Going to Jesus

Gospel Tracts

 Select a tract to read:

• Tracts 1-50

  1. How I Received the Holy Ghost 2. Jesus Is Coming Again 3. You Must Be Born Again 4. Stir Up the Gift of God 5. The World’s Most Dreaded Hour 6. What is Salvation? 7. Stand Still in Jordan 9. Grieved Hearts 10. The Second Death 11. The Father and the Son 12. Suffering and the Saints 13. Cancer Conquered 14. The Church? 15. How Shall They Preach, Except They Be Sent? 16. Have You Received the Holy Ghost Since You Believed? 17. Patience 18. Alone With God 19. Tithes and Offerings 20. Prayer 21. The True Sabbath 22. The Besetting Sin 23. The Cry of the Righteous 24. What Will the Harvest Be? 25. Marriage and Divorce 26. Taking the Name of the Lord 27. The Keys of the Kingdom 28. Works 29. Politics and Believers 30. Unequally Yoked in Marriage 31. Coming Out of Babylon 32. The Forgiven Woman 33. The New Earth 34. The Sin of Silence 35. Freedom 36. Gods of the Gentiles 37. Why Some Are Not Healed 38. The Seven Pillars 39. Life, More Abundantly 40. Fear 41. The Comforter’s Testimony 42. This is My Friend 43. Conversion 44. The Time Is Drawing Near? 45. Songs in the Night 46. The Master’s Net 47. Trials are Opportunities 48. Receiving the Messenger 49. Seven Messages to the Seven Pastors 50. Keep Yourself Pure

• Tracts 51-100

  51. The New Birth 52. John the Baptist and Jesus 53. Denying Jesus 54. Bruised Reeds 56. The Wise and the Foolish 57. Holiness 58. Is Jesus God? 59. Christ or Christianity 60. Have Faith In God 61. Worthy to Suffer 63. Four Kinds of Soil 64. Communion 65. The Fullness of Time 66. Baptism 68. No Room 69. Crucified With Christ 70. Homosexuality and the Bible 71. The Kingdom of God 72. The Gospel of Christ 74. Perseverance 75. The Resurrection 76. Salvation 77. Sanctification 78. New Commandments 79. The Sacrifice of Christ 81. The Sound of the Spirit 82. The Wrath of God 84. God’s Compass 85. Perfection 86. The Abomination of Desolation 87. Antichrist 88. The Way of Grace 90. Relationships 91. The Vineyard of God 93. Subdued 94. The Spirit of Christ 95. The Blood of Christ 96. Spirit of a Serpent, Spirit of a Dove 97. Gluttony 98. The Lost Lamb 99. Scripture Burners 100. Bleating and Lowing

 

Already, flashing across today’s horizon, signs of the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy of a mighty, last-day revival are being recognized by those whose care it is to look after the sheep. These humble shepherds, casting wistful, watchful, eager glances toward the heavens, long for the age-ending restoration and are seeing “a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand,” and they know, just as Elijah knew, that there is to be “a great rain.”

In the centuries since the days of the apostles, thousands of God’s children have fallen asleep without the privilege of seeing what we are about to see. These events will be made known to them only when the waves of time break on the shores of eternity. How we will rejoice together!

Many mock our expectation of a great visitation of God, but Jesus taught us to look for it. True doctrine always turns men’s eyes to God and His power, not to men and their words. “Now, when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with lofty speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God,” Paul once wrote, “And my message and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and power, so that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God” (1Cor. 2:1, 4–5). Synthetic theology can never rouse the hearts of God’s people. Only the power of God can do that. Living in the power of the Spirit of God is the “abundant life” that Jesus came to provide.

Without faith, it is impossible either to receive or transmit this power. Miracles do not even produce conviction in those who doubt. But if the issue of miracles is to be settled on the basis of human knowledge alone, skepticism will always be the answer. The power of God that brings us abundant life has nothing to do with knowledge. That power connects with our wills and affections.

When one is driven to desperation and finds himself unable to escape his plight by himself, it is then he is prepared to look beyond himself for a miracle. And it is only right that a child of God should look for the miraculous when he sinks into the depths of misfortune. The Father encourages us to do so. “Call upon me in the day of trouble,” says God, “I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me” (Ps. 50:15). If we can only gather to our hearts the faith to cry out for help, as the Israelites cried in their bondage in Egypt, God will deliver us as He has promised, just as He delivered them.

