Mark 16:15-18 

     “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized (born again) shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

 

The evidence that we are Christians are these signs following us. A true Christian believes the Word of God; therefore, these signs will follow us but we have to believe that these signs will follow us.

 

A majority of Christians do not believe that they can lay hands on the sick and they will recover, they don’t believe that they can cast out demons, or drink any deadly thing and it won’t hurt them, that’s why the signs don’t follow them because they don’t believe. 

 

They don’t lay hands on the sick because they’re afraid the sick one won’t recover and that will be discouraging. Just because one is born again does not mean they are a believer. If Christians are not doing these things, they are not doing the Word, therefore, these signs will not follow them because they don’t believe.

 

It is a common practice for me to lay hands on the sick. I never concern myself about if they are going to recover or not.  Why? I don’t concern myself because the Bible says when I lay hands on the sick they SHALL recover. I do not know how to believe anything else. If the Bible says they shall recover that means they shall recover. What they do after I lay hands on them is between them and God.

 

So many of God’s people want Him to heal them but they themselves are not willing to lay hands on the sick for their healing. They want someone to lay hands on them and minister the healing power to them but they are not interested in laying hands on the sick. 

 

I understand a lot of God’s people believe you must be a full-time minister or a fivefold minister before you can do these things. (Ephesians 4:11) But that is not what this passage in Mark 16 says.  This passage says you shall lay hands on the sick and they will recover. It doesn’t say ministers will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. This passage is talking to believers.

 

I am convinced that we are not true believers unless we are laying hands on the sick, unless we are casting out demons, unless we are able to drink any deadly thing, and it not harm us, unless we have to handle a snake, we can and it won’t harm us and as believers we will speak in new tongues.

 

Most of us speak in new tongues but we don’t do the other things this verse has listed. If we believe the signs will follow us, then they will follow us. If we believe these signs will follow us, then we will do these things in the name of Jesus. 

 

When we do the works of Jesus which is to lay hands on the sick, cast out demons etc., He confirms that work by these signs following us. The sick will recover, the demons will leave and many that you lay hands on will speak in new tongues.

 

Doing the works of Jesus is how we gather the harvest of lost souls which brings us closer to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Doing the works of Jesus is the sound for this last day revival. This sound will gather the people, we then preach (present the Gospel message) and lead them to the Lord. There was a sound that came on the Day of Pentecost but that sound will never come again because the Holy Spirit is already here. The sound for this last day, this final hour is to gather the people it is the sound of healings, miracles, signs and wonders.

 

This is how we evangelize the world by doing the works of Jesus and the signs will follow, the crowds will come and we, then, can deliver them unto Jesus.

 

Matthew 10:8
    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

 

We are told to do the works of Jesus. When we do the works of Jesus we will experience the fruit of those works, healings, miracles, signs and wonders.

 

Have a great week everyone, and remember that Jesus is coming soon!!!