Seeing the Ministry

• To be with Jesus was to be in

(John Wimber).

14 He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. —Mark 3:14-15 (NIV)

• Healing ministry should have the same

and

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in the church as it had in the ministry of Jesus.
• Demonstrating the kingdom by healing the sick and driving out demons occupied a large

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of Jesus’ time and energy.

Kingdom Ministry

• The truth is that all

is kingdom ministry.
• I’m using the term “kingdom ministry” in a narrower sense – referring to the demonstration of the kingdom in

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and

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(e.g., Jesus’ ministry of healing the sick, driving out demons, etc.).
• Kingdom ministry needs to be

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driven.
• Kingdom ministry needs to be

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.
• Kingdom ministry needs to be

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.
• There needs to be “

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” and a “

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” given for kingdom ministry to happen on an ongoing basis.

Pitfalls to Avoid

• Being satisfied with a theology of kingdom power with little

or evidence of it.
• Leaving kingdom ministry up to the

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of God.
• God’s sovereignty is a

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, but it’s not the

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one.
• Healing and ministering in the power of the Spirit is something we must

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for.

Essential Understandings

• Healing is part of the “

and the

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.”
• Praying for the sick and ministering in the power of the Spirit is an issue of

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because we’ve been commanded by Jesus to do so.