And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
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Interpretation
All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord.
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This thought runs through Acts 14:8-12.
Glossary
- Lystra Place
- A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium ( Acts 14:2-7 ). Modern identification: Tel Lystra.