Who did Jesus help anyhow? Lazarus was raised from dead but Death followed quickly behind the voice of Christ and swallowed him up again. Christ visited many town and His hands healed many people but for every one that he healed how many more in the same instant elsewhere became ill? The Apostle John refers to Christ's healings more often as signs than as miracles. As signs they were not the final intent of His ministry but served to point the final intent.
“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” -John 10:10
Physical health and material riches pass away but true Life through Christ is forever. It is for freedom that He set us free to live abundant life. The martyrs testify through their blood that nothing in this world, no tyrant, disease or calamity can take from us our true Life and our true Freedom.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 8:38
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