Article May 22, 1948 Issue

STEADFASTNESS

LEE GUEST

In the fourteenth chapter of Acts we read (verses 8—10): "There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: the same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked."

There is no denying that the material picture before Paul testified to one who was crippled. It is conceivable also that because of this testimony there might have come to Paul the suggestion that the physical condition being of long standing, even from birth, much time might be required to bring about a complete healing. That Paul did not listen to such a suggestion but seized this opportunity to prove the healing efficacy of the ever-available, never-failing law of God, is apparent from the wonderful healing that occurred, for immediately the man "leaped and walked."

What was it that brought God's healing power to this individual? It was Paul's steadfast clinging to his understanding of the truth about God and man created in His image and likeness. Not the slightest concession to matter and its so-called laws did he permit to darken his discernment of the one infinite, omnipotent God, Spirit, and His spiritual creation.

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