I was doing healing meetings in another country over a few weeks. At one of the meetings, the leader who had invited me and had sponsored these meetings approached me. He said "Roger, do you see the four people who have just come in the back of the building?" I said "yes." There were three women and a man. He said "They are four well-known witches in our area. The woman on the far left is very well-known for her ability to channel spirits for supernatural guidance to the businessmen in our area. What do you want to do about this?" I said "Nothing at all. I can't think of a better place for them to be." I am unafraid of witches. They cannot undo what Jesus has done for me. It is finished!
The meeting seemed to go well. I preached the Good New about Christ as Healer. In situations like this, I most often do a "demonstration." I ask for someone who is ready to be healed and has a bad back, a bad shoulder or arm that they cannot raise or perhaps bad knees to come forward and allow me to minister healing to them. We do a "before and after" with them. We evaluate- before praying for them - how serious their problem is. Then we minister to them and have them do things that they couldn't do before. This provides a very visible change for the audience to see that they are healed. It increases expectation in the audience of them receiving healing as well.
I had reached the point of demonstration. I explained why I wanted someone who was injured to come forward. Without hesitation, the witch who channeled spirits came forward. I interviewed her and she did have a painful back injury. She could not bend very far before she was in serious pain. She said that she took pain medication for it. She said despite the medication, she often had trouble sleeping because of pain.
I put my hands on her lower back and had her say "This healing belongs to me because of what Jesus has done." She made the confession and very quickly and strongly heat came to her back. Within moments, I was sure that she was healed. I got her to bend and test the healing. She went all the way down and touched her toes and came up sobbing and thanking the Lord. She was completely healed. By the end of the week, she and her three friends - witches before - had received Christ as Savior. Thank you, Jesus.
When telling this story, I often ask the audience if she was a believer. The vast majority of the people will say "no." Then I will say to them "I didn't ask if she was a Christian. I asked if she was a believer. She heard the Good News. She responded in simple faith to the message that Christ would heal her. She demonstrated that faith by coming forward and letting me minister to her. Was she a believer in the same sense that the multitudes that came to Christ for healing?" Then everyone will agree that she was a believer in that sense.
I will then ask "Who do you think receives healing; believers or Christians? They are not necessarily the same thing. There are many Christians that do not actively believe that Christ is already their Healer. However, there are many unsaved persons - engaged in sin of various types - that will actively believe in Christ as Healer when they hear the Good News."
We should not be afraid to tell a witch that Jesus will heal her. They may be much more open to this than some doubting Christians. Beyond that, converted witches often make great Christians as they will not be satisfied with sitting in the pew observing. They will want to experience all that God has for them.
Roger Sapp
