Looking at Luke chapter 9, I'm
going to try to bring the message from Luke 9 verse 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, down through verse 11,
where I hope to end up. And I'm taking the title for
the message from verse 11, where it says there in the last part,
that the Lord Jesus Christ healed them that had need of healing. The title of the message, Healing
for All Who Need It. Does that describe you? Are you
one of those spoken of in this verse of Holy Scripture in need
of healing? The Lord Jesus Christ died for
the ungodly. When we were yet without strength,
He died for the ungodly. Are you one of those ungodly?
Are you one of those for whom Christ died? Are you one of those
in need of healing? Are you one of those in need
of mercy? The Scriptures teach that the
Lord delights to show mercy. Micah 7, 18. The man, the publican
in the temple who cried, Lord, be merciful to me, thee sinner.
Remember what the Lord said of him? He went down to his house
justified. You see, the Lord delights to
show mercy. Are you in need of mercy? Well, I'd call upon the
Lord for mercy. Are you in need of forgiveness?
Boy, I am. I'm a sinner. The Lord Jesus
Christ is ready to forgive because He is plenteous in redemption. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's
Son, cleanses us from all our sin. You need a forgiveness? Don't come see me. You look to
Him. Call upon Him. Are you in need
of pardon? Pardon from all your sin, iniquity,
and transgression? Well, the Scriptures teach the
Lord is ready to pardon. Pardon is found in Him. I need
pardon for I'm guilty. Do you see that you need a justifying
righteousness before God? Do you see your need of that? of a justifying righteousness
before God. For the Scriptures teach, blessed
is the man whom the Lord imputed righteousness without works.
Romans chapter 4 verse 6. Are you in need? Do you need
salvation? If you're a sinner, you do. Do
you need a Redeemer? If you're ruined in the fall,
you do. Do you need salvation? Well, I've got good news. The
Lord Jesus Christ came to save sinners. This is a faithful saying
and worthy of all acceptation that the Lord Jesus Christ came
to save sinners. We studied over here in Luke
chapter 5. Remember when the Pharisees complained?
Ask your disciples, why does your master hang out with those
lowlifes, those publicans and sinners? And the Lord overheard
them. He said, they who are whole don't
need a physician, but those who are sick. Go learn what this
means. All have mercy, not sacrifice.
I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners. to repentance. Are you a sinner? I am. The Lord
Jesus Christ died for sinners. This is a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptation that the Lord Jesus Christ died for
sinners and the Apostle Paul said, that's me. I'm the chief
one. Paul's got competition. I have
to shove him out of the way because I'm the chief sinner. No one,
no one is as sinful as I am. A preacher, are you really a
sinner? Through and through. Through and through. I'm so sinful,
if you really knew how sinful I am, you wouldn't listen to
me preach the gospel. That's right. But you know the Lord has chosen
to put the gospel in frail, earthen, sinful vessel that He might be
glorified. If I came here and told you about
everything, how good I am, how righteous I am, how much I've
done, how I've done this. Boy, that's just obnoxious, isn't
it? You see, this sinner enjoys telling
other sinners where bread is found. This is one beggar telling
other beggars where bread is found. As a matter of fact, when
we get back to talking about our need, there is not one need
that you have that the Lord Jesus Christ does not fully and freely
and eternally supply. You name it, He meets it. You name it. Well, I need righteousness. He's our righteousness. I need
redemption. He's my redeemer. I need salvation. Well, He's the Savior. Keep on
naming it. There's not one need you have. As a matter of fact, the Apostle
Paul put it this way, My God shall supply all your need, singular,
according to His riches in glory through the Lord Jesus Christ. God who spared not His own Son,
but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also
freely, freely give us all things? Does that include everything?
Everything of His fullness have we all received grace for grace.
