“For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
Acts 28:27 (NIV)
A viper bites Paul and Paul has no ill effect whatsoever!
Paul heals an elderly man through prayer and laying on of hands,
and then Paul heals all who were sick on Malta, who were brought to him.
Surely the balm of Gilead has arrived in Malta!
Paul is escorted on towards Rome and is encouraged by the brothers and sisters in Christ who greet him along the way, but once arrived in Rome he was faced by the refusal of some among the Jews who refused to believe the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The balm of Gilead had come to Rome, and yet only those who would receive Christ, who would believe the message of the gospel, who would turn to God for salvation would receive healing.
Oh God may you open our eyes, open our ears, soften our hearts that we might see, hear, understand and turn and be healed.
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