H-1. It is ALWAYS God’s WILL to HEAL YOU! DOWNLOAD to SAVE as a PDF Doc to read OFFLINE. H-1. It is ALWAYS GOD'S WILL TO HEAL YOU! Some Christians struggle to believe that God DESIRES for them to be healed. And thus, when a Christian does not receive healing right away then some Chrisians wonder IF it is God's WILL to heal them. If this is you, then here is GOD'S WORD on it!
BIBLE STUDIES ON DIVINE HEALING!
Here is a list of the studies that I have at this present time that concern DIVINE HEALING from Almighty God in the mighty NAME of Jesus, God's only begotten Son who did NOT bear the beating of those stripes that he bore for YOU in VAIN! But rather, the Son of man, Jesus, endured that PAIN and suffering of those stripes of the whip before the cross to set you FREE from all manner of sickness and disease. In other words, the Bible itself teaches us in 1 Peter 2:24 that by his STRIPES you were HEALED! So then, ACCORDING to YOUR FAITH, be you HEALED in the NAME of Jesus the name that is ABOVE every other name. Following this list of Bible studies on healing that you can read later is the study >>>DIVINE HEALING!<<<. It also may be helpful to read the studies on PRAYER that I have listed in the above tab at the top of the website in the horizontal menu bar “PRAYERS THAT GET ANSWERED!”. And as always I suggest that you read the studies “THE OPENING PRAYER” and “THE WHOLE MATTER” not only to prepare your heart to hear from God, but also that you know my heart toward you. Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you seek the truth of the whole word of God. So again, before we actually begin the study on ALWAYS being God’s WILL to heal you, here is the list of studies with links that you can read later. There is teaching in everyone of these studies that will help you RECEIVE the healing that God has ALREADY provided for you at the cross and resurrection of His Son, Jesus.
G-1. JESUS THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!
G-6. WHAT is GOD'S WILL in PRAYER?
H-4. MUST CHRISTIANS SUFFER SICKNESS?
H-6. WHAT was PAUL'S THORN in the FLESH?
H-5. THE BIBLE MEANING OF INFIRMITY!
E-12. WHAT DOES BEING SAVED TRULY MEAN?
G-9. Satan can HINDER our PRAYERS!
G-11. Some EXAMPLES of CONFESSIONS of FAITH!
E-13. SAVED by GRACE THROUGH FAITH! Again, each one of the above studies have nuggets of truth that will help you RECEIVE the divine healing that God has ALREADY provided for you at the cross of His Son, Jesus. Always remember that Jesus did NOT bear those stripes in VAIN, or for no reason. And WITH those stripes that Jesus bore you ARE healed in that healing has already been PROVIDED for you to RECEIVE! Let us now begin the study showing from the word of God that it is always God’s WILL to heal you in the SAME WAY that it is ALWAYS God’s WILL to save WHOSOEVER BELIEVES in His plan of salvation to be saved. So if you truly believe that it is God’s WILL to save every person in the whole world who BELIEVES, then also know and believe that it is God’s WILL to HEAL every person who BELIEVES in God for healing.
IT IS ALWAYS GOD'S WILL TO HEAL YOU!
One of the MAJOR reasons why some people do NOT get healed is because they do not know God's ATTITUDE or disposition toward sickness and disease! What is God's character? How does Almighty God feel toward sickness and disease? Does God care if you are sick? Does God want to help you or heal you when you are sick? The purpose of this study is to show you from God’s very own word that His WILL concerning healing and your health is that God DESIRES you to be healed more than you yourself desire to be healed. In other words, BEFORE you were saved, you did not desire to be saved. It was only after you saw that TRUTH that you needed to be saved that you BELIEVED and RECEIVED what God had already provided for you at the cross of His Son, Jesus. God loved us while we were yet sinners, and God loves you while you are yet oppressed with sickness or disease. So in the same way that God is always faithful to FORGIVE us of our sins, God is also always faithful to HEAL those who BELIEVE His word to receive the healing that He has already PROVIDED through the STRIPES that Jesus bore for our physical healing right before he was crucified for our sins. Throughout this study and other studies, you will find links to other studies in God's word that will aid or help you learn the TRUTH of God's word that Almighty God desires you to be healed more than you yourself want to be healed. Also, at the end of this study will be a list of links to other studies on healing. You may also find it helpful to read the studies found in G-5. PRAYERS THAT GET ANSWERED! If you are of a different faith such as Islam or Hindu and you are not receiving answers to your prayers, then I encourage you to call upon the NAME of Jesus and ask him to teach you how to pray in his NAME. If you are of another faith other than Christianity, then I implore you to read the studies under the heading E-4. HOW CAN I BE SAVED? If you were raised in a Christian church but you are not ABSOLUTELY SURE that you are saved then please read the studies under the heading >>>E-0. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?<<< For everyone else that knows, without a doubt, that they are saved, please continue reading this study on God's WILL to HEAL YOU! Some people have WRONGLY HEARD from preachers and teachers of God's word that it is God's WILL for them to BE SICK because God has a PLAN for their life. Or perhaps they have wrongly heard that God is trying to teach you something with this sickness or disease that is oppressing you. Some Christians have wrongly heard that God is chastising or DISCIPLINING his children with sickness and disease. I personally have heard sermons like this myself where ideas have been WRONGLY planted in the minds of some people that God is trying to teach us something. And the method that God supposedly chose to supposedly teach us or correct us was a sickness or a disease. BUT is this what the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible teaches us, my dear reader? The purpose of this study in God's word is to show YOU, the reader of this Bible study, and the seeker of the TRUTH, that it is, in fact, the PERFECT WILL of Almighty God to ALWAYS HEAL YOU from whatever sickness and disease that Satan is oppressing your physical body with! For you see, according to Acts 10:38, it is Satan who oppresses people with sickness and disease, and NOT Almighty God who is supposedly trying to teach us through sickness as some WRONGLY teach. It is my prayer for you that this study in God's word forever erases any and ALL doubt in your mind that is keeping you from receiving the HEALING that Almighty God has ALREADY provided for YOU no matter who you are. So then, may God's HEALING be manifested in your life to the praise and glory of God our Savior and His Son Jesus Christ because God SENT his WORD to HEAL us! With that being said, let us get started in this study of God's word so that your FAITH will be in the WORD of God, and NOT is the teaching of man. Let's begin by reading Romans 10:6-21, which teaches us that FAITH comes BY HEARING! I am just going to quote verse 17 for you first, and then, we will get into the study of the context of this verse of Scripture. Romans 10:17.
“So then, (Or so then, from all of this that I just told you we CONCLUDE that) FAITH (Or our TRUSTING in God that he is FAITHFUL to DO what he SAID he would DO, our FAITH) COMES (Or arises up within us) by HEARING and hearing by the word of God.”