In Him dwells all the fullness of Godhead bodily, and in Christ
we stand complete. Now, we'll come back to verse
11 in just a minute, but I want to consider two things before
we get to verse 11. Look at verse 7, down through
verse 9. Now Herod the Tetarch, or the
governor or the king, heard of all that was done by him, that
is, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he was perplexed, he was puzzled,
because that it was said of some that John was risen from the
dead. And as we read from Mark 6, Herod actually believed that
John, whom he had beheaded, had come back from the dead. And
some, of some said that Elijah had appeared, Elijah that mighty
prophet of God who called down fire from heaven. And of others
that one of the old prophets, maybe Samuel, one of the old
prophets was risen again. Verse 9, and Herod said, John,
I know what happened to him, I cut his head off, I beheaded
him, but who is this? Who is this man? Who is this
one from Galilee? Who is this one who makes the
dead to live? Who is this one that gives sight
to the blind? Who is this man who calms the
stormy sea and the wind? See, who is this man? He's none
other than God. manifest in the flesh. Herod
didn't know. Who is this of whom I hear such
things? He heard about the lepers being
cleansed, about the dead being raised up. Who is this man? And
he desired, well, I want to see this man. I want to see this
man who does all these things. Now, here we see a great man. among men in that day. He's called
King Herod. But here's a man who had great
fear. He was greatly perplexed. He had great uneasiness. He was
filled with distress and horror. He thought John had come back
from the dead. Herod was tortured in his own
guilty conscience for he knew he was guilty of killing The
prophet of God, he said, I beheaded John. But who is this man? He had heard John the Baptist
preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. What did John preach? John preached, behold the Lamb
of God that taketh away the sin of the world. He heard what John
had said, that Christ must increase and that he must decrease. He
heard John preach, He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth not the Son
shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth upon him. But
taking no heed to the words and warnings of John, or to the word
of God that John preached, to satisfy the desires of his own
wicked wife, he had John beheaded in prison. Now having heard of
all the miracles that the Lord Jesus Christ had done, now he
knows God had sent another prophet. Oh, I killed one, but God sent
another prophet to take the place of John. Who is this of whom
I hear such things? And he desired an audience with
the Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful and true is that saying
of Solomon, the way of the transgressor is hard. The wicked are like
the troubled sea, always rolling, no comfort, no peace, no rest. Herod's sin had found him out.
The prison and the sword had silenced John the Baptist's tongue,
but they could not silence the voice of Herod's haunting conscience. God's truth can never be silenced,
nor bound, nor killed. When Paul was put in prison there
in Rome, he said, I'm in prison, but the Word of God's not bound.
You cannot stop the voice of God. You cannot stop the Word
of God and the truth of God. He said, I'll send forth my gospel,
and it shall prosper whereunto that I send it. What was Herod's
problem? What haunted him so much? He
had a guilty conscience. Didn't he? He had a guilty conscience. You know, conscience is the most
powerful part of our natural constitution, even our children. When they get caught up in something
and mama, daddy finds out about it, mama knows everything. You
can't get anything over on mama. And sometimes when the little
ones get caught, they have a guilty conscience, don't they? They
say, oh, I got caught. I got caught. Conscience is the
most powerful part of our natural constitution. While it cannot
save our soul and it never leads a man to faith in Christ because
it's depraved and wicked, it still is yet a powerful part
of our natural makeup. Have you ever had a guilty conscience? Well, all of you have. All of
you have had a guilty conscience. We know the natural conscience
of man, it cannot give true faith, it cannot give true repentance,
but a guilty conscience does cause great alarm unless you're
one of those, the scripture says, their conscience is seared with
a hot iron. You see, it's hard to live with
a guilty conscience. Herod was a miserable man. He
knew he was guilty of murder. He knew he violated the law of
God and he was guilty. A guilty conscience, it makes
a guilty man uneasy, doesn't it? It causes him to tremble
at God's holy law. You know, the holy law of God
is written upon our conscience? Why does a heathen over there
and those third world countries know it's even wrong to murder.
Why does he know that? The law of God is written on
his conscience. We're going to study that in
Romans 2 in the weeks to come, but let me just read it to you.
