Illustration. A Message Of Comfort. "I was sick, and ye visited Me." Matt. 25:36. 1. For what will Christ finally commend the righteous? “I was sick, and ye visited Me.” Matt. 25:36. 2. Why, in His earthly ministry, did Christ heal the sick? “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” Matt. 8:17. 3. With what is Christ touched? “With the feeling of our infirmities.” Heb. 4:15. 4. What relief did He bring to Peter's household? “And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And He touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.” Matt. 8:14, 15. 5. What example did He leave us? “Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.” Acts 10:38. “As He is, so are we in this world.” 1 John 4:17. 6. What should we not forget in our ministry for the sick? “Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16. |