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touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And
their eyes were opened." "And Jesus went about all the cities and
villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."
Ver. 35.

John, when in prison, hearing of the works of Jesus, sent two of his
disciples who asked the Savior, "Art thou he that should come, or do we
look for another?" Now John was acquainted with the prophecy of Isaiah
concerning the Christ, so Jesus said to the disciples, "Go and show John
again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight
and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead
are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them." Jesus
told them that he was doing just what was prophesied that Christ should do
when he came, then this must certainly be he and we need not look for
another. Throughout his ministry the Savior continued to cast out devils
and to heal the sick. He gave his twelve disciples power "against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease." Mat. 10:1. Not only did he give the twelve such power
over Satan and sickness, but in sending out the seventy he said: "And into
whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set
before you: and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The
kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." Luke 10:8, 9.

Before Jesus ascended to the Father he commissioned his disciples to
preach the gospel, saying, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved: but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall
follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:15-18. Jesus was the "light of
the world," because he had power over sin and disease. The church becomes
a light in the world in proportion to her power and purity, and when she
reaches the zenith of her power the same power is exercised by her as by
the Lord himself. After commissioning the disciples to preach, Jesus was
"received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went
forth, and preach