Mark 1:41 KJV
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his
hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
When a man is
as desperate as was this leper, the words, "I will" sound very sweet. Here is the balance
between the sovereignty of God and the free will of man. Multitudes of lepers
lived in Jesus' day but many of them, most of them were not cleansed because
they never sought cleansing from the Lord. This leper knew his cleansing was
completely of the Lord. He could not do it himself. He had no secret, no merit.
no action he could employ to aide in his own healing. But He knew Jesus needed
none of that. It was solely of His own will.
And Jesus said
"I will".
Many people,
most, never come to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ because most never
come to seek it of Christ. It is not a matter of His being unwilling; He would
have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. It is
rather completely because they never come to ask it of Him.
All those who
come believing He can save them if He wills it find that He always says,
"I will."
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