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 John 14:12

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” 

Everyone who is a follower of Jesus will do the things that Jesus did. This gives us an insight of the kind of missionary work his followers are to do. Let’s see what Jesus did.

Matthew 4:23

“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.” 

Jesus was a teacher, preacher and a healer. He went place to place ministering to their mental, spiritual and physical needs. This is how Jesus did his missionary work.

“During His ministry, Jesus devoted more time to healing the sick than to preaching.” MH 19.4

Was Jesus successful in his method of missionary work? Yes!!!

What about Jesus’ disciples?

Acts 5:12, 15,16

“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed everyone.”

Were they successful in their missionary work? Yes, they too brought many souls to God.

If this method of missionary work was found to be more productive in bringing souls to God for both Jesus and His disciples, then it must be good for us too!

Here is a greater reason from the scriptures.

His followers are also to do as He did, … “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also…” 

Ministry of healing and gospel was the method that Jesus adapted. He never separated them both and we are not to separate them anytime. So medical missionary work is the most effective tool to reach the unreached

Have a question-   we see so many healing miracles around the globe,  How can we be  aware that it is from God or of devils?

 When the Miracle Worker Disregards God's Law

We must not trust the claims of men. They may, as Christ represents, profess to work miracles in healing the sick. Is this marvelous, when just behind them stands the great deceiver, the miracle worker who will yet bring down fire from heaven in the sight of men? 2 SM 49.3

Nor can we trust impressions. The voice or spirit that says to a man, You are under no obligation to obey the law of God; you are holy and sinless, while he is trampling on the divine law, is not the voice of Jesus; for He declares: “I have kept my Father's commandments” (John 15:10). And John testifies: “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John 2:4).  2SM 49. 4

 Then how can these manifestations of great power, and these wonderful impressions, be accounted for, except on the ground that they are given through the influence of that miracle-working spirit that has gone forth to deceive the whole world, and infatuate them with strong delusion that they shall believe a lie? He is pleased when men and women claim to possess great spiritual power, and yet disregard the law of God, because through their disobedience they mislead others, and he can use them as effective agents in his work.—The Signs of the Times, July 21, 1887. 2SM 49.5

None need be deceived. The law of God is as sacred as His throne, and by it every man who cometh into the world is to be judged. There is no other standard by which to test character. “If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Now, shall the case be decided according to the Word of God, or shall man's pretensions be credited? Christ says, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” If those through whom cures are performed, are disposed, on account of these manifestations, to excuse their neglect of the law of God, and continue in disobedience, though they have power to any and every extent, it does not follow that they have the great power of God. On the contrary, it is the miracle-working power of the great deceiver. He is a transgressor of the moral law, and employs every device that he can master to blind men to its true character. We are warned that in the last days he will work with signs and lying wonders. And he will continue these wonders until the close of probation, that he may point to them as evidence that he is an angel of light and not of darkness.  2 SM 50. 4