In the OT, God is railing against His people for bringing him the sick and injured instead of the "unblemished."
Malachi 1:13-14
"When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?" says the LORD. "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD Almighty, "and my name is to be feared among the nations.
And in the NT, people continuously bring the sick, blind, leprous, lame, dying, possessed etc., to Jesus, and He heals them.
Matthew 4:23-25
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
This just makes me so thankful that Jesus is the perfect one and he can heal all our diseases and hurts, both inside and out, physical and emotional. And because of Jesus Christ our Savior, we can come to God, imperfect as we are, and He accepts us.
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Thanks for that Cheryl.
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