Now I have just emphasized the four parts of this verse because I want to point out to you that ALL that we BELIEVE and TRUST in, COMES from HEARING, reading, and experiences. Like the old saying, “Seeing is believing”, so even what we experience in life, forms what we believe. So when I use the word HEARING, I also mean reading, as well as the past experiences in life. For example: #1. FEAR COMES from HEARING. #2. WORRY COMES from HEARING. #3. DOUBT COMES from HEARING. #4. UNBELIEF COMES from HEARING. #5. ALL these NEGATIVE things COME from HEARING.
So then, it is VITALLY important WHAT you HEAR. And not ONLY what you hear but also HOW you HEAR. And obviously, there are things that we do NOT want to hear like the doctors saying there is nothing that they can do to cure you. And thus, SOME Christians wrongly ACCEPT that negative thing that causes them to lose HOPE in God. Particularly when they have sought prayer from other Christians to be healed and they did not receive their healing right away or within the time that they felt they should have been healed. So then, FAITH is simply our BELIEVING and TRUSTING in WHATEVER we have HEARD or are presently HEARING will BE. In other words, faith, as in, what YOU believe can EITHER be a NEGATIVE thing that will produce undesired results that can harm you, rather than help you. OR your faith can be a POSITIVE thing that brings the desired result that will benefit you. In other words, NOT believing something is still FAITH in reality, but we do NOT call it FAITH. Rather, we called it UNBELIEF or NOT believing. Let me try to explain what I mean by this. Suppose that you have been exposed to some poison ivy and you have a rash on your leg that itches so bad that you can hardly take it any longer. And then, you HEARD one of your friends tell you a CURE. You HEARD that if you put some oatmeal in some bath water and you soak your leg in this oatmeal bath for 20 minutes and then lightly pat your leg dry rather than rubbing it dry then the ITCH would not be so bad. And if you resist scratching your leg the rest of the evening, then by morning your leg would no longer itch. And as long as you do NOT scratch your leg, then your body would cure that rash caused by the poison ivy. Now depending on several things, you may arrive at a DECISION to either BELIEVE your friend enough to ACT on what you were TOLD to do. OR you may arrive at the DECISION to BELIEVE what your friend TOLD you would NOT do any good. So, therefore, your ACTION would be NOT to do what you HEARD. Can you see HOW you yourself CHOOSE what you are going to DO with what you HEAR? It is what we HEAR that governs whether or not we TRUST IN what we HEAR or we TRUST AGAINST what we HEAR. In other words, FAITH and UNBELIEF work the same way, but they work OPPOSITE of each other. BOTH faith and unbelief COME by HEARING! And thus, it is a matter of WHICH ONE has a GREATER influence in our life. What I mean by this is does WORRY, FEAR, DOUBT, and UNBELIEF have MORE influence or control in your life than PEACE, CONFIDENCE, FAITH, and TRUST in the POSITIVE? It all comes down to WHICH influence in your life is GREATER that will determine whether or not you RECEIVE from God what he has ALREADY provided for YOU. Is the NEGATIVE influence greater than the POSITIVE influences? If it is, then you need to FOCUS on WHAT you are HEARING to make the POSITIVE influence become greater than the NEGATIVE influence. Now if you do NOT KNOW for SURE what God's WILL is for YOU concerning HEALING, then obviously, your mind will be filled with DOUBT, UNCERTAINTY, NO CONFIDENCE, an UNSURENESS, and even WORRY or FEAR. All of which will PREVENT you or at least HINDER you from RECEIVING what Almighty God has ALREADY provided for YOU simply because you do NOT KNOW for SURE whether or not it is God's WILL to HEAL you. You may KNOW that God is ABLE. You may KNOW that God HAS, in fact, HEALED someone you KNOW PERSONALLY. BUT if you do not KNOW that it is ALWAYS God's PERFECT WILL to HEAL YOU, then there will always be that little bit of DOUBT that sometimes keeps people from being HEALED. Now for SOME people just being TOLD that it is ALWAYS God's WILL to HEAL them is all they need to HEAR. And thus, they instantly RECEIVE what they have heard as being the TRUTH. For you see, FAITH rises in their heart and they are instantly HEALED. But for others, they need to SEE it for THEMSELVES in God's WORD before they will BELIEVE. So then, if this is YOU, then keep on reading. Let us continue this study in God's word by reading the CONTEXT of FAITH COMING BY HEARING. Please read Romans 10:6-21, which teaches us HOW to RELEASE our FAITH.
Romans 10:6-21.
“But the righteousness which is OF FAITH SPEAKS on this wise, (Or this is HOW FAITH TALKS) Say NOT in your HEART, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is , to bring Christ down from above:) 7. Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) (In other words, do NOT QUESTION HOW, WHEN, or ask WHAT IF) 8. But what says, IT? (But rather, WHAT does the FAITH in your HEART say) The word is nigh YOU, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the WORD of FAITH, which we PREACH; 9. That IF you shall CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus, (This passage of Scripture is about HOW to be saved from sin. But being saved ALSO includes being HEALED physically. So then, whatever POSITIVE message of TRUTH from the WORD of God that you HEARD taught or preached, IF you BELIEVE in your HEART that it is TRUE, then CONFESS the WORD that you HEARD PREACHED or TAUGHT to you) and shall BELIEVE in your HEART that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be SAVED. (Or IF you BELIEVE in your HEART what God has SAID in His WORD, by his STRIPES you WERE HEALED, then you SHALL be SAVED, HEALED, DELIVERED, SET FREE, PROTECTED, and PLACED BACK into RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with GOD. WHY? Or HOW do we know this to be true?) 10. FOR (Or BECAUSE) WITH the HEART man BELIEVES UNTO righteousness, (Or with our HEART faith we continue to BELIEVE UNTO whatever we are BELIEVING God to manifest in our life that is His WILL) AND with the mouth CONFESSION is made UNTO SALVATION (Or BY CONFESSING what we BELIEVE in our HEART is what BRINGS ABOUT our being SAVED, HEALED, DELIVERED, SET FREE, and PLACED BACK into RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with God) 11. For the Scripture says, WHOSOEVER BELIEVES on him shall NOT be ashamed. 12. For there is NO difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over ALL is rich unto ALL that call upon him. 13. For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be SAVED. (Forgiven of all their sins and HEALED of all their sicknesses and diseases. The Greek word “sozo” translated as “saved” also means to DELIVER. So whosoever BELIEVES can be DELIVERED from drug addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, sexual addictions, or any other addiction. This Greek word ALSO means to be HEALED and to be MADE WHOLE. For example, nine lepers were HEALED, but only one leper was MADE WHOLE. In other words, all of the SCARS left by the disease of leprosy were ALSO healed as well) 14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have NOT believed? (Or HOW can one call upon God for HEALING if they have NOT BELIEVED to do so) And how shall they BELIEVE in him of whom they have NOT HEARD? (Or HOW can one BELIEVE in HEALING if they have NOT HEARD that God HEALS) And how shall they HEAR without a PREACHER? (Or how can you HEAR about HEALING without a teacher? And sometimes you have to be your own teacher to read and study the Bible for yourself.) 15. And how shall they PREACH, except they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that PREACH the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16. But they (Or but SOME who have heard the gospel of Jesus Christ) have NOT all obeyed the gospel. (Or not all have ACTED upon the WORD of God) For Isaiah says, Lord, who has BELIEVED our report? (Or who has BELIEVED the GOOD NEWS that we have TOLD them is YOUR WILL for THEM) 17. So then, (Or so then, from all of this that I just told you we CONCLUDE that) FAITH (Or our TRUSTING in God that he is FAITHFUL to DO what he SAID he would DO, our FAITH) COMES (Or arises up within us) by HEARING and hearing by the word of God. (In other words, let God be TRUE and everything else that you have HEARD be a LIE. That is to say, BELIEVE what God says in his WORD more than what man teaches you or says to you. Faith comes by just plain HEARING and real hearing or TRUE understanding comes by the word of God) 18. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their SOUND went into all the earth, and their WORDS unto the ends of the world. 19. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses says I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation, I will anger you. 20. But ISAIAH is very bold, and says, I was found by them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 21. But to Israel he says, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.”
