Matthew 11:5 (KJV)
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
I want to take the opportunity to provide examples of these works of the Lord:
The blind receive their sight.
Matthew 9:28-30 (KJV)
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
The lame walk.
Matthew 9:2-7 (KJV)
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
And he arose, and departed to his house.
The lepers are cleansed.
Matthew 8:2-3 (KJV)
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
The deaf hear.
Mark 7:32-35 (KJV)
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
The dead are raised up.
Matthew 9:23-25 (KJV)
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
These are remarkable and startling illustrations of Christ’s power and of His divinity.
Then comes the final example of His works Christ Himself presented, “the poor have the gospel preached to them.” Amazing. Could He not have made them wealthy? Could He not have reversed their poverty? Could He not have miraculously given them employment so that they need never be poor again? What did He do? He preached the gospel to them. Is this why the next verse says, Matthew 11:6 (KJV) And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
I want to suggest, and I am confident that the Bible backs me up on this, that the greatest poverty of all the world is that of the soul. To be in debt for our sin, a debt we can never pay, and carries a penalty we would never be able to bear the burden of. This is a debt that all men, of all time, in all walks of life and every standard of living bear. More miraculous than healing, even more than being raised to life, is the miracle of sins forgiven, the debt paid, and eternal redemption secured.
The only person who would possibly be offended by that is the person who refuses to believe the debt is real.
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Christ’s Greatest Work: Forgiving the Debt of Sin
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