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I. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING ARE MEN'S GREATEST NEEDS.

1. Because without them there can be no upward spiritual progress. Man's course is downward until he is divinely forgiven and healed. The accumulating power of sin.

2. Because without them there can be no truly happy service for God.

3. Because without them, existence itself must ultimately become intolerable.

II. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING ARE RECEIVED FROM GOD.

1. He only has the right to forgive and heal.

2. He only has the power.

3. With God is the disposition to put forth His power and assert His right to forgive and heal.

III. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING ARE, IN THE KINGDOM OF GRACE, INSEPARABLY CONNECTED. Whom God forgives He heals (1 John 1:9).

IV. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING, WHEN POSSESSED, INSPIRE DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THEIR AUTHOR.

(W. Smith.)

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KJV: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

WEB: who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;