The Four Gospels Essay
Rev. David E. Griffin DD
I would like to first say thanks to the ULC Seminary for giving me the opportunity to become a minister. I have always heard a small voice inside of me telling me this is what I should be doing but I didn't feel that I was qualified because of a lack of seminary studies. So last year I became ordained by The Universal Life Church and I joined the ULC Seminary and it has been a blessing to me. A year later I received my Doctor of Divinity and with the help of God I hope to graduate from the ULC Seminary.
I really enjoyed reading the Four Gospels Book and I also enjoyed the e-mails which helped me with this course. I especially enjoyed the book of Matthew because it was more detailed about the birth, teachings, preaching, miracles, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I accepted Christ as my Savior at a young age and was raised in a Baptist church. The Holy Bible ,prayer, and meditation have always been a part of my life but ten years ago I was able to receive something that Jesus performed many times in the book of Matthew and that was a MIRACLE OF HEALING.
In August of 1996 I was diagnosed with advanced stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma. This very aggressive cancer had spread to both of my lungs, liver, lymph nodes and spine. I met with several different doctors, had PET Scans, CT Scans, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation but still they only gave me a few months to live. I then met with a doctor from the National Cancer Institute and he also only gave me a few months at best. All I had left was prayer to God for a miracle. I thought that if I prayed and had faith that Jesus Christ would touch me just like he did in all his miracle healings in the Book of Matthew. I believe that GOD answers prayer in one of four ways: 1. Yes, child, "you may have it"; 2."No, child, this is not good for you"; 3. "Wait, child, I have something better"; or "My Grace is sufficient for you"(2 Cor. 12:9).
In my case churches and people everywhere were praying for me. I remembered Matthew 5: 23 'And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and HEALING all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.' I believed this same Jesus could heal me too. I could feel the power of their prayers going through my body and I am still alive today only because of the prayers of many people and the HEALING power of Jesus Christ. My Doctors tell me I am their MIRACLE patient. They tell me that what they did for me is not the reason that I am still alive.
So the area of the four Gospels that gives me the most comfort is the healing of the many sick that Jesus performed in Matthew 5: 23 because I too received the same HEALING.
May God Bless and Heal You.
Rev. David E. Griffin DD
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