For the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature defend
containing the law. These, having not the law, are
law unto themselves, which show the work of the law written in
their hearts, in their conscience. their conscience also bearing
witness and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing
yourself. You know, oftentimes we justify
the terrible things we do. Oh, I'm the victim of circumstances. Oh, somebody took advantage of
me. We always seem to blame everyone else when the problem is right
here. You have no one to blame for your sin but yourself. That's
right. Now, here's the question. Is
there a cure, a remedy, for a vile, polluted, and sinful conscience
before God? Is there healing for a guilty
conscience? It says here in verse 11, He
healed all them that had need of healing. Even that sinner
that has that guilty conscience before God that knows and screams
in his heart, he knows he's guilty. Let every mouth be stopped and
all the world become guilty before God, says in Romans chapter 3. Is there any hope, any healing
for a guilty conscience? I've got good news. Yes, in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing can truly and fully satisfy
my conscience that does not fully and truly satisfy the holy law
of God. It is only what Christ has done,
what Christ has given, what Christ the Lord Jesus Christ has performed
for us that will benefit any guilty soul, any guilty conscience
before God. You see, the Lord Jesus Christ,
He came to heal our soul. even our guilty conscience before
God with the blood of Christ. Turn to Romans chapter 9. Romans chapter 9. Is there healing
in the atonement? Absolutely. Christ is our healer. We'll see that in just a minute.
Now here's the answer to any who have a guilty conscience
because they've sinned against God. And be sure you know this,
we have all sin that comes short of the glory of God. We are guilty.
Whether your conscience right now bothers you or not, whether
you're convicted by God the Holy Spirit, you're still guilty.
Is there any hope for a guilty sinner? Well, here it is. Hebrews chapter 9. But Christ,
being come a high priest, did good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building, neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by His own blood. He entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us, for it is
the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer." Those
typical blood sacrifices. Heifer, ashes of a heifer, sprinkling
the unclean, sanctified to the purifying of the flesh in a ceremonial
way, pointing to Christ our Justifier. How much more shall the blood
of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without
spot, without fault, without sin to God, purge your conscience
from dead works? to serve the living God. Look at verse 26 in Hebrews 9. The Lord Jesus Christ is entered
into the holy places, not made with hands, but into heaven itself
now to appear in the presence of God for us. Verse 24. nor
yet that he should offer himself often as a high priest entered
into the holy place every year with the blood of others. For
then must he have often suffered since the foundation of the world.
But now once, in the end of the world, in the end of the age,
he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." That
gives this vile sinner hope because the Lord Jesus Christ appeared
for me. and put away my sin with the
sacrifice of himself, with his own blood." Is there a remedy
for a guilty sinner who is convicted of his sin, knows he's guilty
before God? Yes. Yes, there is. Christ Himself
is that remedy. Christ Himself and His blood
being shed for us puts away all our guilt, all our sin. Point number one. Here's the
second thing. Now, I don't want to overlook this. Look at verse
10. We'll make a brief comment here. and the apostles when they
returned." Now, how long they were gone preaching? You remember
the Lord sent them out preaching, it says in verse 6 of Luke 9,
they departed and went through the towns preaching the gospel
and healing everywhere. You remember the Lord gave them
authority and power and He sent them out to preach the gospel.
And when they returned, they told Him all that they had done
And he took them and went aside privately into a desert place
belonging to the city called Bethsaida. Here's these apostles. They were out every day. You
remember he sent them out with, he said, don't take any money.
Don't take any food. Don't take any extra clothes.
You just go and preach and preach and preach. And they did that.
