Friday, November 28, 2008

God’s Methods of Healing Part II

We saw yesterday that we should endeavor to believe God’s Word for healing.

Today, we will look at the Believer’s ministry of laying of hands on the sick.

Mark 16:17-18 (New King James Version)17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

These are some of the last words spoken by Jesus Christ before His ascension. Therefore, it would seem they must be important to the believer.

Notice the Words of the Master, “These signs will follow those who believe.”
It does not say these signs will follow the Apostles, nor the 12 disciples or Pentecostal Holy Rollers. The only criteria the Lord Jesus gave was to be a believer.

Are you a believer? If you are then you qualify for these wonderful supernatural signs to follow your faith walk.

Did Jesus Christ say if a believer lays hands on the sick they might recover?

No!

Our Lord, the Head of the Church, stated without any equivocation that they would recover.

Period.

I tell you boldly the Lord wants you and I to execute His will on this earth. His will is for people to be healed in His Name and for Him to receive the Glory.

“Well, my church doesn’t believe that, Mace.”

May I be blunt? It doesn’t matter what your church believes or doesn’t believe. It matters what the Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of your Church, says.

It matters what you believe.

A believer has been given authority by Jesus Christ Himself to lay hands on the sick and expect them to recover.

The sick have a right to come to a believer to have hands laid on them expecting to be healed.

The Bible says it, believe it, and that settles it.

“But, I feel funny laying hands on sick people. What if it don’t work?”

Friend, once you act in faith the responsibility is on God to see His Word through. If His promise does not come to pass then it is either due to something on our behalf or the one we are praying for blocking the promise.

This could be doubt, sin, or a myriad of other things.
It could simply be that once we have laid hands on the sick or have had hands laid on us it is time to fight the battle of faith.

This is where a strong faith confession comes into play. While we are standing in faith we must continuously speak that faith promise over the circumstance.

"I am embarrassed to have hands laid on me. It makes me uncomfortable."

Is it more comfortable being sick? Often we must step outside our comfort zones in faith in order to receive the blessings Jesus paid for with His blood.

The devil will do his best to block the promises of God. This is spiritual warfare, my friend. But, we have been given the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Use your weapon against doubt, circumstances, and fear. God wants you healed and He wants to use you as a vessel to bring healing to a hurting world.

Don’t take my word for it. Take your Savior’s Word. After all, He is the one who said it.


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Thursday, November 27, 2008

God’s Methods of Healing Part 1

God’s primary pathway for healing for the believer is faith In The Word.

Psalm 107:19-20 (New King James Version) 19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. 20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

Simple trust in the Word of God can and will bring about the desired results.

Let us look at an example in scripture.

Matthew 8:5-14 (King James Version) 5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. … 13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Notice all that the centurion did was believe in the Word of Jesus for the healing of his servant. He knew the power of Jesus and had complete confidence in that His word would do exactly what He said it would do.

When I was a kid my eardrum exploded. I lost some of my hearing and had a hole in my ear.
Well, when I heard the Word of Faith message I began to believe God for healing. I confessed what the Word said about healing over my ear.

Yet, the symptoms persisted in that I had trouble hearing sometimes. But, that did not deter my faith confession for healing. I refused to yield to the symptoms and stood on the Word.
In 1999 I went to the ear doctor to have my ear checked and to check my hearing. In the days leading up to the appointment I kept confessing the Word.

I took the tests and guess what. The hole in my ear was gone and the doctor said my hearing was perfect.

Thank God we can stand on His Word!

God wants you and I to get to the place where we simply rest in the confidence of His Word.
If you have children then you know it is a terrible thing when they are sick. Especially, when they are babies.

It is a terrible feeling seeing your baby crying in pain. You would do anything to take that sickness away because you love him or her.

Well, do you think your heavenly Father loves you any less than you love your own children? Of course, not!

Our Father wants us healed so much He sent His only Son Jesus to hang on a cross. On that cross He bore our sicknesses so we could have Divine Health.

Praise God.

He is merciful. He knows we are all at different faith levels; therefore, has provided many ways to obtain healing.

We don't expect a newborn baby to get up and run the 40 yard dash. No, the baby must grow, get strong, and mature. The baby becomes a child, a youth, and then an adult.

Well, we have more expectations for the adult than we do the baby, don't we? So does our Heavenly Father.

A mature believer can get healed by his or her faith in the Word. They have developed their faith by feeding on the Word and exercising their faith by acting on the word and confessing the Word.

The baby Christian is just that: a baby. There is no shame in that. We are all growing and developing. Some are mature regarding faith for salvation but babies regarding spiritual gifts. Some are mature in the area of healing but a baby in Biblical Prosperity.

The point is we should ever be maturing in all facets of the faith walk. None of us has arrived. So, if you are a baby Christian feed on the Word, speak the Word and act on the Word. You won't stay a baby for long!

As you mature you will develop your faith and your faith in the Word will be your pathway to healing.
This is God’s number one intended method for the believer to receive healing: Faith In The Word.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Isn't Death The Ultimate Healing?

I have heard many people say that when someone has died they have received the ultimate healing.

This is not biblical.

Don’t let doubt or unbelief keep you from receiving healing.

