Matthew 8:1-4 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.… "Blessed are the merciful," so our Lord had said; now the act follows the word. I. How truly HUMBLE and lowly was Jesus. Free from ostentation He walked among men. Christ can heal the leprosy of pride. II. Though lowly, the Saviour was NOT FEARFUL. With all our pride, how many things we fear. We fear labour, difficulty. Let us learn from Christ what courage is. He can cleanse from the leprosy of fear. III. IMPURITY IS ANOTHER FORM OF LEPROSY. IV. INDOLENCE, TOO, IS A LEPROSY. Christ's is an active Spirit, by feeling the influence of which we shall be healed of sloth. V. SELFISHNESS IS LEPROSY. VI. We shall see in DISCONTENT an irritating leprosy, eating into our mind's health and our soul's peace. These are instances of our moral disease. The Saviour's band can heal. (F. W. P. Greenwood, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.WEB: When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. |
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