“So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:”
Acts 28:9 KJV
When the people of the island heard about this miracle, they brought all the sick to Paul, and they were also healed. Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome, but he was the one setting everyone free. It is without doubt that Paul preached the Gospel with signs and wonders, leaving the island healed, in more ways than one. Also included was the Roman governor of the island, Publius’s father. The Lord Jesus started His ministry with this declaration, prophesied through Isaiah hundreds of years ago - “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon Me, for the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.” The Lord Jesus desires that this anointing be released in every believer down the ages, so that He is seen by the world around us through His Body, the Church! Paul took this seriously and even as a prisoner in the world system, he brought true freedom to the people he encountered, so that they came into the Kingdom of God. Let’s obey the Lord Jesus as Paul did, and be used to bring people to Christ, in spite of our earthly circumstances. Amen!
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