John Piper has been getting us all in the mood for his pastor’s conference next week by speaking about the gifts of the Spirit in short videos shared online. Today I want to share the one on healing. Here are some excerpts from it:
https://vimeo.com/56991818“I dont see any reason that any [of the gifts] should in principle be eliminated from present experience, at least the possibility of God giving it at any time. So I would say, yes there is a gift of healing . . . the Holy Spirit gives them according to his sovereign will . . . God is sovereign and he is supernatural and he touches and he heals. . . it is something that goes beyond what doctors can do, though I love doctors . . . God heals, he heals cancer, he heals sore throats . . . so we should ask for the gift . . . I put my hands on people and I ask God then and there to do something. . . there have been a few where they have come back with excitement that they have been touched and healed. Not many with anything extraordinary, just a steady stream of thank-yous for praying . . . some people are granted success more regularly in praying for healing than others, I wouldn’t call them healers because that has bad connotations . . . the gift can come at any moment for the moment, and therefore you don’t ask to become a healer, you ask for a gift of healing for your sick life . . . God has ordained that most of his blessings are given us by other people.”
I have also written about the gift of healing before:
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