our Lord Jesus Christ. This being the case, what then is the Psalmist talking about when he speaks of the healing of dis eases? We believe he has definite reference to our deliverance from the dread malady that affects ev ery individual born into the world. I am referring to the spiritual dis ease of sin, which, unless the only remedy is applied, will bring spir itual, physical, and eternal death. In His loving grace and mercy, however, Cod Himself has pro vided the cure through the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. This, I believe, is that about which the Psalmist is speaking in the words, "He healeth all of our dis eases." Let me put it this way. The greatest healing today is not really that of the body. It is without a doubt the spiritual healing of the human soul. The body will die but the soul lives on throughout all the eternal ages. There is a power which can break the power of Sa tan's allurements (I John 4:4). For that temptation you face today the Bible says that God, through Jesus Christ, heals all of our diseases. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. In verse four of the 103rd Psalm, we are told that Cod redeems our life from destruction. Let me just share this little thought with you. I was trying to memorize this por tion just the other day so that it would be more meaningful to me. It is one thing to read Scripture over the air, but it is another thing to have it in the heart and into practice in the life. I had hit a mental block while driving along. This phrase would not come to mind. I remembered the first few verses of this 103rd Psalm, "Bless the Lord, O my soul," and all that. Page 54
I could get down to, "Who forgiv- eth all thine iniquities, and who healeth all thy diseases" without any problem. Then I was able to go ahead, beyond this phrase with, "Who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies." Obviously, there was something left out. Finally it dawned on me that I had skipped, "Who redeem- eth thy life from destruction." Just about that time I looked down at my automobile speedometer. There I noticed the many thousands of miles I have traveled in my car without any accident or difficulty whatsoever. The Holy Spirit re minded me, "Think how many times your life has been redeemed from destruction." I just thanked God right at that moment for the way in which He had watched over me. To be sure, there had been so called "narrow escapes." "Who redeemeth thy life from destruc tion." Have you not had similar experiences? The fact of the matter is, we have no idea of the unseen forces which keep our lives day by day from destruction or death before God's appointed hour. Scripture reminds us of the fact. For in stance, in the 91st Psalm we read, "He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways." Do you believe in angels? I do, because God tells us that He has given us angels to minister "to them who shall be heirs of salva tion." Now this wonderful state ment is in the ever-present tense. It says, "Who redeemeth" (right this very moment) "thy life from destruction." Salvation, of course, has three different and distinct tenses. We know, first of all, that when by faith we receive the Lord
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