In other words, Almighty God has been STRETCHING OUT his HAND to SAVE people from their sins HEAL people from the sickness, DELIVER people from their addictions, and BLESS people with all His benefits that He has already provided for whosoever BELIEVES. And God has been doing this ALL DAY LONG which teaches us that it is NOT God who is WITHHOLDING salvation that includes physical HEALING from mankind. But rather, it is MANKIND who has either NOT HEARD about salvation to include physical HEALING. Or they have heard about salvation and HEALING but they do not BELIEVE in the HEART enough to CONFESS that God has SAVED them from their sins AND also HEALED their physical bodies. Think about this for a moment. It is ALWAYS God’s WILL to FORGIVE you of all your sins each and every time you ask Him to forgive you of your sins. And if you have that same faith and assurance that with the stripes that Jesus bore you ARE healed, then you will KNOW that it is ALWAYS God’s WILL for you to RECEIVE the healing that has ALREADY been provided. For you see, the SAME PROVISION of HEALING has already been provided for you in the same WAY that FORGIVENESS for your sins that has ALREADY been PROVIDED for you, IF you ONLY BELIEVE and CONFESS that God has FORGIVEN you of all your sins. So then, if sickness and disease do NOT come from God, then from WHERE does it come? The word of God teaches that because of SIN, then DEATH entered into this newly recreated world that was previously destroyed because of the SIN and rebellion of Lucifer against Almighty God. BUT from where did the SIN or idea to REBEL against God come? That depends on WHO you believe, Almighty God or Satan. You see, evidently Lucifer ACCUSED Almighty God that God CREATED him with a SINFUL or REBELLIOUS NATURE. In other words, God said to Lucifer in the book of Ezekiel that Lucifer was created PERFECT in all his WAYS from the very day that he was CREATED. And that implies that Lucifer wrongly BLAMED God for his waging war against God’s throne to exalt the throne that God gave to him over that ancient earth to be above the clouds to be like God Himself.
Please read Ezekiel 28:14-16.
“You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15. You were PERFECT in your WAYS from the DAY that you were CREATED, TILL iniquity (Or UNTIL SIN) was found in you. 16. BY the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and YOU have SINNED: therefore, I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.”
In other words, God cast Lucifer down to the earth as his prison by no longer allowing Satan and the fallen angels to travel beyond that atmosphere of the earth. Then we read in Isaiah 14:12-14 the SIN that Lucifer committed against God.
Isaiah 14:12-14.
“How are you FALLEN from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 13. For you have said in your heart, I will ASCEND into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ASCEND the heights of the CLOUDS; I will be like the most-High.”
This tells ME that Lucifer, before he became Satan, the ENEMY of God, that Lucifer's THRONE was here on the Earth BEFORE Almighty God ever created mankind. In other words, Lucifer was once a GOOD angel that God Himself SET to be a ruler over the earth. Then, when Lucifer REBELLED against God to try and OVERTHROW God and take over His throne in heaven a WAR broke out. And during that WAR, much of the face of the Earth was destroyed and became void. God was going to destroy Satan and the angels that followed him to try and overthrow God's throne, but as I said before, it appears that Satan ACCUSED God that He CREATED him with this SINFUL and REBELLIOUS NATURE. This is why I believe God created MANKIND a LITTLE LOWER or INFERIOR to the ANGELS in order to PROVE to Satan and all the other GOOD ANGELS that they were ALL created PERFECT in the DAY that they were CREATED. So then, from the very beginning of the creation of this new class of beings called MAN or the humans, the ENEMY of Almighty God has been TEMPTING mankind to SIN against God. Satan has been ACCUSING mankind to God to try to show God that it is His for creating them with a nature to sin. In other words, the Devil has been DECEIVING mankind to believe that God created them with a SINFUL NATURE. Satan the Devil has been OPPRESSING mankind with sickness and disease. Anything to strike back at God and try to show God that whatever God creates is FLAWED. In other words, it is Satan who wants mankind to BLAME Almighty God for EVERYTHING that happens! But God had a PLAN that he kept secret from the foundation of the world before He ever made man upon the Earth. And that PLAN was to have a human Son who He would raise up among mankind that would live WITHOUT SIN all his days. And then, that Son of MAN would be CRUCIFIED as an INNOCENT LAMB without spot or blemish. And thus, this would PROVE to the good angels that it IS POSSIBLE for even God's INFERIOR creation of humans to live WITHOUT SIN with His help. And, therefore, would prove that God was JUSTIFIED to punish Satan for his SIN of REBELLION. To ME, this explains WHY God ALLOWS mankind to suffer so many things at the hands of his enemy Satan the Devil. For you see, it seems as if God believes in His creation so much that He restricted or LIMITED Himself in some ways. And thus, God only intervenes in the life of each individual if he is ASKED to do so by ANY human. The Bible says that we HAVE NOT, BECAUSE we ASK NOT. But keep in mind that someone else can ask God FOR you to be saved or to be healed. And thus, God begins to bring about their request. Please know and understand that it is not just a matter of ASKING, but the ASKING God must be in FAITH. And not just FAITH, but FAITH that is WITHOUT WAVERING. Faith that ENDURES unto the END, where the END is WHEN you or the person you are praying for actually RECEIVE that which you are BELIEVING to RECEIVE, whether it is salvation or healing the body. So then, in summing up what I have said thus far, we see that we have THREE things that AFFECT whether or not we RECEIVE from God that which He has ALREADY provided for us. The FIRST thing we see is that you must KNOW that GOD is FOR us and NEVER against us. Basically, Almighty God DESIRES for you to be HEALED and live in perfect HEALTH all the days of your life MORE than YOU desire this to be in your life. Get a hold of this TRUTH and you will forever ERASE any and ALL doubt that God is NOT the REASON WHY you have NOT RECEIVED your HEALING. So then, HOW can I and YOU be so SURE of this TRUTH? It is BY the WORD of TRUTH itself that brings us this ASSURANCE. The word of God teaches us that the VERY REASON that Jesus came into the world was to DESTROY the WORKS of the Devil.
