The Whole Gospel for the Whole Person

THURSDAY, 15 APRIL 2010

We proclaim Jesus Christ also as the Healer. For us, our model is the Lord who proclaimed liberty, and showed what that liberty was by healing the sick. The gospel is not a defense of God. God defends us, hapless victims of the devil that we are without Him. Deliverance includes divine, miraculous healing. Some have thought that healing was an incidental result, a mere attachment to the gospel. Never! It is an ingredient of the message. We preach a whole gospel for the whole person. Physical health is part of the whole package. It is God’s special offer.

The gospel is a miracle itself, and you cannot take the miraculous out of it. To preach a no-miracle gospel results in the creation of miracle-free zones, which, regretfully, some churches are.

The Gospel is not addressed to guilty spirits, but to guilty men and women, suffering in their bodies for their sins. Jesus forgives and heals as part of the process. This is how it is preached: “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power” (1 Corinthians 2:4). Otherwise, how can the gospel be a demonstration of power if it is all spiritual and not physical? Christ is the Healer, and His healing extends in every direction – towards spirit, soul, body, mind, and circumstances. Can you grasp it? REINHARD BONNKE

 

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