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Proverbs 29:25; Job 3:25; Psalm 34:4; II Timothy 1:7; Psalm 145:8, 9; II Chronicles 16:9; Micah 7:18; Mark 1:40-45; Matthew 14:13, 14; 20:29-31; [Romans 10:17]; Matthew 20:32-34; 9:1-8; 35, 36; [III John 2]; Matthew 9:37, 38; 10:1, 8; John 14:12; Acts 10:34-38; John 9:1-5; [John 14:12]; John 9:6-38

Fear keeps us from receiving the blessings and benefits of God. Fear is due to believing things opposite to God’s Written Word or that which is revealed to us by the spirit. Basing our faith or response on information that is contrary to God’s Word puts us into a trap. Sound minds made up of sound thoughts coming from sound doctrine coming from sound scriptures eradicates fear. When fear is gone, the snare is released and we can receive from God what He declares from His Word He wants us to receive.

The love and compassion of God are expressed over and over in the scriptures. Jesus Christ, the expressed image of the Father, demonstrated that same love and compassion towards others. When we ponder the scriptures, it is evident that God is able to heal and to provide. When faith comes in, we equally realize that God is willing to do these things.

When the leper came to Jesus beseeching him to heal him, Jesus was moved with compassion, put forth his hand, touched him and he was healed. Tender compassion is active. It stems from a heart of love to want to get involved. It may require the entire resources of a man or woman to help the person. When the blind men came to Jesus, he asked them what they wanted him to do for them. Every record of Jesus delivering people is unique. He did and said the things which built faith in the heart of the one desiring to receive. He had compassion on the blind men and they were healed. Jesus was caring. He had the heart of the Father God. He wanted to see people delivered. With active loving compassion, he prayed for laborers. When God answered and gave him disciples to do the same thing he was doing, he commanded them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils.

John 9 contains the record of the man born blind. It was prophesied in the scriptures that the Messiah would heal a man who was born blind. His blindness was not a result of his or his parents’ sin. It was a wonderful example of the tender compassion of God. The man had a decision to make also. He could have been appalled at the way Jesus put clay and spittle on his eyes or he could continue to have faith in Jesus to be healed. Because he had faith in Jesus, he was literally a beggar walking in darkness who was changed immediately to a man with eyes to see and faith to believe. When the religious leaders excommunicated him for believing on Jesus, Jesus found him. Prior to this time, the man did not know that Jesus was the Messiah. Yet he was healed. God’s healing is for all.

The Word of God preached makes known Jesus, the son of God, who makes known the heart, love and compassion of God the Father. Let us proclaim, like the blind man who is healed, “Lord, I believe.”