HEALING is a normal part of the ministry of the Church. It belongs in the relationship of Christian believers who “bear one another’s burdens and thus fulfill the law of Christ.” The New Testament recognizes the Holy Spirit’s gifts of faith, of healing, and of miracles along with other gifts. Healing has attended the ministry of the Church in its finest and most vital times. It has, by and large, attended the ministry committed to the validity and authenticity of the Scriptures as the inspired word of God. Jesus linked preaching the gospel of the Kingdom with the ministry of healing. Nothing more demonstrated Jesus’ divine power nor expressed God’s great love for human beings than the healing of bodies. And nothing gained the attention and confidence of people so much as healing.
