I have been reading one of Kenneth E.
Hagin's books called Bible Faith Study Course:
In it he explains what the full gospel
is. He wrote the following:
“Paul preached the gospel of
salvation which includes healing. The Bible simply calls it the
gospel. How do we know he did? Look at Romans 1:16.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of THE GOSPEL
OF CHRIST: for it is the power of God unto SALVATION to every one
that believeth: to the Jew first, and also the Greek.
The footnote in
the Scofield Bible says, “The Hebrew and Greek words for salvation
imply the ideas of deliverance, safety, preservation, healing
soundness.” I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ!
It is the power of
God unto deliverance, safety,preservation, healing and soundness.
Paul preached the full gospel, not just part of it.
We also know that
healing was a part of the gospel that was preached because other
scriptures indicate it as well.
ACTS 8:5-8
5 Then Philip went down to the city
of Samaria, and PREACHED CHRIST[the
gospel] unto them.
6 And the people with one accord
gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing
THE MIRACLES which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with
loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many
taken with palsies, and that were lame, were HEALED.
8 And there was great joy in that
city.
Notice in verse 7
the miracles that followed the preaching of the Word –the gospel.
Those healing miracles and deliverances all came about as the result
of preaching Christ. The New Testament knows no Christ without Christ
the Healer.
Physical healing —
divine healing — is part of the gospel. If there is no gospel of
healing today, then none of us has a gospel of salvation to preach
either because healing is included in the atonement
(Isa. 53:4,5).”
I hear pastors
preach the gospel of salvation all the time but not the gospel of
healing and deliverance; how about you? Do you know the full gospel?
Reference:
Bible Faith
Study Course by Kenneth E. Hagin Chapter 1, pages 2-3
