Because Jesus Has Come

The blind receive sight!
The lame! They can walk!
The deaf, they can hear.
The dumb, they can talk!

The white and dead skin,
From leprosy cured,
The good news is preached,
By the poor it is heard.

Oh, what of these things?
What does it all mean?
To what does it point?
These signs we have seen.

The dead they are raised.
Have you heard the news?
The lame leap like deer.
Shouts of joy from the mute!

Deaf ears unstopped.
Desert streams gushing forth.
Good news! Oh, good news!
The poor. They rejoice!

Go and tell John,
Give a detailed report.
Of each of these things.
Encourage his heart.

Because he has asked,
From his prison cell.
Is this who’s to come?
Or is it someone else?

The Good News preached,
And glorious things done,
The healing complete,
Because Jesus has come!

Who should we expect?
Who are we looking for?
Is this Man the One?
Our promised Savior?

Strength for feeble hands,
Weakened knees become strong,
Become steady and sure.
As the news spreads along!

Take heart! Do not fear.
To the fearful hearts say,
Jesus has come!
He is making the Way.

Our God, He will save!
He has purpose and plan.
to redeem all the lost,
Avenge every man.

Signs to show forth
Of the Promised One,
God’s Word is Fulfilled.
For Jesus has come!

Matthew 11:4-11

Jesus told them, “Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me. Or who are not offended by me.” As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind? Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces. Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,

‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,

and he will prepare your way before you.’

“I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!

Isaiah 35:5-7

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened

and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Then will the lame leap like a deer,

and the mute tongue shout for joy.

Water will gush forth in the wilderness

and streams in the desert.

The burning sand will become a pool,

the thirsty ground bubbling springs.

In the haunts where jackals once lay,

grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.