"... preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and disease..."
Both the words of Jesus and the words of Jesus are necessary to present a holistic witness of the Kingdom of God found in Christ.
It's easy for some to write off the miracles of Christ because they provide no logical closure. They are messy, oftentimes outside the box of our understanding. Conversely, it is easy for some to write off the words of Christ because they provide nothing more than words in a Book.
But God is a Spirit, and he is to be manifested in both spirit and truth.
Word and works always accompanied Christ's teaching on the Kingdom. Sometimes people were led to Christ because of the miracles. Other times, people were lead to the miracles because of the words. Either way, both word and works were united in presenting an authentic witness of God's love to the world.
A friend once said, "Too much word without works? You dry up. Too many works without the Word? You blow up! But both word and works? You grow up."
The ministry of Christ has been given to you. That ministry involves the expansion of the Heaven on earth. Heaven is a place of miracles. By default, our witness to the lost is to be a witness of God's love through his word, and his works.
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