Conclusion of OUR READERS ASK -Do Jehovah's Witnesses Practice Faith Healing?

Jesus never used faith healing as a means of attracting followers or large audiences. On the contrary, he performed a number of healings out of public view. Many times he told those whom he cured  to reveal the miracles to no one.  -Luke 5:13, 14.

Jesus never charged money for his miracles.  (Matthew 10:8)  He also had an unfailing record of success. All sick ones who came to him were completely cured, and the healing did not depend on the individual's faith.  (Luke 6:19; John 5:5-9, 13) Why, Jesus even raised the dead! -Luke 7:11-17; 8:40-56; John 11:38-44. 

Though he did perform those miracles, the focus of Jesus' ministry was  not on gathering converts by means of emotional sessions of  miracle working. Instead, his primary work was to declare the good news of God's Kingdom.  Jesus organized his followers to become disciple makers, who would teach others about the hope of attaining perfect health under God's Kingdom. -Matthew 28:19, 20.

Granted, some of Jesus' first-century followers had special gifts of healing, but these were to cease.  (1 Corinthians 12:29, 30; 13:8, 13) True Christians today are identified , not my acts of healing, but by the bond of self-sacrificing love.  (John 13:35) Modern-day faith healing has not produced a genuine family of Christians from all races and backgrounds who are bound together by such love. 

There is, however, a group of Christians who are united by a bond of love so strong that they refuse to harm one another-or anyone else for that matter-even during the fiercest of human conflicts.  Who are they? Jehovah's Witnesses. Worldwide, they are known for displaying Christlike love. Uniting people of diverse racial, national, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds is a miracle, so to speak, and is made possible only by God's holy spirit.  Why not attend one of their meetings and see for yourself?

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ HE "Continued Growing Up With Jehovah"

From the Watchtower magazine