Please read 1 John 3:5-8.
“And you KNOW that he (Speaking of Jesus, and you KNOW that Jesus) was manifested (Or brought into existence to be our Savior) to take away our SINS, and in him is no sin. 6. Whosoever ABIDES in him sins NOT: whosoever sins has not seen him and neither known him. (God never leaves or forsakes us, but sometimes we get DISTRACTED by the things of this world. And thus, we are not always ABIDING in God the way that we should be abiding in God) 7. Little children, let NO man DECEIVE you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8. He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For THIS PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that he might DESTROY the WORKS of the DEVIL.”
So then, WHAT are the WORKS, PLURAL, as in, the many different kinds of works of the DEVIL? Well, obviously, SIN is one of the WORKS of the Devil. And we know that the wage of SIN is DEATH. because DEATH entered the world because we all have SINNED. So basically, EVERYTHING that causes DEATH is the WORK of the DEVIL. For ME, I personally believe that not only SIN, but ALSO sickness, disease, murder, accidents, violence, hatred, and war, are ALL the WORKS of the Devil. Pretty much anything and everything that is NOT JUSTIFIED by Almighty God, because God does NOT destroy any of His creation WITHOUT CAUSE. But for this study, we will be concentrating upon SICKNESS and DISEASE as being an OPPRESSION of the Devil. In other words, sickness and disease was NOT placed upon man by Satan without a CAUSE. For you see, 1 John 5:18 assures us that IF we KEEP ourselves, then that evil one or that wicked one can NOT TOUCH us. And thus, the WAGES of SIN is DEATH, because we ALL have sinned at one time or another. THEREFORE, if you have unconfessed SIN in your life, then you are FREE GAME, so to speak. Satan must SEEK WHOM he MAY devour. I will explain this in more detail as we continue this study in God's word. But for now, I would like you to read Acts 10:38 which teaches us Satan, the Devil is the one who OPPRESSES mankind with SICKNESS and DISEASE.
Acts 10:38.
“How 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.”
This phrase “OPPRESSED of the Devil” means being under the DOMINION or lordship of Satan the Devil. Romans 6:16 teaches us that to whomsoever we YIELD ourselves to SERVE and OBEY whether to OBEY God or whether to YIELD and OBEY the TEMPTATIONS of the Devil to SIN, whichever we CHOOSE to OBEY, HIS SERVANTS we become . And thus, we belong to Satan, so long as we are OBEYING his temptations to sin against God. And even some Christians YIELD themselves to be oppressed of sickness and disease because they have never been TAUGHT the true full meaning of what being SAVED truly means in the light of the whole word of Almighty God. They have not been taught that they can RESIST sickness and the devil WILL FLEE from them. In other words, some Christians have not been taught the FULL gospel of Jesus Christ that healing BELONGS to us. And thus, sickness and disease has NO RIGHT in our physical bodies.
Romans 6:16.
“Know you not, (Or Do you not KNOW my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord) that to whom YOU YIELD YOURSELVES servants to OBEY, HIS servants you ARE to whom you OBEY; whether of SIN unto death or of OBEDIENCE unto righteousness?”
This is why Paul EXHORTS us a few verses before so that we do NOT LET SIN into our life. In other words, do NOT LET SIN rule and reign OVER YOU, but RATHER, YOU RULE and REIGN OVER SIN.
Please read Romans 6:12-14.
“Let NOT sin therefore reign in your mortal body, (In other words, YOU are the one who is in CHARGE and in CONTROL of whether or not SIN is ALLOWED to rule and reign in your life, so DO NOT LET your flesh control you) that YOU should OBEY IT in the lusts thereof. 13. Neither YIELD your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but YIELD yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14. For SIN shall NOT have DOMINION OVER YOU: for you are not under the law but under grace.”
Then in verses 17 and 18, Paul teaches us that at one time in our life we all WERE UNDER the DOMINION of Satan. but NOW thanks be to Almighty God and his GRACE we have been SET FREE to live a life of RIGHTEOUSNESS before God BECAUSE we have OBEYED from the HEART the TEACHING from God's WORD that you HEARD.
Romans 6:17,18.
“But God be THANKED, that you WERE the servants of SIN, but you have OBEYED from the HEART that form of doctrine which was delivered to you. 18. Being then made FREE from SIN, you became the servants of righteousness.”
Then at the end of this same chapter, we learn that the WAGE of SIN is DEATH. I say all of this because some Christians do NOT KNOW that SIN is ALSO DIRECTLY related to being oppressed by Satan with SICKNESS and DISEASE. Take a look at what Jesus himself taught us in the gospel of John 5:2-14 to SIN NO MORE lest or for FEAR that a WORSE thing comes upon us.
John 5:2-14.
“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was MADE WHOLE of WHATSOEVER DISEASE he had. 5. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, WILL YOU BE MADE WHOLE? (So God and His Son Jesus are asking YOU if YOU want to be healed and made whole? And at the same time God and His Son, Jesus are asking you, “Do you BELIEVE that you WILL be made whole?”) 7. The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steps down before me. 8. Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. 9. And immediately the man was MADE WHOLE, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the Sabbath. 10. The Jews, therefore, said unto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed. 11. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up your bed, and walk. 12. Then they asked him, What man is that who said unto you, Take up your bed, and walk? 13. And he that was HEALED did not know who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 14. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple and said unto him, Behold, you are MADE WHOLE: SIN NO MORE, (WHY? Why did Jesus WARN this man whom he had just HEALED through the power of the Eternal Spirit dwelling in him and MADE WHOLE NOT to SIN any more?) LEST (Or for FEAR that) a worse thing comes unto you.”
So we can clearly see that living in SIN can OPEN the door to Satan to oppress us with sickness and disease. Then, in Matthew 12:43-45, Jesus teaches us that when an evil spirit is cast out of a man, then that evil spirit tries to find another place to dwell, either in another person or in an animal. But if that evil spirit cannot find a place to dwell, then it will COME BACK to the man that it was cast out of, and also bring WITH him seven MORE spirits even worse than himself. And that evil spirit will try to enter BACK into that man with more evil spirits with him. And if that evil spirit is successful to OPPRESS that man AGAIN, then that man's state or condition will be WORSE than it was before that man was HEALED.
