Pastoral Letter (Oct. 25,2005)
Dear Friends!
When you look around at the people who are here at Handong, what do you see? Do you see impressive people, dressed in fine clothes, who have it all together?
Or do you see hurting people in need of comfort; troubled people in need of peace; sick people who need healing?
At the pool of Bethesda, there was a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years. He had been a burden to people. He probably had little sense of self-worth. Jesus had pity on him & healed him. And it's one of the few times the Scripture records Jesus healing someone when He was not asked to do so.How wonderful a person Jesus was to the man! Jesus saw the whole man, not just a fragment. He saw his possibilities, not just his handicap. He was concerned about his soul, not just his body. Jesus made him completely whole.
We are all handicapped by sin. We can't heal ourselves. All the suggested cures of this world are futile. But the blood-stained hands of Jesus reached out to us. "He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, by His wounds we are healed" [Isaiah 53:5].
There is healing power in the touch of Jesus. He is reaching out to you. Do you want to get well?
When you look around at the people who are here at Handong, what do you see? Do you see impressive people, dressed in fine clothes, who have it all together?
Or do you see hurting people in need of comfort; troubled people in need of peace; sick people who need healing?
At the pool of Bethesda, there was a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years. He had been a burden to people. He probably had little sense of self-worth. Jesus had pity on him & healed him. And it's one of the few times the Scripture records Jesus healing someone when He was not asked to do so.How wonderful a person Jesus was to the man! Jesus saw the whole man, not just a fragment. He saw his possibilities, not just his handicap. He was concerned about his soul, not just his body. Jesus made him completely whole.
We are all handicapped by sin. We can't heal ourselves. All the suggested cures of this world are futile. But the blood-stained hands of Jesus reached out to us. "He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, by His wounds we are healed" [Isaiah 53:5].
There is healing power in the touch of Jesus. He is reaching out to you. Do you want to get well?
posted by Andrew Brown at 11:20 AM
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