual disease as well as their
physical maladies. The gospel still possesses the same power. Christ
feels the woes of every sufferer. When fever is burning up the life
current, He feels the agony. He is just as willing to heal now as
when He was personally on earth. He desires through His servants
to exercise His power.
Healthful Living a Part of the Gospel
In the Saviour’s manner of healing there were lessons for His
disciples. The cure could be wrought only by the power of the Great
Healer, but Christ made use of simple and natural remedies. He
taught that disease is the result of violating God’s laws, both natural
and spiritual. The great misery in the world would not exist if men
lived in harmony with the Creator’s plan. He taught that health is the
reward of obedience to the laws of God. The Great Physician had
spoken to His people from the pillar of cloud: “If thou wilt diligently
hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is