Don’t let the death of someone else keep you from being healed.

The truth is we don’t know everything regarding someone’s death. We don’t know the spiritual condition of the one who has died. We don’t know if they wanted to leave this earth or not.

After all, their faith has a part to play in this.

For instance, I could pray all I want for Joe Blow to accept Jesus Christ as His savior. But, he still has free will to choose Christ or reject him.

The same is true with healing or any other promise of God. We either receive the promise by faith or we don’t.

What does the Word say about death being the ultimate healing?

John 11:20-27 (New King James Version)20 Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Notice, Jesus called Himself the resurrection. He then went and raised Lazarus from the dead!
As you read the Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John you will read about Jesus healing people from all sorts of diseases and raising folk from the dead.

Not one time that I am aware of did Jesus lay hands on someone declared them healed and they dropped dead.

It sounds ludicrous doesn’t it? Yet, that is how we say Jesus heals today when we try and justify our unbelief in healing.

Friend, if you are battling a disease that the doctors say there is no cure for don’t settle.

Death is not your healing.

God wants you healed in this life.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Why Does God Put Sickness On Me?

So many Christians are bound by sickness because they believe God was the author of it. They accept it as God’s will.

I tell you, the devil is crafty. If he can get us to accept his work as God’s then he can just sit back and watch us waste away.

First of all, we saw clearly yesterday that Jesus bore our sickness on the cross so we don’t have too. That being the case, would it make sense for Christ to take upon Himself sickness if it was God’s will for you to be sick?

No.

Let’s look at the words of Jesus:
John 10:10 (King James Version) 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Who do you think He is talking about when He says thief?
The devil!
It is the devil that wants to steal your health, to kill you and destroy you. It is not God.
Jesus came so you and I could have an abundant life.
Tell me, are you living the abundant life while you are battling sickness?
Are you experiencing the abundant life barely able to breath, in pain all the time and barely able to move?
Of course, not. I want you to know it is the devil that is the author of your malady and that Jesus is the author of your healing!
Acts 10:38 (King James Version) 38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Did you notice who did the healing and who did the oppressing?
Jesus did the healing.
It was and is the devil who did the oppressing.
Jesus does good and the devil does evil.
I don’t know anyone yet who would claim cancer, autism, Parkinson’s disease, AIDS or any other disease is good.
Friend, I want you to get this truth down deep into your spirit. It is the devil that wants you sick. He wants to destroy you.
But, thank God for Jesus the healer.
He has come so you can be healed in every area of your life.
He has come to give you the abundant life in every area.
He has come to do good to you!

I have included an attachment of this message so you can download it if you would like to share or use for personal Bible Study.

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Is Healing For The Believer?

Sometimes it seems like Christians think of healing as if God is playing darts. If God hits the bull’s eye then we get healed and if not then we don’t.

Friend, God is not inconsistent. He is no respecter of persons. His promises are not a crap shoot.

Let us look at scripture to see if healing is for the believer.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (King James Version) 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
The great Prophet wrote these words about the coming Messiah. This prophesies what Jesus would accomplish at the Cross for the believer.
Every traditional denomination believes and often quotes part of this scripture. They teach and believe Jesus was wounded for our transgressions. In other words, because of our sin he suffered at the Cross so we don’t have too. Thank God for that.
But, how can we believe that portion of scripture and ignore verse 4 and the remainder of verse 5. Either it is all true or it is all a lie.
“Mace, it is talking about spiritual healing here.”
Really?
Lets review verse 4. Remember, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and translated into English.
The Hebrew word for griefs is Choli. It literally means disease and sickness.
The Hebrew word for sorrows is Makob. It literally means pain.
With these words defined we can literally read Isaiah 53:4-5 as such:
Isaiah 53:4-5 (King James Version) 4Surely he hath borne our SICKNESS AND DISEASES, and carried our PAIN: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Friend, I think you would agree with me that Jesus bore our sin on the cross so we could be free of sin.
Well, He also bore our sickness and disease on the Cross so we would be free of it.
“How come I don’t have healing?”
Healing is obtained just like salvation is: By Faith!
Before you could get saved you had to know that Jesus paid the price for your sin.
The same is true with healing. The problem has been to many Christians have not been taught on healing or have had unbiblical misconceptions about healing.
Starting today that is going to change. I am going to equip you with the Word of God to use as your mighty Sword of the Spirit against every disease and sickness known and unknown to man.
His Word heals.
Dare to believe the Word for your healing!
By faith you are healed by the stripes of Jesus!

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Monday, November 3, 2008

VOTE THE BIBLE

I want to encourage you to vote tomorrow. Your vote is your seed that you are sowing into this nation. Sow good seed.

Don't leave your Bible out of the voting booth. In other words, don't make your checkbook, your party affiliation, nor even your race or gender be your main criteria. Vote for the candidate who is more in line with what the Bible says, who ever that may be.

Also, no matter who wins Christians should rejoice!

"How is that? Did you see who won?"

It doesn't matter, my friend. Jesus is still seated on His throne.

Jesus is still King of kings and Lord of Lords.

He has never let us down yet and He never will.

Be blessed,

Mace