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The UK Advertising Standards authority has condemned street based healing prayer teams for advertising that Jesus heals today through the prayers of their volunteers.

They have been asked to sign a paper denying that Jesus heals today so that the public will not be misled by testimonies, something they describe as 'unsubstantiated evidence'. Many UK Christians are crazy mad about this! That includes me, until I had time to stop and think about it.....

Maybe we can all learn something from this nasty episode. We are apprentices of Christ? Did he do this? Yes, he healed the sick. No, he didn't go around the place advertising the fact. He did not run healing clinics in the street so that the kingdom might be demonstrated.

He proclaimed the kingdom. He didn't teach how to heal the sick in any other way than by proclaiming the kingdom. So might this not have occurred if we had done it the way Jesus taught it?

That's a challenge to you, oh Church, learn about the kingdom and get proclaiming.

Most thinkers I think with agree: 

The high teaching message of Christ on Earth was the good news of the kingdom of God.

The high message of Christianity today is.......

 

Would you agree that from time to time we should take stock of where we have come to, and make reconnections to our roots? Things that were once essential to Christians have become less central. Things that were once important need to become important again.

 

Whatever we do as Christians, whatever our chosen type or style of ministry and church activity, we should re-build its foundation by:

LEARNING AFRESH:

•           what the kingdom is

•           what the kingdom is for

•           what is our role in the working of the kingdom

•           what is our God-designed working relationship with Christ.

•           how, and when, do we proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God.

•           how the kingdom works miracles when we proclaim it.

•           how to put that witness into practice, and give glory to God for it.

 

Are we not Christ's apprentices?

 

Begin again with simple kingdom education – you can sign up to a FREE audio download Taster Series at:

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and for e-help visit:

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outreach encouragements from:

www.jacobswell.org.uk