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Healing of the Soul
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before God the prayers of those who desire His help. He turns no
weeping, contrite one away. Freely will He pardon all who come
to Him for forgiveness and restoration. He does not tell to any all
that He might reveal, but He bids every trembling soul take courage.
Whosoever will, may take hold of God’s strength, and make peace
with Him, and He will make peace.
The souls that turn to Him for refuge, Jesus lifts above the
accusing and the strife of tongues. No man or evil angel can impeach
these souls. Christ unites them to His own divine-human nature.
They stand beside the great Sin Bearer in the light proceeding from
the throne of God.
The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses “from all sin.”
1 John 1:7
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“Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God
that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us.”
Romans 8:33, 34
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Over the winds and the waves, and over men possessed of
demons, Christ showed that He had absolute control. He who stilled
the tempest and calmed the troubled sea spoke peace to minds dis-
tracted and overborne by Satan.
In the synagogue at Capernaum, Jesus was speaking of His
mission to set free the slaves of sin. He was interrupted by a shriek
of terror. A madman rushed forward from among the people, crying
out, “Let us alone; what have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of
Nazareth? art Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee who Thou art,
the Holy One of God.”
Mark 1:24
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Jesus rebuked the demon, saying, “Hold thy peace, and come
out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he
came out of him, and hurt him not.”
Luke 4:35
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The cause of this man’s affliction also was in his own life. He
had been fascinated with the pleasures of sin and had thought to
make life a grand carnival. Intemperance and frivolity perverted the
noble attributes of his nature, and Satan took entire control of him.
Remorse came too late. When he would have sacrificed wealth and
pleasure to regain his lost manhood he had become helpless in the
grasp of the evil one.
In the Saviour’s presence he was roused to long for freedom, but
the demon resisted the power of Christ. When the man tried to appeal