Julian Adams, Evangelist preacher "heals" 84-year-old who walked with a stick at Gloucester church
Citizen reporter Laura Enfield attended City Church this weekend to hear 'prophet' Julian Adams:
THERE was already a definite air of excitement when I walked into The City Church Gloucester on Saturday night.
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'HEALING POWERS'? Prophet Julian Adams at Gloucester City Church.
A congregation of about 100 had gathered for the meeting – from babies to 80-year-olds.
There seemed to be a genuine feeling that Julian's presence would help miracles of healing to happen.
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The service started with some worship, led by a band and then the South African-born Evangelist got up to speak.
He asked those who felt they had been healed the previous evening to talk about it.
One man said he had been blessed by his first night of unbroken sleep in years.
Julian then started preaching about Jesus healing the sick and said it must have been "awesome" to hang out with him.
Striving for healing will not work, he said, and nor will apathy. Instead he told people to "rest in his goodness" and know that God wants to heal.
He quoted the Bible passage 'Blessed is he who is not offended in Me', and said those who are not healed should not be angry at God. He then invited those who had an ailment to stand up and be prayed for by those around them. He said: "Don't be nice to these sicknesses. We don't like them. Command them to leave."
A hum of prayers rose up and some people fell on the floor or shook.
An 84-year-old lady, who I had previously seen walking in with a stick, said she was able to walk for the first time in years without it and did a little dance of joy.
Others came forward to say they had been healed of back problems and other ailments and there was applause and shouts of 'amen'.
There was joy in the air and people definitely felt they had witnessed God's power to heal. Whether or not they had been cured indefinitely, I don't know and he said only time would tell. But the congregation certainly believed in his abilities that night.
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by Jewbacca
Wednesday, March 20 2013, 9:55AM
“Still no reply, he's gone quiet on Twitter, too
You'd have thought he'd be defending the prophet...”
by diogenesglos
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 11:05PM
“What how is bas**rd? Automatically censored?
Gods parents may or may not of been married when god was born. Who knows? Only god knows! LOL.”
by diogenesglos
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 11:01PM
“@whatagreatday
Good points.
God is clearly a sick *******.”
by whatagreatday
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 10:23PM
“This type of practice is evil as depicted on a similar story with TiG. As most posters have opinionated, proof is needed but we all know this isn't going to happen. Why? Because he is giving FALSE hope and that is a cruel deed. http://tinyurl.com/dyqa4xh
The way this story reads, this chap is almost celebrated by his healing prowess. The difference? He is known as an Evangelist, the other was a spiritual healer. It appears that if you give yourself a title that adheres to a religion (eg Pastor, Reverend, Cardinal etc) you can get away with anything.
I am surprised with these so called claimed miracles, TiG hasn't followed up, but again, when something out the ordinary happens, hard evidence is a rare commodity when it comes to religion.
In the article it states ' Instead he told people to "rest in his goodness" and know that God wants to heal. If this god is this almighty being and god wants to heal, why did he create people with ailments in the first place? Did he/she/it make another mistake on his alleged creation of man?”
by ForestWolfie
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 6:48PM
“Notable lack of response from stjohnjones and brent. Does the defence for Mr Adams rest its case? Is there nothing further to say as proof of miracle healings?
Surely you can get a doctor's report to verify the truth?”
by amy86
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 5:06PM
“I know a lot of people dont rate Derren Brown, but he did a fantastic expose type program last year on so called miracle cures (miracles for sale). Def worth a watch for anyone defending these creeps.
Its not hard to train as a "miracle worker", there are plenty of tricks of the trade. I cant believe that nobody has mentioned the fact that all the so called cured could have been stooges planted by the "healer".”
by Saffy
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:54PM
“If he is so wonderful,then why is he not prescribed on the NHS...
Joking aside.....people and their ailments are sometimes,in the mind,so for example this gentleman who was 'cured' of his unbroken sleep was 'cured' as he was convinced that he was.It rather reminds me of a placebo tablet...just a plain sugar coated pill with no medicinal content at all that works as a fantastic pain relief....you believe it works,so it works!hey presto!
Also,I find it very hard to believe this gentleman has no financial gain whatsoever in this...he looks like he needs a small fortune just to maintain that natural looking tan!”
by BascMember
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:39PM
“My theory is that all of this persons magical powers were granted to him by Willie Wonka. He does have a striking resemblance to a Umpa Lumpa.”
by FatPhilosophe
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:22PM
“@diogenesglos. Good points by the way.
I have just tweeted the guy. (I rarely use twitter). Be interesting to hear a reply from him.
This newspaper is becoming increasingly rubbish at reporting stories.
The apparently healed women was not even interviewed.
Nor was the apparent healer.
As usual rubbish reporting.”
by FreeRadical1
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:21PM
“Where is this little old lady, then? If I'd just been healed by magic, I'd be demanding that the media took notice!
A couple of months ago, my dog was apparently dying of cancer; now the 'tumour' has disappeared. It wasn't magic, just mis-diagnosis. The vet told me that, when he was a young vet, just starting out in practice, a wise old vet told him: "Some of your patients will get better despite your treatment, not because of it".”