Christ Our Healer

Speaker: Mike Burns. Today, we continue the Advent teaching series based on the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) distinctive. The logo of the C&MA represents the concept of the Fourfold Gospel, the core theme of the teaching of our founder A.B. Simpson. He believed that the church in his day was not experiencing the fullness of what Christ has done for us, and referred to a "half salvation". His idea was that as we fix our attention and life on Christ as Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King we will find ourselves entering greater levels of joy and blessing. Our Advent teaching will explore these powerful aspects of the life and provision of Christ as celebrate His first coming and long towards His second. Healing: For some, just the word raises strong emotion. And for many, if not most, the topic of healing raises more questions than it does answers. Does healing really exist today? If it does, why doesn’t God heal people more often? Is it just a matter of faith or getting enough people to pray? Why would a loving God allow good people to suffer? The questions go on and on! As a fellow “question asker” I invite you to join me this third week of advent as we consider the reality of Christ our Healer. To prepare, I’d ask you to consider the following question: How has Christ healed you?