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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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(Vayylkr^ Qr ^^y 17 i Vi^ku^<br />

Word He cleansed him. And so, experience ever<br />

finds that in Christ <strong>the</strong> real is far beyond <strong>the</strong> ideal.<br />

We can underst<strong>and</strong>, how, from his st<strong>and</strong>point,<br />

Sirauss should have found it impossible to<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> healing <strong>of</strong> leprosy by <strong>the</strong> touch <strong>and</strong><br />

Word <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. Its explanation lies in <strong>the</strong> fact, that<br />

He was <strong>the</strong> Gk)d-Man. And yet, as our inner<br />

tending after God <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> voice <strong>of</strong> conscience<br />

indicate that man is capable <strong>of</strong> adoption into God's<br />

family, so <strong>the</strong> marked power which in disease<br />

mind has over body points to a higher capability in<br />

Man Perfect, <strong>the</strong> Ideal Man, <strong>the</strong> God-Man, <strong>of</strong><br />

vanquishing disease by His WiU.<br />

It is not quite so easy at first sight to underst<strong>and</strong>,<br />

why Christ should with such intense earnestness,<br />

almost vehemence,' have sent <strong>the</strong> healed man away<br />

—as <strong>the</strong> term bears, ' cast him out.' * Certainly not<br />

(as <strong>Vol</strong>kmar —fantastically in error on this, as on

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