No sooner do we speak of the ministry of Jesus than we are compelled to think of healing – opening the eyes of the blind, causing the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, the lame to walk. With his word, he cast out demons and healed every kind of ailment suffered by men. We shouldn’t wonder at the masses following him. The masses always have, and always will, follow the power of God. We are told, “The common people heard him gladly” (Mk. 12:37), but Israel’s religious leaders, moved by envy at the people’s attraction to Jesus, cunningly turned many against Jesus with slanderous, false accusations.

Still, the same Lord who healed sick and suffering people throughout the promised land of old is challenging us today with this promise: “I am the Lord who heals you.” It is true, we do not have access to the seamless robe of Jesus, the blessed cloths of Paul, the shadow of Peter, the oil of the first elders, the prayers of the early disciples, or the laying on of the apostles’ hands; yet, we do have the Great Physician, the one who said, “I am the Lord; I change not.” He is “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and forever.” We are still living in Jesus’ day because he is alive! How wonderful is the realization of this truth! What irrepressible joy it brings to be able to say with the sweet psalmist of Israel, “O Lord my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me” (Ps. 30:2).

Reader, have you ever been healed by the power of God? To feel God’s healing power penetrating our bodies is an experience of unspeakable delight. Some seem to think that divine healing is some sort of magic. But, praise God, we who have been healed know better. We know that faith in God will deliver not only from sin but from sickness as well, for faith has complete mastery over every sin and disease known to man. The key to your healing, my friend, is your believing. If you have faith, you can be healed right now. You don’t have to finish reading this tract. Raise your hands and believe, and God will heal and make you whole this very moment! Yes, He will deliver you from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet!

Many people didn’t hear Jesus teach and see the miracles he performed during his stay here on earth, for instead of going to see for themselves, they stayed home and listened to the critics who said, “This man cast out demons only by Beelzebub, the ruler of demons.” Over the years, I have been deeply impressed at the enormous number who stay away from healing services but are always ready to listen to critics of them. We do not – in fact, cannot – place undue emphasis in divine healing, for our Lord showed when he was on earth that he was greatly concerned about the health of his people. How sad it is that so many of his people have so little faith in him for healing! We read that after the Lord ascended, his disciples went forth teaching everywhere, with miraculous signs following.

Jesus told them to teach others “everything that I command you.” But what had he commanded them? Among other things, he had commanded them to “heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” Not only had he commanded them to do these things but he had demonstrated for them what he wanted them to do, as in this instance (Mk. 1:40–42): “And there came to him a leper, pleading with him and falling on his knees before him, and saying to him, ‘If you want to, you can make me clean.’ Then, deeply moved, Jesus, stretching forth his hand, touched him, and said to him, ‘I do want to. Be clean!’ And when he spoke, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.”

Many miracles were performed by the disciples after Jesus’ departure, and they were astonishing, as anyone can see for himself who will read the Bible. Their miracles equaled those performed by Jesus, just as he said they would (Jn. 14:12). But God’s point in having those wonderful stories of healing recorded is to show us that the true gospel of Christ brings both holiness and healing to man.

There is no limit to the power of God, and if you are a child of God, it is your right to live in that Abundant Life! Go up and possess it! Do not allow your faith to waver, and it will be crowned with the grace of God. Our Father’s power not only will heal but will also keep us healthy, as well as free from sin. We can be perfect in our generations, just as Noah was in his (Gen. 6:9).

Now, if you are ready for your healing, read this prayerfully: “He took our illnesses, and bore our diseases” (Mt. 8:17). Yes, friend, you do not have to bear your sicknesses, for Jesus bore them for you. You can be healed right now, and you can keep your healing, too! Do not doubt! Only believe! Believing is faith, and faith is believing God’s word – and He said you can be healed!

I know we have those who say the foregoing Scripture refers to the healing of the soul and not of the body. But notice how Matthew used that verse (8:16–17): “And when dusk had come, they carried to him many demon-possessed people, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: ‘He took our illnesses, and bore our diseases.’ ” Is it not clear that the works of Jesus here in Matthew 8 fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy? It was Isaiah who also said (53:5), “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; chastisement for our peace was laid upon him; and by his wounds, we are healed.” We believe in the efficacy of Christ’s suffering on the cross, so why not believe in the efficacy of his suffering at the whipping post, where he received the cruel stripes from the Roman whip that heals us.

May God help us to overcome this doubting and cursed world and to put all our trust and hope in the one who inspired John, the beloved disciple, to write these encouraging words: “Beloved, I pray for you to prosper in all things and to be in good health, just as your soul is prospering.” Amen!