Our Lord’s Calling What does the calling of Jesus Christ mean for Christians in medicine?

Luke 4: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; therefore He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to captives, and new sight to the blind; to send away crushed ones in deliverance; to preach an acceptable year of the Lord.

How Jesus saw His patients 1. They are The Poor  Crouching and cringing beggars who have fallen into a state of abject poverty from which they need to be lifted up 2. The Poor sub-divided: 1.Broken-hearted: worn out through crushing problems and circumstances 2.Captives: pitiable prisoners of war captured by a gruesome enemy. Only God can deliver them. 3.Blind: unable to see how to live, literal + figurative 4.Crushed ones: weakened and broken by an oppressor who chokes

What Jesus did with His patients 1. Tell-Good-News (  ) 2. Heal (  ) 3. Preach (  ) 1.Deliverance 2.New sight 3.An acceptable year of the Lord 4. Send away in deliverance

Prerequisites for ministry 1. The fullness of the Holy Spirit, Luke 4: 14  You need to be continually being filled with the Holy Spirit if you want to minister to your patients. See also Ephesians 5: The anointing of the Holy Spirit, Luke 4: 18  The anointing of the Holy Spirit is released as you use your gifts and talents under the guidance of God in the workplace

Methodology of Jesus at work 1. Vertical relationship is the fountain for ministry 2. Face-to-face interpersonal contact: God’s method is a man/woman 3. Appropriate ministry to each target group 1.Tell-Good-News to the poor 2.Healing for the broken-hearted 3.Deliverance for captives and crushed ones 4.New sight for the blind 5.Preach acceptable year of the Lord for all

Presuppositions about care of the sick in the ministry of Jesus Christ 1. Man is a complex and inseparable whole 2. Both proclamation and demonstration needed 3. Both contemporary and eternal aspects addressed 4. Both horizontal and vertical aspects included 5. Both sin and disease affect the well-being of the whole person 6. Both sin and disease should be dealt with in care of the sick

Dear colleague, what will you do with the calling of Jesus Christ? Will you seek the fullness and the anointing of the Holy Spirit in your workplace? Will you see your patients as Jesus sees them?  Poor, broken-hearted, blind, captive, crushed Will you increasingly integrate:  Vertical + horizontal  Temporal + eternal  Proclamation and demonstration Will you minister appropriately to the whole person in the Name of Jesus?