Monday, 22 June 2009

Saved Healed and Delivered

Saved Healed and Delivered.

Jesus commanded his disciples to “go ye into all the World and preach the Gospel to every creature”

Does Jesus give us instruction about how we are to preach the Gospel and does Jesus tell us what will happen when we preach the Gospel?
I believe Jesus tells us how to preach and exactly what will happen after we have preached the Gospel. Jesus tells us in John 14:12 “Verily Verily I say unto you. He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
I am amazed that men who I know take the bible seriously do not take these verses seriously and try and rationalise what our Lord and Master is saying. Jesus is saying if we believe in Him we will do the works he did, what is Jesus talking about?
Is Jesus talking about handing out gospel tracts?
Is Jesus talking about playing in a praise band?
Is Jesus talking about driving the Church mini bus?
All of the above are commendable and worth doing but they are not what Jesus is telling us to do he is telling us to do the works that he did. What were these works?

Preaching the Gospel “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Healing the sick
Casting out devils
Raising the dead
Feeding the poor
Setting the captives free

The bible tells us why Jesus did what he did, to glorify the Father and because he had compassion on the people. We should share in this compassion when we preach we must be prepared to pray, when we pray we must preach the two are different sides of the same coin. When the Gospel is preached in the power of the Holy Ghost Jesus is present and my bible tells me he is the same yesterday today and forever. This means we should expect to see Salvation, Healing and Deliverance every time we preach the Gospel. The Gospel is good news to the lost, to the sick and to the oppressed. Jesus tells the disciples, that is us, in Mark 16 “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature”…..these signs shall follow them that believe devils will be cast out, we will speak with new tongues, we shall be delivered from serpents and poisons, we shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover!

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