The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE
PALSY
The Power to do comes with the Attempt
to obey.
" Then saith he to the sick of the palsy : Arise, take up thy
bed, and go into thine house. And he arose, and departed to
his house." Matthew ix. 6, 7.
The first thought suggested here is that if we each
one have a bit of faith, Christ's power will come upon
us, though not another person in the assembly asks
for it, or cares to have it. Divine gifts are more
easily received when the very atmosphere of the
place is receptive, when the atmosphere is sympathetic
and electrical, when many hearts and minds
together are swayed by the same impulses, and alive
with the same expectancy. Souls then rise heavenward
together, each one lifted up by the mass of
hallowed emotion with which he is in contact. But
that help is not indispensable. One in the crowd
may get virtue from Christ, though all the rest shut
their hearts against it. Here was a saving act done
in an atmosphere of unbelief. The company was
very mixed. There were religious professors, whose
piety was all outside. There were scribes with a
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