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Healing Word
He
sent His word and healed them
You
can live FREE from sickness and disease if you're are a child of
GOD.
Once we
understand where sickness comes from, we can understand why we are
able to get rid of it! God's word clearly reveals that death,
disease and sickness originated with sin and now are being spread by
Satan (Rom 5:12-21; Job 2:6-7; Luke 13:16). Think of all those Jesus
healed. The Gospels say they were all "oppressed of the Devil" (Acts
10:38). Only when sin is taken out of the human race, will there be
no more sickness. Until then we pray for the sick to be
healed!
The
Bible teaches that forgiveness of sins and healing of the body go
hand in hand. Healing is just as easy to receive from God as
forgiveness of sins. If you have need of healing, it is only right
that you surrender your life to God if you expect Him to heal you.
Healing is one of the benefits of being in right relationship with
God. "Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits he
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases." (Ps. 103:2-3).
God calls Himself in Scripture "Jehovah Rapha", meaning "I am the
LORD who is your healer" (Ex. 15:26)
When
Believers agree together things begin to happen. Join with others in
agreeing upon your condition, pray one for another, get
anointed with oil. (Mark 6:13, James 5:14-16). Jesus exercised no
power in His ministry which every true believer cannot have today.
True believers can heal the sick and cast out devils! They can
perform miracles and even raise the dead. Many will say these things
were only for the Apostles, just to get the church started. Not true
my friend, this is for today and what true disciples were meant to
do!
SATAN'S OBJECTIVE
Satan's
primary objective is to discredit God. Spoiling our bodies is one
way he operates. Created in the image of God, we are caught in the
middle of this spiritual battleground. Satan "as your enemy
prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour," (1
Peter 5:8). He will devour you with disease and sickness if
you let him. Our great advantage is that God sent His Son to
destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:3). God through
Jesus Christ will destroy Satan's evil work in your
body!
Our
failures come because of an imperfect understanding of God's
word. God's word declares that, "you will know the truth, and
the truth will set you free" (John 8:32). Satan your adversary
knows the truth better than you do. Until you discover and
start claiming what is legally yours, Satan will continue his
harassment and assault on your life. He knows your weak
areas.
CHRIST THE HEALER
The
Bible clearly reveals that God wills to be the "healer" of His
people and declares His will to heal all those that obey Him.
Christ's works of healing were not only to prove His divinity but
were a part of His complete mission of fulfilling the will of
God. "Here I am, I have come to do your will." (Heb
10:9). "Many followed Jesus, and he healed all their sick"
(Matthew 12:15). Jesus Himself is a revelation of the will of
God. He did the will of God; He healed all who came to
Him. He has an unchanging priesthood; "Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrew 13:8).
In
Matthew, Chapter 8:16-17, God's word tells us that "When
evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and
he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet
Isaiah: He took up our infirmities and carried our
sicknesses." If He bore them then they rightfully and legally
belong to Him and for us to take them upon our body is to be taking
something that does not belong to us. In the material realm if
one takes something that does not belong to him he is classified as
a thief. The same thing applies in the spiritual realm.
If Christ took our sins then the sin does not belong to the believer
and as long as the believer has sin, Christ's atonement means
nothing to him. If Christ took our sickness and pain, then
they do not belong to the believer, and for a believer to have them
is illegal and Christ's death in bearing them means nothing.
(Matt. 1:21, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, 1 John 1:7-9).
At the
hands of unbelievers, Jesus, our LAMB, was beaten. On His body
deep furrows were plowed by the awful Roman lash and it literally
tore pieces of flesh from His back. THESE WERE THE STRIPES by
which, Isaiah and Peter say, WE WERE HEALED. And they were
laid on His BODY. This was the bearing of our sicknesses, and
so, the provision was made for the healing of our body. Then
they nailed Him to the cross and pierced His side. His blood
ran down on the ground, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is
poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
Jesus
our Lamb suffered in two ways. He shed His blood on the cross
for our salvation from sin, and He bore the stripes on His BODY for
our healing from sickness. If you have let Him take your sins,
won't you let Him take your sickness? Healing is part of your
salvation; do not be cheated out of it any more than you would
permit yourself to be cheated out of forgiveness of
sins.
FREE
FROM THE CURSE
In
Deuteronomy, 28 chapter, we find sickness given as a part of the
"curse". But Gal. 3:13 declares that "Christ redeemed us from
the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us". Look for a
moment to the sicknesses specifically stated in Deut. 28, diseases,
fever and inflammation, scorching heat and drought, hemorrhoids, the
scab, the itch, boils, tumors, madness, blindness, confusion
of mind, and many more including all the diseases of Egypt,
and as if these were not enough, Verse 61 adds "The LORD will also
bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in
this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed". Is there
anything left to be uncovered? If you are carrying a disease,
you are carrying a part of the curse. This should not
be. Deuteronomy 7:15 tells us that diseases belong to those
that hate God.