Matthew 12:43-45.
“When the UNCLEAN SPIRIT (Or EVIL spirit) is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44. Then he says, I will RETURN into my house from whence I came out; and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. (Or in other words, this man was HEALED and MADE WHOLE. Plus, he was also forgiven of all his sins. However, he did not know that he was also saved. And thus, the Holy Spirit did not come to dwell in him, and his house was empty) 45. Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so, shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
This can be seen in some who have been OPPRESSED with diseases like cancer or leukemia. Man calls this phenomenon either being dormant or in remission. This TRUTH that Jesus taught us here is why man believes that some diseases are INHERITED or passed on by genetics. But for ME, I believe this evil spirit stays close to where he was made to leave. An evil spirit can be made to leave by RESISTING the sickness, So then, either by the person FIGHTING against the disease and refusing to give in to it, or the person dies of the disease. Either way, the evil spirit causing the disease leaves that person. And then, that evil spirit OPPRESSES one of the relatives simply because they are already filled with FEAR and they have been conditioned to BELIEVE that they are more susceptible to the disease because one of their relatives had this same disease. This also may be why when one person gets sick in a family then that same cold or flu spreads to other members of the family. For you see, that same lying evil spirit is responsible for that same sickness that goes from person to person. Again, FEAR is what opens the door to these evil spirits. Now please do not misunderstand what I am saying. I am not teaching this as a “thus says the Lord”. This is MY OPINION and OBSERVATION that I have made through the years. You probably have heard of a condition called carpal tunnel syndrome, which by the way, at least to my knowledge, is NOT a CONTAGIOUS disease. Well, several years back at a church I used to attend I began noticing the SAME NON contagious things happening to people in the same congregation in a very close frame of time like within a few months. The first thing I noticed was that four people in church all had to have gallstone surgery. I just thought to myself that this was a bit odd that four people had the same disease within a few months time. A disease that is not contagious to my knowledge. So I pondered on it for a while and kept it in the back of my mind. Then several months later another rather odd thing occurred. Three different couples were all torn apart by one or the other of the spouses having an adulterous affair. It was then that I realized that an EVIL spirit was at the root of these odd occurrences of things happening in GROUPS of people where an undesired thing happened to several people in a short amount of time. Kind of like the old saying, bad things happen in three, only these bad things happened four to six times before they stopped happening. Then a few years later four people just like that, one right after the other in a matter of a few months of time, all were OPPRESSED with this condition called carpal tunnel syndrome, which I personally had never heard of before. I was curious because I had never heard of this condition before. So I went up to one of my dear brothers in the Lord who just had surgery on his wrists and asked him about how a person gets this condition. The very moment he opened his mouth to tell me what he was told caused his condition, I felt an evil presence literally jump on me and there came a sharp pain in my wrist. Immediately, I stepped back a step and rebuked this evil spirit in the name of Jesus. I am not sure if my brother heard me because I made this rebuke quietly as if I was talking to myself, but I am sure my mouth was speaking the words, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus! It was at that moment in time that I personally KNEW without a doubt that evil spirits were behind ALL these OPPRESSIONS upon people. For you see, I KNOW that things like ADULTERY and carpal tunnel syndrome are NOT HEREDITARY. And as I said before I do not believe carpal tunnel syndrome is CONTAGIOUS either. Neither are gallstones contagious. It was the FEAR of hearing the NEGATIVE testimonies of those who were the first to be oppressed by the Devil that basically jumped on those other Christians to oppress them with the same conditions. Now some of you may be thinking, I never heard of such a thing before as an EVIL spirit OPPRESSING people before with SICKNESS and DISEASE. So to those of you who have not heard of this before, I want you to take a CLOSE look at what the Bible has to say on this subject. Please read Luke 13:11-13 which teaches us that it is DEFINITELY evil spirits who OPPRESS people with sickness and diseases and things like crippling arthritis which is not contagious. And neither is it hereditary as some doctors CLAIM.
Luke 13:11-13.
“And, behold, there was a woman who had a SPIRIT of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. (To me, this sounds a lot like crippling arthritis) 12. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosened from your infirmity. 13. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.”
Now again, to ME, this description of this woman being BENT over and who could NOT straighten up sounds a lot like crippling arthritis that some doctors argue runs in the family, so to speak. In other words, doctors claim that many things are HEREDITARY. But yet, the word of TRUTH teaches us that it was caused by an EVIL spirit who evidently had the specific job of OPPRESSING people with crippling infirmities, because Jesus called this evil spirit a spirit OF infirmity. Furthermore, we KNOW WITHOUT a DOUBT that Satan the Devil is the very one who BINDS people with sickness and disease because in the verses that follow this woman is HEALED of this SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY. We are PLAINLY and CLEARLY taught this TRUTH by our Lord Jesus Christ HIMSELF. Please read Luke 13:14-17, which teaches us that Satan is the one behind SICKNESS and DISEASE.
Luke 13:14-17.
“And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had HEALED on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them, therefore, come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. 15. The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loosen his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16. And OUGHT not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom SATAN HAS BOUND, (NOT God has bound or some so-called INHERITED condition that is supposedly passed on by genetics. And NOT some GERM or VIRUS has BOUND, but SATAN, the Devil has BOUND) lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? 17. And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.”
Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, that Almighty God is NOT the one who OPPRESSES and BINDS SICKNESS and DISEASE upon His people? But RATHER, it is SATAN, the Devil who OPPRESSES and BINDS people with all manner of sicknesses and diseases. Jesus taught us in John 10:10 that the THIEF comes not but to kill, steal, and destroy. And 1 John 3:8 teaches us that Jesus came to DESTROY the WORKS of the devil and to give us life and life more abundantly or a life WITHOUT SICKNESS and DISEASE and a life WITHOUT SIN.
John 10:10.
“The thief comes not, but for to steal, (Steal your HEALTH, steal you finances, steal your joy and to steal whatever Satan can get away with) and to kill, (To kill you if he can, to kill your family, and to kill your pets) and to destroy, (To destroy your marriage, and to destroy your family and to destroy your property) I have come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.”
