In this introduction Brother Sam will go through the preface in the manual introducing the topic of healing.

Throughout the New Testament, we find that Jesus had a three-fold ministry.  The first was preaching and teaching, the second was healing the sick, and the third was casting out demons.  It is my wonderful privilege to share what the Scriptures declare: that Jesus is our Healer!  In Luke 4:18, Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised”.  We find in this passage of Scripture that Jesus was anointed to bring deliverance, healing, and recovery.  In Acts 10:38, we read “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil…”  Jesus’ heart was toward the sick.  I believe that He and the Father saw that the world was suffering not only from sin, but from the effect of sin – sickness.  The Godhead had never planned that man should be sick.  He was made in the image of God and God has never been and never will be sick.  As Jesus walked throughout His ministry, He laid hands on the sick, spoke the Word to them, put mud on blind eyes, and told lame men to rise and walk.  Jesus’ call to us today is to rise and walk, to be healed and to be whole.