And they came back exhausted. And he said, time to rest. Time to rest. And he took them
aside into a desert place. The report of the apostles when
they came back, remember, they were sent out to preach the gospel
of the kingdom and to heal sinners. What was the healing? The gospel
itself. It's the power of God unto salvation. The apostles came and told the
Lord all that they had done. They had done in His name. in that preaching of the gospel,
how the Lord had healed many that had need of healing. Remember, it was the Lord who
called them, look at verse 1, Luke 9, then He called His twelve
disciples together and gave them power and authority over all
devils to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom
of God and to heal the sick. The Lord called them. and gave
them power and gave them authority to go preach the gospel of God. And they did so, and the Lord
blessed the gospel. You see, our God, when we go
and preach the gospel, we preach the gospel. He said, go everywhere
preaching the gospel, knowing that I have all power in heaven
and earth. Therefore, go and preach the
gospel to every creature, knowing that I am God, knowing that I
have all authority and all power. When Paul and Barnabas came back
from preaching on their first missionary journey, on their
first trip, then when they came back to the church there in Antioch
in Acts 14, 27, it says this, they declared all that God had
done with them. And this is what the apostles
are saying here. They returned and told him all
they had done. Now, did they really do anything
in and of themselves? No, they were saying with His
authority, in His name, with His power, you see, He gets all
the honor and He gets all the glory. When we give an account
of our ministry, We take no credit, no glory, for all is due unto
His name, worthy of the Lamb that was slain. Receive all honor,
glory, blessing, and power, both now and forever. David said in
Psalm 115, Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name
do we give glory for Thy mercy and for Thy truth's sake. They
came back declaring all that God had done through them, through
the Word, with the preaching of the Gospel. And it says in
verse 10, He took them and went aside privately into a desert
place belonging to the city of Bethsaida. Now, I like what the
Lord did here with His disciples. He didn't say, okay, time to
go again. He gave them time. for some much-needed
rest. He took them aside in a private
way into a desert place, and I'm sure that he gave them much-needed
instruction, for there must be for the minister of the gospel
and for all of us a time of rest and a time of refreshment, a
little time to get away from the hustle and bustle of things,
a time to reflect, a time to meditate, a time to recharge,
a time to regroup. Sometimes we say, boy, it's time
to go on vacation. Take a vacation. Take a vacation. Take your family on a vacation.
That's exactly what the Lord did here. He sent His disciples
out on such an important mission and they went out and they preached
and they preached and they went in every city and they preached
and they preached and they came back and told the Lord all that
God had done with them. They said, okay, time to rest. That's a good thing to do. This
body and this frame and this mind needs rest. It needs rest. Take time to rest and reflect
and meditate upon the blessings we have in Christ. Now, I have to force myself to
do this. because, as my wife will tell
you, I'm kind of a workaholic. I just go at it and go at it
and go at it and go at it and usually go until I just quit
and fall, just exhausted. But it's a good thing to take
time and rest. I'm trying to learn that. I pray
the Lord will give me grace to do that. Now, here's the third
thing I want us to look at, and most importantly. And the people,
when they knew it, And it says over here in Mark chapter 6,
you remember, many knew Him and ran after Him. When they knew
it, where He was, they followed Him. Or when they knew Him, they
followed Him. Now watch this, He received them. He received them. They had their
time of rest, time of reflection, time of meditating, now it's
time to work. Time to get back to work. "...he received them,
and he spake unto them of the kingdom of God." The king is
the kingdom. The king is the king in his kingdom. The kingdom of God. "...and he
healed them that had need of healing." Now, we see here the
Lord's compassion and longsuffering. Don't turn, but let me just read
again Mark chapter 6 verse 34. It says here, "...when he came
out and saw much people, was moved with compassion toward
them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he
began to teach them many things." He had compassion. He had compassion
on them. Now, several things I want to
see right here is the long-suffering and compassion the Lord Jesus
Christ has to those who are in need, and his willingness to
receive them, and his willingness to bless them, and his willingness
to be a shepherd unto those sheep who were lost. We read in 2 Peter
3, 9, The Lord is long... Now make sure you quote this
verse right. This is one of the most misquoted verses in all
the Scripture. God is longsuffering to usward. not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance." Who is he talking about? The
us word, the elect of God. The elect according to God's
full knowledge. He is long-suffering toward his
elect. The Lord had compassion toward
those who were in need. Now notice a couple of things
here. When the people knew where the
Lord Jesus Christ was, and many of them knew Him as the Lord
of glory, They followed Him. You see, when you know Him as
Lord and Master, you'll follow Him. Remember He said, My sheep,
they hear My voice, I know them and they do follow Me. This is
what the sheep of Christ do when they know Him. They're eager,
they're willing because they're hungry. They see their need of
Him and they follow Him. They follow Him and He gives
unto them eternal life. You see, what you believe about
salvation is so true. What you believe about salvation
is determined in who you believe that salvation is. You see, salvation
is in Him. Salvation is in the Lord Jesus
Christ. was named the Lord Jesus Christ
because He came to save His people from their sin. He that hath
the Son hath life. What you believe about salvation
is determined by who you believe is the Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ. If you're blessed to know Him
in saving mercy, you certainly believe that salvation is all
of grace, don't you? He that hath the Son hath life.