So then, do NOT LET Satan, the Devil, walk all over you any longer now that you KNOW that Satan, the Devil, is behind all these BAD things in the world. If you are a Christian, then you have been given AUTHORITY OVER Satan the Devil and all the evil spirits and demons that are under his rule. You have been given AUTHORITY in the NAME of Jesus to COMMAND and REBUKE all manner of SICKNESS and DISEASE out of your own body and out of the bodies of your spouse and out of your children. Now, when it comes to praying for others it is a bit more involved. For you see, the FAITH of the other person is involved, except in young children. A parent always has authority over their own children while they are under your care. After they are grown, then God expects them to stand in their own authority. The word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, CLEARLY teaches us that WE ourselves can just merely RESIST the Devil and the Devil WILL, WITHOUT FAIL, FLEE FROM US. And again, when it comes to your own children, the same thing applies until your children get married, and then it becomes their responsibility to take their OWN authority over the Devil and RESIST Satan themselves. You may certainly ADD your FAITH to theirs, particularly so, if you are ASKED to pray for them. And this same thing applies when praying for others. If you are ASKED to pray for others by them or by someone else, then you have been GIVEN the authority by them to rebuke the Devil for them. I will explain this further as we continue this study in God's word. But for now, let us take a look at the verses of scripture that teach us that WE OURSELVES must have FAITH in order to be HEALED. For you see my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, FAITH is one of the single most important elements needed for obtaining victory over the enemy. Without faith, you will receive nothing from God.
The word of God tells us in Hebrews 11:6.
“But WITHOUT faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please Him: for he that comes to God MUST BELIEVE that he is and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
You must believe it. You must have faith in God's word. You must be diligent in your faith without wavering. Remember that in the book of James we are told that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. You must come to God WITHOUT wavering in faith. The Bible tells us in the book of James 1:5-8 that if a man wavers in his faith that this man is to think not that he will receive anything of the Lord. Even those things which the Lord God has already clearly provided for you through the shed blood of his Son Jesus cannot and will not be manifested in your life without faith. Take a look at these verses for yourself.
James 1:5-8.
“If ANY man lacks wisdom, let him ASK of God, that gives to ALL men liberally, and upbraids not; and it SHALL be given him. 6. BUT let him ask in FAITH, nothing WAVERING. For he that wavers is like the wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7. For let NOT that man (The man that wavers in his faith when he asks God for something) think that he shall RECEIVE anything of the Lord. 8. A double-minded man is UNSTABLE in ALL his ways.”
Now remember my brothers and sisters in Christ these are not my words, this is God himself speaking to you. God is determinant in his desire for you to fully understand that if you desire to RECEIVE anything from his hand, then you must come to him in FAITH, WITHOUT WAVERING. Don't think otherwise, because this is the ONLY way to RECEIVE God's blessings. The just shall live by FAITH. You may know in your MIND, that is to say, you have “head knowledge” that it is God’s will to heal you and agree that it is the truth, but simply having knowledge of the truth is not enough. You must believe in your heart and use your faith. One way we use our faith is to ACT as though we already have what we are yet believing God to manifest in our lives. And one way to ACT out our faith is to have a heart of thanksgiving and give God our highest praise with a thankful heart as though we have already received our request from him. Some Christians say that it would be lying if they say that they are healed and they know right well that they have all the symptoms of the flu. But God said to RESIST the devil and he will FLEE from us. So then, I want you to picture Satan as a THIEF outside your house trying to break in. Are you going to open your door to a THIEF and tell him to come on into your house? Of course, you would never do that. You would do everything you know to do to keep that thief OUT of your house. Well, when you ACCEPT the symptoms of the flu or any other sickness, then you are OPENING the door to your house and INVITING the THIEF to come into your house and steal your HEALTH and finances. Picture the SYMPTOMS of sickness as simply being the “ruckus” going on that ALERTS you that there is danger coming your way. And then do not LET that danger continue to break in where it does NOT belong. RESIST those SYMPTOMS the same as you would resist a literal THIEF trying to find his way into your home. BELIEVE that as you RESIST those SYMPTOMS of sickness that have NO RIGHT to come into your body that those symptoms will FLEE from you. The Bottom line is YOU must have FAITH to receive from God. If you take a closer look at the ministry of Jesus, you will quickly see that he inevitably responded to those who received their healing with the words, “YOUR FAITH has made you whole”.
To the woman diseased with an issue of blood Jesus responded by saying, “be of good comfort, YOUR FAITH has made you whole”; To the women whose sins were forgiven “YOUR FAITH has saved you, go in peace;” To one of the ten lepers who was cleansed, “arise, go your way: YOUR FAITH has made you whole;” To the blind man, receive thy sight, “YOUR FAITH has saved you;” To the woman of Canaan, “O woman great is YOUR FAITH, be it unto you even as you will;” To the two blind men, “according to YOUR FAITH be it unto you;” To the blind man Bartimaeus, “go your way YOUR FAITH has made you whole.”
You see it was the FAITH of EACH individual in every one of these accounts that we are given in the word of God that was accredited for being the reason why they received their healing. Many Christians have a misconception that Jesus healed these people, yet I do not find even one reference where Jesus said, My faith has made you whole. Now in part, the faith of Jesus is, in fact, involved in their healing. However, by focusing ONLY on this one part, the view of the whole picture has been distorted. Let me explain what I mean by this. Jesus said in the gospel of John 5:30 and then again in John 14:10,
John 5:30 and John 14:10.
“I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father which sent me… … John 14:10. Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, He (The Eternal Holy Spirit who is the Father, He) does the works.”
Again, the Bible says in Acts 10:38.
“How 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.”
But if you only look at the part that says, “…Jesus went about doing good, and healing…”, then it appears on the surface that Jesus himself healed the people that were oppressed by the devil through his faith ALONE. When in reality it was Almighty God the Father, through His own Eternal Holy Spirit, that did the healing, as the anointed human Jesus simply OBEYED and followed the leading of the Holy Spirit to TEACH the people. And when THEIR FAITH rose up in them, Jesus then did whatever the Holy Spirit led him to do. If the Holy Spirit led him to rub mud in their eyes and tell them to go wash and they would be healed, then that is what Jesus did. So then, we must not just look at this ONE part alone by itself and forget the words of Jesus we just read. We must remember that it took the FAITH by the ones who heard God’s word before their healing was manifested in them. For you see, WITHOUT FAITH it is impossible to please God. YOU yourself must use YOUR faith because the faith of others will only go so far. No matter how much I or others believe for you, IF your faith is not activated, then my faith or the faith of others will not override what YOU yourself believe in your HEART. In other words, MY faith cannot SAVE you, it must be YOUR own faith that produces salvation in you. And in the SAME way, MY faith cannot HEAL you unless YOUR faith is mixed with my faith. It then becomes our FAITH in the WORD of Almighty God that allows Yahweh the Father to produce or manifest the HEALING, and or, any other thing that we are BELIEVING God to bring about in our lives. God sent his WORD to HEAL. Please read Psalm 107:17-21, which teaches us that because of our transgressions or sins, we are afflicted. But God has sent His WORD and He has HEALED us. That is to say, to those who BELIEVE His WORD, they have received God's word that has already been sent to HEAL. When the mailman delivers the mail it does you no good unless you go and retrieve the mail in your mailbox. And then, you need to open and read the mail. But you are not done yet. You then need to ANSWER the mail. So we need to give THANKS to God for the healing that He has ALREADY provided for us through His Son Jesus.
Psalm 107:17-21.
