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DIVINE HEALING: Fact or Fiction?
True or False? Myth or a Reality?
Respected theologians have grappled with this issue ever sense Jesus introduced it over 2,000 years ago. How does a rational human being that has become a follower of Jesus Christ arrive at an intelligent answer? Our twenty-five years in ministry allow us to examine carefully what we have personally experienced as contrasted with those with little or no experience. There seems to be a rationalization of the biblical promises such as John 14:12-14 as not meaning what the promise says. Jesus said that those who believe in Him will do what He did. In a nut shell, Jesus preached the Gospel, healed the sick, and cast out demons. Christian leaders have been doing a good job at preaching. But the other “will dos” have not made it into main-stream Christianity. We are coming to the conclusion that it boils down to one word—experience. In Luke 7:22-23, John the Baptist sent messengers asking Jesus, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” Jesus responded with, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.”
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