Salvation is of the Lord. The Apostle Paul in prison, writing
back to Timothy, said this, it's God who saved us, it's God who
called us, not according to our work, but according to God's
own purpose and grace, given us in Christ before the foundation
of the world. You see, they knew him and they
followed him. The second thing I see here in
this verse 11, he received them. You see that? He didn't say,
I don't have time for you. I've got more important things
to do. He received them. That ought to encourage every
one of us. He received them. You see, we only love Him because
He first loved us, and we only receive Him by God-given faith
because He has already received us in that eternal oven of grace,
and has given us life in Christ Jesus. You remember that verse
in John 6, 37? All that the Father giveth to
me, they shall come to me, and those that come to me I will
in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven not
to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me. And this
is the will of Him that sent me, that everyone which seeth
the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life. and I'll raise Him up at the
last day." We only receive Him by faith because He has already
received us in that eternal covenant of grace and has given us life
in Christ. Whosoever believes that Jesus
is the Christ, he's born of God. And we do receive Him by the
precious gift of faith. That's how we receive the Lord
Jesus Christ. Faith is a precious gift of God. Being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We read in
John 1, as many as received Him, to them gave He right, power,
privilege to become sons of God, even to them that believe on
His name, which were born, not of blood, Earthly heritage. Not of the will of the flesh,
not of the will of man, but we receive Him because we're born
of God, begotten from above. That's why we love Him, that's
why we receive Him, that's why we believe Him. Third thing I
see in verse 11, He spake unto them. of the kingdom of God. You remember we've read before
in Scripture where they said, no man ever spake like that man.
Remember? He spake unto them of the kingdom
of God. He spake and it was done. He
commanded and it stood fast. Some who heard him came back
to the Pharisees and said, this man speaks with power. This man
speaks with authority. He spake unto them of the kingdom
of God. Where the word of the king is,
there is power. The gospel is a declaration about
the lordship of Christ. He is the king in his kingdom. He is king of kings and lord
of lords. As the king in his kingdom, he
has no rival. The devil is not his rival. The
devil is his servant. That's right. He has no rival
in His kingdom. He knows no equal. He has all
dominion in heaven and earth. You remember the king, the Babylonian
king Nebuchadnezzar? God put him out. God left him
alone. for many, many days. And then
finally, when the Lord was pleased to reveal His character unto
him, He said, God does according to His will in the army of heaven
among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His
hand, or none can say unto Him, Lord God Almighty, what doest
Thou? That's the God of Scripture.
You see, He is Lord of heaven and earth. He has no rival, knows
no equal, has dominion over heaven and in earth. Whatsoever the
Lord please, that did He in heaven, earth, seas, and all deep places.
You see, God is not in your hands. Now, peanut God is. Peanut God
is in your hands. God is not in your hands. You
are in His hands. And He does with whom He will.
when He will for His own glory. He is King in His kingdom. This is a lesson that He teaches
us when He heals us. When He heals us with the gospel,
when He pardons our sin, and when He makes us a new creature
in Christ Jesus, this is a lesson He teaches us when He heals us. He spake unto them of the kingdom
of God, and then He healed them. That's what we learn. When He
heals us with salvation, pardons our sin, He teaches us that He
is Lord of heaven and earth. Every knee shall bow, every tongue
shall confess that He is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Isn't that exactly what Peter preached at Pentecost? That same
Jesus whom you crucified, God has made Him both Lord and Christ.
Now bow to Him. Bow to Him. Surrender to the
Lordship of Christ. And then the last thing is this.