“Fools BECAUSE of their transgression, and BECAUSE of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18. Their soul abhors all manner of meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saves them out of their distresses. 20. He sent His WORD, and HEALED them, and delivered them from their destruction. 21. Oh, that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!”
I want you to notice the PAST TENSE that is used here. This verse teaches us that God has ALREADY SENT His WORD and that His WORD has ALREADY HEALED us. It is past tense because God sent His word to be made flesh and then for His human Son to die on the cross for our HEALING. Again, the healing of our soul and the healing of our physical bodies is ALREADY provided for us in the ATONEMENT that Jesus bore for whosoever BELIEVES. Now, I want you to take a look at 1 Peter 2:24 which teaches us that not ONLY did Jesus die for our SINS, but Jesus ALSO bore those stripes of beating upon his back with that whip for the physical healing of our bodies.
1 Peter 2:24.
“Who his own self bare our SINS in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY whose stripes you WERE HEALED.”
Now, most Christians do not have any problem understanding and accepting the TRUTH that Jesus DIED for the REMISSION of their SINS! But yet, some Christians have difficulty in understanding and believing that the STRIPES Jesus bore has freed us from SICKNESS and DISEASE. You see the word “REMISSION” means to take away, to restore to the original position, and to forgive a debt. I want you to CONSIDER very CLOSELY that Jesus has ALREADY PAID the price of our REDEMPTION by DYING on the cross for our SINS. And in the VERY SAME WAY, Jesus has ALREADY paid the price for our HEALING as well BY the STRIPES that he bore upon his back. Isaiah 53:4,5 says that Jesus was BRUISED for our iniquities or sins AND BY HIS STRIPES you ARE HEALED as in PRESENT TENSE.
Isaiah 53:4,5.
“Surely he HAS borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5. But 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.”
Jesus is NOT going to go to the cross and die again for the forgiveness of our sins. In other words, we do NOT have to pray that God SEND us FORGIVENESS of our sins. But RATHER, all we need to do is to BELIEVE that we ARE ALREADY FORGIVEN. Yes, we must ASK for the forgiveness that has ALREADY been PROVIDED for us, but we do NOT have any doubt as to whether or not God will forgive us, BECAUSE we KNOW from the WORD of God that he SENT His WORD made flesh to DIE for our SINS. So then, in the SAME WAY, Almighty God has ALREADY SENT His WORD made flesh to also bear those STRIPES for our bodily healing. And thus, God has ALREADY HEALED us. In other words, we are ALREADY the HEALED children of God, who are only merely RESISTING sickness and disease in the same way that we RESIST the temptation to SIN. Sickness and disease have NO RIGHT to attach itself to us any more than SIN has any right in our life. BOTH sickness and sin are from the ENEMY, Satan, the Devil. And the word of God teaches us that IF we RESIST the Devil, then the Devil WILL, WITHOUT FAIL, FLEE FROM us. So then, do NOT be OVERCOME by the symptoms of sickness and disease! RESIST those attacks of sickness, for they are from the enemy who SEEKS to destroy you. Have you ever wondered WHY that the word of God says that the Devil goes about SEEKING whom he MAY devour? Please read 1 Peter 5:8,9 which teaches us that Satan, the Devil must SEEK out those who are NOT being vigilant to watch and be sober so that he can DEVOUR those who are NOT keeping themselves from sin and who are NOT abiding in the WORD.
1 Peter 5:8,9.
“Be sober, be vigilant; (WHY?) BECAUSE your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, SEEKING whom he MAY devour: 9. Whom RESIST steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
This tells ME that there are those whom Satan CANNOT devour, no matter how hard he seeks to devour them. The word of God teaches us in Hosea 4:6 that God's people are DESTROYED simply for the REASON that they LACK KNOWLEDGE or that they REJECT the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH that is being shown to them.
Hosea 4:6.
“MY people are DESTROYED (WHY? Why are God's own chosen people DESTROYED?) FOR (Or BECAUSE of the) LACK of KNOWLEDGE: because you have REJECTED knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.”
You and I both know that Jesus died for the SINS of the WHOLE WORLD! And yet, we ALSO know that the WHOLE WORLD is NOT going to COME to this KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH. Even some who HEAR this KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH will REJECT this KNOWLEDGE that was SENT to SAVE them. In the SAME WAY, there are Christians who have NOT come to this KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH that they ARE ALREADY HEALED BY the STRIPES of Jesus. In other words, they want to SEE that they are healed BEFORE they will BELIEVE that they are healed the same way that some in the world wants to FEEL that they have been FORGIVEN BEFORE they will BELIEVE that they have ALREADY been FORGIVEN the very moment that Jesus DIED on the cross to REDEEM them back to God. Now I want you to notice the phrase “seeing you have forgotten the law of your God” as being ONE of the REASONS of WHY God's people are being destroyed or devoured by the enemy. The word “law” also means TEACHING and not just commandments. So if we neglect the ATTENTION to reading and meditating God’s word, then our faith can become WEAK. Also, remember the words of Jesus when he HEALED the blind man and warned him to go and sin NO MORE for fear that a WORSE thing would come upon him. We have ALREADY looked at how SIN is like OPENING the DOOR for the Devil to come into our lives. SIN tears down the PROTECTIVE HEDGE that God has built around those who follow and OBEY his word. Please take a look at 1 John 5:14-18 which teaches us that the wicked one, Satan, the Devil CANNOT TOUCH those who are KEEPING their lives free from SIN and who do NOT LACK the KNOWLEDGE that it is the THIEF who comes to kill steal and destroy mankind and NOT Almighty God.
1 John 5:14-18.
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask ANYTHING according to His will, He hears us, (And HEALING is most certainly ACCORDING to his WILL for us ALL. THEREFORE Almighty God HEARS ALL those that ASK for HEALING) 15. And if we KNOW that He HEARS us, whatsoever we ask, we KNOW that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. 16. If any man sees his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. (Any sin that is repented of is not unto death) 18. We know that whosoever is born of God SINS NOT, but he that is begotten of God KEEPS himself, and that wicked one TOUCHES him NOT.”
So then, those of us who are KEEPING their lives free from SIN have this PROMISE from Almighty God that that wicked one, Satan the Devil, CANNOT TOUCH us with any of his devices, such as sickness or disease. Nor can the devil steal our finances, nor can Satan bring tragedy upon those who have KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH and who are KEEPING SIN out of their lives. Please take a look at Psalm 91:1-12, which teaches us that IF we shall ABIDE in the secret place of our prayer closest, then God will give His ANGELS charge over us so that we will NOT even so much as stub our toe against a rock.
Psalm 91:1-12.
