Confirming the WORD with signs

Good evening everyone,
This is a passage from Acts 14, about Paul and Barnabus.
7And there they preached the gospel.
8And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

In Acts 14, a man lame from birth sat and listened to the word of God from the mouth of Paul. He got faith to be healed from that word. Paul saw that he had faith to be healed. God confirmed that word with this sign; this man jumped up! He didn’t know how to walk, but he walked! Praise God!
What gospel do we preach? Is it a gospel that gives people faith to be healed? If it is not, then it is not the gospel Paul preached. The message Paul preached was a message that Jesus will save you, heal you, deliver you and meet your needs.

The Lord confirmed the word with signs following. But if OUR word is not THE Word, no signs can follow. If our word says God can, but he may or may not, then all we have built up is wishful thinking. Not confident expectation. The man at Lystra got confident expectation (faith) to be healed because Paul preached what he wrote, that God would freely give us all things along with giving us Jesus.
Wow! Now that’s GOOD NEWS! Let’s preach the good news Paul preached. I love you all!

healed by His stripes,
Nancy Bass