Last but not least, He healed them that had need of healing. The Lord healed them. You know
those seven names of Jehovah, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Sid Canoe. One of those seven names is Jehovah
Rapha from Exodus 15-26. You know what it means, Jehovah
Rapha? The Lord that healeth thee. He is our healer. You see, the Lord Jesus Christ
is the only one who can meet our need. He is the great physician
who heals with a word. You remember those four men who
brought their paralyzed friend on a stretcher? And he spake
a word and he said, your sins are forgiven. Who is this to
forgive sins? You don't have any power. Oh,
that you may know that I have power to forgive sins. Take up
your bed and walk. And immediately he took up his
bed and he walked. You see, he speaks in power and
he forgives sin. He is a great physician who speaks
a word and it's done. Can you imagine going to a doctor
like that? Speak a word. Oh, you're healed. Boy, I want
that kind of doctor, don't you? Christ is the great physician
of sinners. He speaks a word and it's done.
You see, the Lord healed them by His Word. The Lord healed
them by His will. You remember the leper came to
the Lord and said, Lord, if You will, You can make me whole. You can make me clean. And the
Lord said, I will. I'll be Thou clean. You see,
the Lord healed them and He's the only one who can. He speaks
the Word and it's done. Healing and salvation is by His
Word, by His will. Not of him that willeth nor of
him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. He heals
us by His Word, His will, His grace. By grace are you saved. By His blood. Is there healing
in the atonement? He was wounded for our transgression,
bruised for our iniquity, and with His stripes we are healed. He took all of our sins and our
iniquities in His own body. God made Him to be sin for us
who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of
God in Christ. We are healed, complete, made
whole in Christ. That's our hope, isn't it? And
we are healed by His power, by His power. For I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation. We read in Malachi chapter 4
verse 2, Unto you that fear my name shall the Son, S-U-N, of
righteousness arise with healing in His wings. The psalmist put
it this way in Psalm 103, Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all
that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O
my soul, and forget not all of His benefits, who forgiveth all
thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. who redeemed
thy life from destruction, who crowned thee with loving kindness
and tender mercy." The Lord Jesus Christ has never turned away
a needy beggar, a needy sinner. He's still receiving sinners
today. We read over here in the book,
He receives sinners and He eats with them. Imagine that. The
Lord Jesus Christ receives sinners and He eats with them. Luke chapter
15, the Pharisees inscribed Merman saying, this man receives sinners.
He still does. He still has compassion on sinners
and he still receives sinners who have need of healing. He
said, I'm the Lord. I change not. He's the same yesterday
and today and forever. I've never read, and I've been
reading this book 35 years or more, You show me if you find it. I've
never read one time when the Lord Jesus Christ, God Almighty,
has ever turned a deaf ear, a blind eye, to a needy beggar. Everyone
who came to Him for mercy, they received it, and He blessed them. Our Lord said, Come unto Me,
all you who are labor and heavy laden, I will give you rest. Come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of
need. Now, if you want to turn with
me, you can. This will be the last scripture,
and I'll be through, in Revelation, in God's book, the last chapter.
The last chapter in God's book. That's the Revelation 22. And He showed me a pure river,
verse 1, river of the water of life, clear as crystal. He is
the water of life. Proceeding out of the throne
of God, He is the King. When He by Himself purged our
sin, He sat down at the right hand of God on the throne of
God and of the Lamb. He is the Lamb slain in the midst
of the throne and in the midst of the street of it. In the midst
of the street, on either side of the river, the river of life,
the water of life, there was a tree of life, which bared twelve
manner of fruits, yielding her fruit every month. And the leaves
of the trees, you see, He's the true vine. He's the true vine. Without Him we can do nothing.
The leaves of the tree were for the healing. of his people, of
the nation. He said, I have a people out
of every kindred, tribe, nation, tongue under heaven, and they
sing unto him, worthy is the lamb that was slain. Receive
all honor, glory, and blessing. I thought of this old hymn Joseph
Hart wrote in 1759. Come ye sinners, poor and needy,
weak and wounded, sick and sore. Jesus ready stands to save you,
full of pity, love, and power. May the Lord bless you.