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

252 THE TOUCH OF JESUS
agnostic tells me he is blind, and deaf, dumb, torpid,
and dead to the spiritual world, I must believe him.
Jesus tells me that. Paul tells me that. Science
tells me that. He knows nothing of this outermost
circle ; and we are compelled to trust his sincerity as
readily, when he deplores it, as if, being a man without
an ear, he professed to know nothing of a musical
world, or, being without taste, of a world of art.
The nescience of human agnostic philosophy is the
proof from experience that to be carnally minded is
death."
Faith, which is to us a new sense, the eye of the
soul, the evidence of things not seen, is, as we are
told, the gift of God. Only Jesus can impart it, as
He only could give sight to the blind in the old days
;
and therefore, instead of arguing too often with those
who believe not, pray for them, make one after another
the subject of personal, pleading, persevering prayer,
that you may be like those of whom we read, "They
brought him to Jesus, that
He might put His hands
upon him." Xo matter what the crowd may be, He
cares for each, and though the multitude throng Him,
and press Him, He will lay His hands on every one
of them, and heal them.
4. One other example of human helplessness shall have
our attention, namely t
that which is confronted by
assaults
This is
of evil from without.
beautifully illustrated by Peter's experience,
when, trying to walk on the water to go to Jesus, a he
saw the wind boisterous, and was afraid, and beginning
to sink, cried, Lord, save me ! and immediately Jesus
put forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him,
O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt