Good Friday and Easter is a great reminder of the death of Jesus on the cross and His subsequent resurrection. The body of Jesus, marred beyond recognition, would be raised victorious in divine glory.
I have heard it said "Time heals all wounds," but even cursory thought reveals this to be a myth. Not only is time incapable of healing anyone in itself, it offers no hope of genuine comfort. How did this cliche hold up as stones crushed the skull of Stephen? What would it profit to wax poetical over the body of Paul as the executioners blade decapitated him? Say, "Time heals all wounds" to the mother whose infant son was stolen or to the husband whose wife has left him. Employ this view to the boy or girl who has been raped by a supposed friend. Go ahead and say it, but it doesn't mean it is true.
During His life Jesus Christ healed many people, many of them suffering from incurable conditions and illnesses. He opened the eyes of men born blind, healed the flow of blood from a poor woman, healed the lame, cleansed lepers, cast out demons, and even raised people from the dead. I wonder what people thought when the Healer bled out on a cross and was buried in a tomb. "He healed others but could not heal Himself," they may have sneered. Yet all the scorn and mockery was revealed to be unfounded when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after three days. He accomplished more than the healing of His physical body but was resurrected in a glorified, immortal form. How glorious is the empty tomb and our risen LORD!
Time heals no wounds, but Jesus who is the same yesterday, today, and forever remains a Healer. He is able to administer a cure no medicine can boast, the forgiveness of sins and granting of eternal life. The dead are still raised to life as the love and power of Jesus Christ is perpetuated through the Gospel. In Jesus is redemption, reconciliation, and everlasting hope. Christ does not offer sentiment but salvation, and He lives forevermore!
I have heard it said "Time heals all wounds," but even cursory thought reveals this to be a myth. Not only is time incapable of healing anyone in itself, it offers no hope of genuine comfort. How did this cliche hold up as stones crushed the skull of Stephen? What would it profit to wax poetical over the body of Paul as the executioners blade decapitated him? Say, "Time heals all wounds" to the mother whose infant son was stolen or to the husband whose wife has left him. Employ this view to the boy or girl who has been raped by a supposed friend. Go ahead and say it, but it doesn't mean it is true.
During His life Jesus Christ healed many people, many of them suffering from incurable conditions and illnesses. He opened the eyes of men born blind, healed the flow of blood from a poor woman, healed the lame, cleansed lepers, cast out demons, and even raised people from the dead. I wonder what people thought when the Healer bled out on a cross and was buried in a tomb. "He healed others but could not heal Himself," they may have sneered. Yet all the scorn and mockery was revealed to be unfounded when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after three days. He accomplished more than the healing of His physical body but was resurrected in a glorified, immortal form. How glorious is the empty tomb and our risen LORD!
Time heals no wounds, but Jesus who is the same yesterday, today, and forever remains a Healer. He is able to administer a cure no medicine can boast, the forgiveness of sins and granting of eternal life. The dead are still raised to life as the love and power of Jesus Christ is perpetuated through the Gospel. In Jesus is redemption, reconciliation, and everlasting hope. Christ does not offer sentiment but salvation, and He lives forevermore!
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