DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 23; Isaiah 17-18; 2 Thessalonians 2
And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to unto him, (the paralytic) Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Luke 5:20
Concerned friends brought this man to the feet of Jesus, letting him down through the roof, confident that the Lord could work a miracle. Then we have a remarkable statement. It says that when the Lord saw their faith—the faith of his friends—he said to the man “Thy sins are forgiven thee.” The Lord moved in healing and forgiveness because of the earnest concern of his friends. May the Lord give us that measure of faith, as in our earnest prayers, we bring others to the feet of Jesus, that we might see them gloriously saved. May the Lord give us that confidence of faith in the Gospel. —W. H. Burnett
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save. —Fanny J. Crosby