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 is disease, an accident, which impairs it. This derangement and discord is but one instance of that general disturbance of the world's harmony which sin has introduced. Sometimes, as in the case of the impotent man of St. John, disease is the direct consequence of sinful conduct. It is the work of the Son of Man to restore harmony and repair the breaches in Nature's order. And this His healing power on its spiritual, which is its essential, side effects. Incidentally, miracles are 'signs,' evidences of the Christian Revelation, but their primary character is that of 'mighty works' ([Greek: dynameis]), particular manifestations of that Power ([Greek: dynamis]) which resides in the Person of the Lord. As such they impressed King Herod, though he attributed their authorship to the Baptist risen from the dead.

(vi)  This Healing Power of Christ stands in closest relation to His claim to be 'the Life of them that believe and the Resurrection from the dead.' It flows from His Personality. Though that Personality is veiled for us in profound mystery, we know that in It the Human will and the Divine will are in perfect accord; and, therefore, it does not surprise us that, while a place is found in the Saviour's