Fox News published this article which has me asking one basic question: Where is the fruit?
The exposé reported that though thousands of people attending Hinn's religious gatherings said they were healed, the ministry couldn't prove they suffered from any infirmities in the first place, or that they actually had been miraculously healed.
So, Hinn says, his ministry created a department to handle verifications and follow up on the "miracles."
“It was chaotic. It was a mess,” he says. "The staff would call and people would be mad and say, 'Why are you questioning that I was lying up there?’”
“Then we would call the doctors. They wouldn’t talk to us most of the time … so it didn’t work."
Wow!
Jesus said "By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them." (Matthew 7)
The problem is that there IS a question. No one really knows for sure; is he real or a fraud?
But not even the Pharisees could ignore the obvious proof of the miracles of Jesus. There was no question regarding the validity of his healings. In fact, God used the proof of such supernatural events to break into the hearts and minds of humanity, cracking open the question of sin and salvation, and making way for the New Covenant. The gospel itself rode in on the very back of God's miraculous interventions. There's no question.
Could you imagine if this were included in Matthew:
The disciples couldn't prove any of the people who were "healed" suffered from any infirmities in the first place, or that they actually had been miraculously healed.
So, Jesus says, the disciples created a department to handle verifications and follow up on the "miracles."
What would that do to your faith?
Where is the fruit?
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