01-30-11 - Divine Healing

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Romans 5:12 (NIV) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--

No one will ever have the right kind of faith to believe God for healing until he sees sickness as God sees it.
Nor will he be able to see sickness as God sees it until he knows how sickness originated.

1. THE ORIGIN OF SICKNESS

• Sickness is the result of the result of sin entering the world.
• Death is sickness matured or completing its work.
• If death is the result of sin than sickness must be as well.Really we could say that sickness is due to the influence of Satan.

Gen. 3:1-8
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Gen. 3:14-15
So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

• So we could say that all sickness is the result of sin ultimately.
• Our disobedience may bring about sickness.
• Misuse of the body, in relation to diet and morals, or in not taking proper care of it is sin as well.
• Over eating, over working, lack of rest and exercise are sins against the body and many of us are guilty of it.
• Sickness may come upon individuals due to their murmuring and complaining. (Num.12 and16)
• Failure to rightly discern the body of Christ in communion may bring on sickness or death.

(1Cor. 11:31-32)

It is safe to say that sickness is caused both by spiritual issues and physical issues.

Psalm 103:3
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
Isaiah 33:24
No one living in Zion will say, "I am ill"; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.

James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.


2. HEALING AND GOD’S WILL


F.F. Bosworth “It is impossible to boldly claim by faith a blessing which we are not sure God offers, because the power of God can be claimed only where the will of God is known.”

Mk. 9:22-23
"It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."
23 "'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."


“If’s” defeat  faith!

3 John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

3. WHAT DOES THE WORD SAY

Gen 20:17-18
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again,
18 for the LORD had closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah.

In Exodus 15 we see God Jehovah Rapha making a promise to keep the people of God from sickness.

25 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them.
26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Psalm 103:2-3 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Prov. 4:20-22 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh


Heb.13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

The scripture records 27 individual healings that Jesus performed and 10 occasions where the general healing of large groups took place.
(Mt. 4:23-25; 8:26, 12:15; 14:14, 35-36 etc.)

 “And He healed all who were sick”
“As many as touched Him were made whole.”

John 20:30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

John 14:12
“greater works than these.”

4. WHY ARE NOT ALL HEALED
A. Some seek healing before salvation.
B. Some seek healing for wrong purposes.
C. Some may look to the minister instead of Christ.
D. Disobedience or un-confessed sin.
E. Unbelief.
F. Failure to stand in faith until the answer comes.