“He that DWELLS in the secret place of the Most-High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (The SHADOW of Almighty God the Father is Jesus who was kept secret from the foundation of the world) 2. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. (Jesus was made but Lord and God after the cross to become our God, refuge, and fortress) 3. SURELY He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, (Or the traps that Satan lays) and from the noisome pestilence. 4. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust: His TRUTH shall be your shield and buckler. (And Jesus is the TRUTH of Yahweh, the ONLY WAY to Yahweh, the Father) 5. You shall NOT be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day; 6. Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7. A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but IT shall NOY come nigh YOU. 8. ONLY with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked. (WHY?) 9. BECAUSE you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, (Speaking of Yahweh ALSO being the refuge of His human Son, Jesus, who trust in his Gd and Father) even the Most-High, your habitation, (Your DWELLING place, and BECAUSE of you DWELLING in that SECRET PLACE of Almighty God THEN) 10. There shall no evil befall YOU, neither shall any plague come nigh YOUR dwelling. 11. For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. 12. They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
The thing that I want you my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord to see is that what God has ALREADY PROVIDED for ALL of mankind is NOT AUTOMATICALLY brought into the manifestation of each and every person in the world. In other words, each and every person MUST first COME to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH of WHAT God has ALREADY PROVIDED for them. That is to say, YOU must BELIEVE that Almighty God has already provided for YOU a way of SALVATION BEFORE YOU can BELIEVE and ACT upon God's free gift to YOU. In the SAME WAY, each and every person must come to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH that HEALING has ALREADY been PROVIDED for them BY the STRIPES that Jesus bore for the PHYSICAL HEALING of our bodies. In other words, YOU must first BELIEVE that WITH the STRIPES of Jesus you ARE HEALED the SAME way that YOU BELIEVE when you sin and ask for forgiveness that God has ALREADY FORGIVEN YOU the very day that Jesus DIED on the cross. Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord that it is NOT a matter of IF God will forgive you or not. But RATHER, it is the matter of YOU coming into AGREEMENT with His WORD that Jesus DIED for your SINS in order that YOU will ACCEPT the sacrifice that he made for each and every person in the world. Jesus FORGAVE you that very day he laid down his life for YOU! And in the very SAME WAY, Jesus HEALED YOU of EVERY sickness and disease that very same day that he bore those STRIPES for the physical HEALING of YOUR body. Psalm 103:1-5 teaches us to forget NOT ALL the BENEFITS that God has PROVIDED for us who BELIEVE.
Psalm 103:1-5.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget NOT ALL his benefits: 3. Who FORGIVES ALL your iniquities, (Did God forgive you of ALL your sins or just some of them? Anyone who has come to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH knows that Almighty God has forgiven us of ALL our sins) who HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES . (So then, since God forgives you of ALL your SINS, then why would he LIE and NOT HEAL you of ALL your sickness and diseases? The TRUTH of the matter is that God has ALREADY HEALED you of ALL your sickness and diseases and you are only being DESTROYED because you LACK this KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH) 4. Who redeems YOUR life from destruction; who crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies; 5. Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is RENEWED like the eagle's.”
This passage of Scripture teaches us to FORGET NOT all the BENEFITS that God has ALREADY PROVIDED for EACH and EVERY one of us through Jesus Christ his Son. And one of those BENEFITS is WITH his STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. Also, notice that God satisfies our MOUTH. That means that we must SPEAK the good benefits and blessings of God as though we ALREADY have them and then we will REAP what we SPEAK. Please read the study G-4. THE POWER OF OUR WORDS! For you see, I have heard Christians pray the “perfect” prayer of faith for healing and then turn around in the everyday conversation and UNDO their own prayer of faith by their NEGATIVE talking. You will be surprised at how many “Christians” will drag you down. Not intentionally but because of their own LACK of knowledge. So DO NOT BE DECEIVED by those that tell you that this only means “SPIRITUAL” HEALING and does NOT mean the HEALING of our physical bodies. For you see, we just read in Psalms 103 the word of TRUTH CLEARLY teaches us that ONE of our BENEFITS is Almighty God HEALING us of ALL our DISEASES right ALONG WITH FORGIVING ALL of our INIQUITIES of sins! The TRUTH of the matter is that Almighty God wants you well more than you desire yourself to be well. If you can get a hold of this TRUTH and never let it go, then you will no longer ever wonder if it is God's WILL to heal YOU. I hope to be writing more on this subject of healing really soon because we should not only be walking in divine health for ourselves, but we should also be laying hands on others and praying the prayer of faith for them to be healed. There are many HINDRANCES that keep us from RECEIVING our healing. And the wrong teaching of God NOT always WILLING to heal us is ONE of the things that prevent us from being healed. So then, YOU, yourself can prevent yourself from being healed by WRONGLY BELIEVING that it MAY NOT be God's WILL to heal you. If this is YOU, then I implore you, my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, to read this study over and over, again and again, until this TRUTH that it is ALWAYS God WILL to heal YOU deep down in your spirit or your heart, so that the ENEMY can never again STEAL your health away. Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>>D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS!<<< And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading >>>C-0. THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH!<<< This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
To learn more TRUTH, then please return to
VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PREEXISTED!
To me, the best way to know the ONE true God in ONE person is to know who Jesus TRULY is according to the WHOLE word of Almighty God. So please read ALL of the studies under the heading >>>N-0. WHO is JESUS ACCORDING to the BIBLE?<<< and you will see that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus was CREATED by his God and Father. And if you have any questions related to the correct meaning of certain verses of Scripture on this subject of who Jesus is please read all the studies under the two headings >>>U-0. VERSES used for THE TRINITY!<<< and >>>V-0. VERSES used to TEACH that Jesus PRE-EXISTED!<<< These two headings have ALL of the studies that I have on who Jesus truly is according to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity. I compiled these three headings to make it easy for my readers to send just one, two, or three links to those you desire to help understand what the Bible itself teaches concerning who Jesus is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me. My contact email is MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail .com. Thanks again for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the truth of the whole word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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BIBLE STUDIES ON DIVINE HEALING
Here again are the studies that concern DIVINE HEALING from Almighty God in the mighty NAME of Jesus, God's only begotten Son who did NOT bear the beating of those stripes that he bore for YOU in VAIN, but rather he endured that PAIN to set you FREE from all manner of sickness and disease. So ACCORDING to YOUR FAITH be you HEALED in the NAME of Jesus the name that is ABOVE every other name.
G-1. JESUS THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!
G-6. WHAT is GOD'S WILL in PRAYER?
H-4. MUST CHRISTIANS SUFFER SICKNESS?
H-6. WHAT was PAUL'S THORN in the FLESH?
H-5. THE BIBLE MEANING OF INFIRMITY!
E-12. WHAT DOES BEING SAVED TRULY MEAN?
G-9. Satan can HINDER our PRAYERS!
G-11. Some EXAMPLES of CONFESSIONS of FAITH!
E-13. SAVED by GRACE THROUGH FAITH! |
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