The Savior’s Touch
Walter F. González October 2019 Sunday Morning Session
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The Savior then extended His hand and, touching him, said, “I will; be thou clean.”
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Much like the leper, we can find strength and comfort in this life by accepting His will and knowing that He wants to bless us.
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It is very hard to imagine the physical and emotional suffering that weighed on the leper who came unto the Savior.
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At any rate, accepting His will—not our own—will help us understand our circumstances.
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At any rate, accepting His will—not our own—will help us understand our circumstances.
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A sincere desire that His will be done, along with an understanding of our Redeemer’s divine nature, helps us develop the kind of faith that the leper showed in order to be cleansed.
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“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
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“… He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
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Because He “descended below all things,” He makes it possible for all things that have been broken in our lives to be mended, and thus we can be reconciled with God.
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Because He “descended below all things,” He makes it possible for all things that have been broken in our lives to be mended, and thus we can be reconciled with God.
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Because He “descended below all things,” He makes it possible for all things that have been broken in our lives to be mended, and thus we can be reconciled with God.
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Roughly 2,000 years ago, the Savior came down from the mountain after teaching the Beatitudes and other gospel principles.
Alludes to High confidence
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 14: Continuation of Our Lord’s Ministry in Galilee
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The fact that leprosy is not ordinarily communicable by mere outward contact is accentuated by Trench, Notes on the Miracles, pp. 165–68, and the isolation of lepers required by the Mosaic law is regarded by him as an intended object lesson and figure to illustrate spiritual uncleanness.
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Among the afflicted seeking the aid that He alone could give came a leper,c who knelt before Him, or bowed with his face to the ground, and humbly professed his faith, saying: “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” The petition implied in the words of this poor creature was pathetic; the confidence he expressed is inspiring.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 18: As One Having Authority
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Seemingly faint at heart over the unbelief of the people, Jesus sought strength in prayer.
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Chapter 20: “Peace, Be Still”
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Our Lord’s inquiry as to who had touched Him in the throng affords us another example of His asking questions in pursuance of a purpose, when He could readily have determined the facts directly and without aid from others.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition
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Emancipation from these and “many such like things” must have been relief indeed.
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Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
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Sitting within the temple enclosure in the division known as the Treasury, which was connected with the Court of the Women,y our Lord continued His teaching, saying: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”z The great lamps set up in the court as a feature of the joyful celebration just ended gave point to our Lord’s avowal of Himself as the Light of the World.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
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What other man has come to earth with such appointment, clothed with the authority of such foreordination?
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Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal
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The Cup as a Symbol.—Our Lord’s frequent mention of His foreseen sufferings as the cup of which the Father would have Him drink (Matthew 26:39, 42; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; compare Matthew 20:22; Mark 10:38; 1 Corinthians 10:21) is in line with Old Testament usage of the term “cup” as a symbolic expression for a bitter or poisonous potion typifying experiences of suffering.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 6: The Meridian of Time
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Unto Moses, with whom the Lord spake “face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend,”a the course of the human race, both as then past and future, was made known; and the coming of the Redeemer was recognized by him as the event of greatest import in all the happenings to which the earth and its inhabitants would be witness.
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Chapter 7: Gabriel’s Annunciation of John and of Jesus
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