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Deliverance
Salvation and Healing—Hand in Hand in Great Commission
When sending forth His disciples, Matt. 10:7, 8, the Lord commanded them, saying: “As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the leper … freely as ye have received, freely give.” In His great world-wide commission, under which we live and work for Christ today, Jesus said: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues … they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
Not once is there an intimation that salvation and healing are to be separated; but only the constant assurance that Jesus is the very same yesterday, today and forever, and His promise that “the works that I do shall ye do also, and greater works than these shall ye do because I go to my Father.”