Six blind men tried to ascertain what an elephant was. One felt its side and thought it a wall. One felt its ear and thought it a fan. One felt its leg and thought it a pillar. One felt its tail and believed he had touched a snake, and so on. We know in part (I Cor. 13:12). The story is told how several blind men, cured by the Lord, discussed at a party how Jesus heals blindness. The one said, "I can tell it from my own experience. He simply says, "Your faith has healed you."" The other objected, "This is Protestant disregard of good deeds. Faith alone does not suffice. Jesus touches the eyes of the blind man." To which a third added, "It must be done twice. If he touches you only once you see men walking like trees." The former insisted that he had been touched only once and notwithstanding saw perfectly. A fourth one said, "You all have talked nonsense. Jesus makes mud by spitting on the earth. He puts the mud on your eyes. Then you have to go to wash yourself in a certain pool in Palestine. No other pool will do. What you have spoken until now are fancies." So the four former blind men fall into a great quarrel. Each formed his own denomination. Once Jesus gathered the heads of the four denominations and asked them, "I have healed you all, each one in a different way. Would it not have been better for you to unite in thanking Me for what I have done? Am I not free to heal everyone as I see best?" What you condemn as the error of your brother might very well be a valid personal experience of his with the Lord Jesus.
- Richard Wurmbrand, from Reaching Toward the Heights. Richard Wurmbrand was the founder of The Voice of the Martyrs ministry. He became a leader in the underground church when Communists took over his native country of Romania. He was arrested and served 14 years in prison, 3 in solitary confinement, until Christian friends in Norway purchased his freedom for $10,000.
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