βAnd there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me cleanβ (Mark 1:40).
It is interesting to observe exactly what the leper did and did not say to our Lord in the above passage. He did not say: βIf You could, You would,β even though more and greater miracles would unquestionably have enhanced our Lordβs fame. He rather said: βIf You will, You canβ β βIf Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.β
The people of our Lordβs day did not question the genuineness of His miracles. No one suggested that the infirmities He dealt with might be psychosomatic in nature, that they were probably either real healings of imaginary infirmities or imaginary healings of real infirmities. They could not raise these objections, for the evidences of the supernatural character of His healings were too overwhelming to admit of this. Everywhere He went healing the sick or casting out demons, the people βwondered and were amazed,β and spread βHis fameβ abroad from city to city. At Capernaum:
βAll they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him, and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed themβ (Luke 4:40).
How different it is with the βhealersβ of our day and with their claims! Entirely apart from the objections of those who question these βhealingsβ on Scriptural grounds, it is a simple fact that great numbers of people among the general populace question the validity of both the βhealersβ and their βhealing miracles.β
Meantime, as one has said, the death rate remains βone apiece.β There always comes that last time, when the βhealingβ doesnβt work and the patient dies. This is why all modern βhealersβ leave behind them a long, sad trail of disillusionment and shaken faith. source
