Pastor John, last time on Wednesday, I played an old sermon of yours and we talked about healing.

God has promised to heal our bodies. He could heal us today if he wants to, but he has a timeline

for that healing. And until then, for most of our ailments, we groan inwardly, awaiting the

redemption of our bodies. This waiting is what we saw in Romans 8. But you balanced that waiting

with a faith-filled eagerness for God's healing mercy to be experienced today as well.

And that point leads us to consider how much trust we should put in faith healers and healing

ministries today. And if we avoid them, are we doing so because those ministries are fraudulent,

or because we simply lack faith that God heals today? The perceptive question comes from Dana,

a woman who listens to the podcast, Pastor John, hello, and thank you for this podcast.

I was certainly calling myself a skeptic toward healing ministries, but I'm left wondering if

this is unbelief in me. Jesus said to his followers, whoever believes in me will also do the works

that I do and greater works than these will he do because I am going to the Father.

That's John 1412. After the ascension, this amazing promise carries over to every single believer you

said in APJ 63. That's amazing. But how does this promise of Christ relate to healing ministries

today? I could attend a healing meeting in a church in my area and I'm in need of healing and

deliverance, but I cannot do this until my skepticism is addressed. And if these people, these faith

healers are really doing the work of God, I don't want to disobey Him by my skeptical unbelief.

Pastor John, can you help me? As you can imagine, it is difficult to give counsel to Dana

when I don't know the nature or the degree of her skepticism and I don't know anything about the

healing ministries that she is thinking about going to. So let me speak more generally about

first the text, John 1412. And then the possible legitimacy of the healing ministry and the kinds

of questions you might want to ask about that. In John 1412, Jesus said, truly, truly, I say to you,

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