God has
set us free from the curse of the law through Christ Jesus Our Lord,
for "whosoever will" meet the conditions and believe the Word. We
may say to ourselves "it is not His will", but God is no
respecter of persons. His promises are to all. "Is any one of
you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him
and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord." (James
5:14). God is as willing to heal as He is to forgive
sins. The only hindrance in getting the full benefits of
Calvary is unbelief and lack of appropriation of the blessing which
Christ died to give to all men. (Isa. 53:4-5; Matt.
8:16-17; 1 Peter 2:24; James 5:14-16; 3 John 2).
HAVE
FAITH IN GOD'S WILL
Faith in
God works. The power of God flows through the conduit of faith.
Jesus said numerous times, according to your faith, be it unto you.
(Matt. 9:29) The faith that receives from God is based upon the
knowledge of His will. We cannot definitely take healing by faith,
if there is any question whether it is for us. Healing is part of
the atonement work of Christ on the cross. We know that not all are
saved (even though it's God's will that none should perish) because
not all appropriate the blessing of Salvation through Faith in Jesus
Christ. In the same light, not all appropriate the blessing of
Divine Healing because not all HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH that Jesus
desires to heal them. When we have proper knowledge of the
will of God, we do not pray: "Lord if it be thy will please heal me"
for the "if" implies doubt, and doubt cancels faith. We should not
pray a useless, unbelieving prayer concerning anything that God has
promised. If you truly feel that it is God's will for you to be
sick, you have no business going to the doctor trying to get rid of
the will of God! The will of God is expressed in the Lord's Prayer:
"Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Is heaven filled
with sick people?
Our will
also has a big part in the question of healing Will we take
that which God has willed to give us? "If you abide in me and my
words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be
done for you" (John 15:7). When we know God's will for us then we
simply need to Ask God for it! When our "I will" meets His "I will"
the work is done.
HOW
TO BE HEALED
You have
the right and authority to claim healing from God when you are a
born again Christian (Matt. 13:15); when you are diligently
Listening to God (Exodus 15:26); when you are attending to God's
word (Proverbs 4:20-22); and when your faith is unwavering (James
1:6-7). Now don't give up if you don't have enough faith you can get
it! Not everyone believes perfectly every time "Faith comes by
hearing and hearing by the word of God." (Rom. 10:17). Fill yourself
with the appropriate word of God! If you speak the word of God
boldly, over and over, you will become a changed person. Your life
will become full of God's Grace. Begin to confess what God says
about you and your healing.
Search
the Word and collect verses to confess regarding your circumstance.
Make it a practice to use these verses on a daily basis to build
your faith. Don't read them quietly, but read them aloud! You are
building your own faith! Break your silence with God's unchanging
word. "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,
that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess
with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Saved here
Literally means Restored to Health!) For it is with your heart that
you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you
confess and are saved. (Restored to Health!)" (Rom. 10:8-10). Here
are some examples of what to say:
Never confess that I can't......Instead Say:
I can do
everything through him who gives me strength. (Phil. 4:13). O
LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress
(Jer. 16:19).
Never confess that you Lack......Instead Say:
And my
God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in
Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19). ...no good thing does he withhold from
those whose walk is blameless (Ps. 84:11).
Never confess that you Fear......Instead Say:
God did
not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and a
sound mind. (2 Tim. 1:7). The LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom
shall I be afraid. (Ps. 27:1).
Never confess Lack of Faith......Instead Say:
God has
given to every man the measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)
Never confess your Weakness......Instead Say:
do not
fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I
will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my
righteous right hand. (Is. 41:10).
Never again confess Defeat......Instead Say:
Greater
is He that is in you than he that is in the world. (I John 4:4).
Thanks be to God which always causes us to triumph in Christ. (2
Cor. 2:14). In all things we are more than conquerors through Him
that loved us. (Rom. 8:37).
Never again confess Your Sickness......Instead Say:
Jesus...By whose stripes you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24 and
Isaiah 53:5). I am the Lord who heals you. (Exodus 15:26). Bless the
Lord O my soul...who heals all your diseases. (Ps. 103:1-3). In My
name they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark
16:18).
God's
word is infused into you by giving voice to it with your own mouth,
and this is the language of health to your body. Tell Satan,
out-loud, that he is overcome by the blood of the Lamb, and by
the word of your testimony! (Rev. 12:11). Say that you are washed
clean by the blood of Jesus and that by His stripes you are healed,
that you refuse to accept the curse of sin and sickness. Jesus died
to give you life. Choose life! As you win the battle and symptoms
disappear, prepare yourself for the counter-attack! Satan does not
give up easily. He will attack with a pain or an old symptom in the
healed area to try and strike fear and doubt in your heart. This
will test your faith. It is vital that you do not deny your healing
and accept the condition again. Immediately strike back with the
word of God. "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you." (James
4:7). When you resist the devil he must flee from you! Repeat the
faith building verses. The more you speak the Word, the more you
believe. It is supernatural medicine bringing faith to your spirit
which works and permeates into your physical body. Heb. 11:1 tells
us that Faith brings the manifestation (substance) or the result
(evidence) you are looking for (the things hoped for). A continual
affirmation of God's Word in faith calls for the healing which is
already ours and will build into your immune system a supernatural
anointing that is capable of eliminating sickness and disease in
your natural body.
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