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the Law, and present the customary offering, expressinghis thanks to God and giving his testimony to the priestrespecting his healing, and to have him examine him asthe Law required.Jesus admonished the leper not to make known sogreat a miracle; but in his thankfulness he could not restrainhimself; he told it everywhere. The result wasthat Jesus could not thereafter visit the large cities becausehe would be overwhelmed with the number of sickbrought to him for healing. He therefore frequented therural districts, but even then the people sought Him forhealing, from every quarter.But alas! they were more appreciative of the restitutionblessings than the great privilege which our Lordspecially offered them of becoming His footstep followersand joint-heirs in His Kingdom, which, by and by,will dispense restitution blessings and healing far andnear to every member of Adam's race condemned throughthe fall of Adam, and redeemed by the precious blood ofCalvary.R4980 : page 70====================SIN-FORGIVENESS AND HEALING--MARCH 17.--MARK 2:1-12.--Text:--"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thydiseases."--Psalm 103:2,3.WHEN LATER the Savior returned to Capernaumthere was a crush to see and hearHim, and to bring the sick for His healingwords and touch. The miracles which ourLord performed were specially with a viewof getting the ear of the people for HisMessage--the Gospel of the Kingdom--thegood news of the privilege of becoming sonsof God and joint-heirs with Jesus in theMessianic Government, which would blessIsrael and all nations with light, knowledge, and upliftfrom sin and death conditions.It was while He was thus preaching that some deeplyearnest ones brought to Him a palsied man for healing.Unable to come into the house or its court because of thethrong, they removed some of the tiling stones of theroof, and lowered the sick man into the presence of thepreaching Savior. Such implicit faith, manifested bysuch heroic effort, could not fail to be appreciated by theRedeemer.But the unexpected happened. Instead of healing theman of his disease, Jesus exclaimed, "Thy sins are forgiventhee." Under God's arrangement with the Jews,