Section 6
you are a dead person? No one is alive in spirit— everyone is dead. You need the resurrection life of the Lord Jesus.
Every person has, in his fallen condition, every aspect of these nine cases. Every person, to a cer tain degree at least, is in each of these conditions. Every condition is an indication of everyone's real need.
THE LORD' S SUFFICIENCY
We have seen the condition and need of man in these nine cases. Now we must see how the Lord is able to come into man's fallen condition and meet his every need. In every case, the Lord presents Himself as the One who could fulfill the deficiencies of man. These nine cases fully prove the Lord's sufficiency to meet man's every need.
The first case shows that the Lord can afford us regeneration, which even a superior person such as Nicodemus needed that he might have the life of God for the entrance into the kingdom of God. The case of the Samaritan woman, a sin ful and unsatisfied woman, reveals how much the Lord can satisfy such a person with His living water. For the case of the dying man, the Lord is the healing power of life. The case of the weak man who had been sick for thirty-eight years