Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 12:22

"Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw." — Matthew 12:22 (ASV)

It is well when men take to bringing others to Jesus—good is sure to come of it. An extraordinary case exhibited a novel form of the craft of Satan. The evil spirit had secured himself by blocking the windows and the door of the soul. The victim was blind and mute. How could he escape? He could not see his Savior, nor cry to Him.

But the double evil vanished when, in an instant, Jesus dislodged the demon, the blind and dumb both spake and saw. When Satan is dethroned, the spiritual faculties begin to work at once. Nothing baffles our Lord. Men who neither see their sin, nor cry for mercy, His grace can save.

Lord, be with us when we preach and cast out demons by Your Word; then moral inability will be succeeded by gracious health.