The Healing Ministry (Pt. 1)
The potential of the healing ministry to reach the masses has been abundantly demonstrated. No apologies need be made for it, although for it to function effectively great wisdom is required. The ministry of Christ was essentially one of healing for both soul and body. The Lord, quoting from the prophecy of Isaiah, declared this in a sermon, which He delivered in the City of Nazareth (Luke 4:18-19). The healing ministry of Christ and His disciples was no improvisation, but was in full harmony with the Church's mission to the world. When the Lord called His disciples, He commissioned them to preach (Matthew 10:7-8). He gave the same commission to seventy other disciples and then to all believers (Luke 10:9). The Lord showed the potential of the ministry by declaring that if Sodom and Gomorrah had witnessed the mighty miracles that He performed in the cities about the Sea of Galilee, they would have repented (Matthew 11:23). In His Great Commission to the C...