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"He that was healed wist not who it was." - John
5:13
Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must
have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When
Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, he
was delightfully sensible of a change. Even so the sinner who has for weeks and
months been paralysed with despair, and has wearily sighed for salvation, is
very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and
gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed
without our discerning it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed
and remain inoperative; and the change wrought is too marvellous not to be
perceived. Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not
the sacredness of his person, the offices which he sustained, or the errand
which brought him among men. Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts which
yet feel the power of his blood. We must not hastily condemn men for lack of
knowledge; but where we can see the faith which saves the soul, we must believe
that salvation has been bestowed. The Holy Spirit makes men penitents long
before he makes them divines; and he who believes what he knows, shall soon know
more clearly what he believes. Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man
was much tantalized by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them. It
is good to be able to answer gainsayers; but we cannot do so if we know not the
Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding. The cure of his ignorance, however,
soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the
temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that "it
was Jesus who had made him whole. " Lord, if thou hast saved me, show me
thyself, that I may declare thee to the sons of men.
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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