A Teaching on healing
God is not withholding healing from anyone at this moment... that's why Naaman (2 Kings ch5) who was a Syrian, an enemy of the jews, the captain of the king's army and an Idle worshiper, could get healed. In Luke 4:27 Jesus said... And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Here Jesus was saying Naaman had faith while the others didn't
There is a principal in the word of God that is sadly neglected... Seven times in the synoptic Gospels, someones...FAITH got someone else healed...
1.Mt 8:5-10 The Centurion for his servant...
2.Mt 14:17-21 The father for his lunatic son...
3.Mark 2:4-5 The Paralytic...Jesus saw their faith...
4.Mark 5:22-43 Jairus for his daughter...
5.Mark 7:25-30 The Syrophenician women for her daughter...
6.John 4:46-53 The nobleman for his son...
7.John 11:11-45 Martha for her brother Lazarus!
The teaching of the bible is that Faith can be weak... In a believer or a multitude...
Mark 6:5-6 And He could do no miracle there..6 And He wondered at their unbelief
Think about this... Scripture says that Jesus created all things...
Col 1:16 For by him (Jesus)were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Yet Mark 6:5 says.... he could not do any miracles... in his own home town! WHY?... Unbelief! (Unbelief is not being in a state of...Not believing, Its being in a state of believing the wrong thing!)
Also, the Bible teaches that faith can be strong......
Matt 8:8 The 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.
Matt 8:10 When 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.
GREAT 5118 tosoutos (tos-oo'-tos); so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, as large, so great (long, many, much), these many.
Luke 17:5-6 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Increase = 4369 prostithemi (pros-tith'-ay-mee);from 4314 and 5087; to place additionally, i.e. lay beside, annex, repeat: KJV-- add, again, give more, increase, lay unto, proceed further,
The bible teaches Lack of faith...OR not enough faith...
Matt 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.(KJV)
Matt 17:19-20 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:...
unbelief = 5732 oligopistia (ol-ig-op-is-tee'- found only in Matt. 17:20: littleness of faith, lack of faith.
Jesus taught that the more faith you had the more you could accomplish...
Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Matt 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Mark 11:23-24 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass ,it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you HAVE RECIEVED IT, and it will be yours.
NOW DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT WE CAN COMBINE OUR FAITH? (ADD YOUR FAITH TO MINE?)......
Matt 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth a touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
It says here... If TWO will join their faith, ... well, what do you think will happen if .... 30 .. 50 .. 100 ... Will join their faith!? ( why do you think miracles happen in large meetings ... filled with believers?)
James 5:14-151 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. 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.(NIV)
If anyone should have faith......it should be the elders! AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COMBINED FAITH!
The bible teaches that God will never say no to a promise, 2Cor 1:17-20... ( Look in any Dictionary ... below the word ... promise, ... you will find ... Promise Breaker ... God is not a promise-breaker!)
2 Cor 1:19-20 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes." 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.(NIV)
The bible teaches that God can not lie...
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Heb 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie,
(read from Heb 6:12 to 20 ... Its all about how God’s promises are Immutable, which means impossible to alter or change. This is the only place in scripture were the word immutable is used twice, and were it says God's promises are a SWORN OATH)
Heb 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,(KJV)
Does God PROMISE healing in the Bible?...
Isa 53:4-5 Surely he hath 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...
1 Pet 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 ye were healed.(KJV)
Some say this is not physical healing in Isa 53:4-5, but look how the author of Matthew interprets it!...
Matt 8:16-17 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
As God's word cannot be altered, (Ps 89:34) it is clear that it is TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALING!...and it is a PROMISE!
Ps 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.(KJV)
I see a two-fold problem in the church when it comes to faith...
#1The first problem, not enough faith.......
Matt 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:
unbelief = 5732 oligopistia (ol-ig-op-is-tee'-found only in Matt. 17:20: littleness of faith, lack of faith.
Think about this .... the disciples were sent out to ... heal the sick, cast out devils, ... raise the dead, In Mt ch 10. Here in the 17th ch, Jesus said there combined faith in this situation wasn't strong enough ...."This kind "(speaking of a powerful demon)... Also, needs prayer and fasting...(If Jesus says it won’t come out BUT BY prayer and fasting, along with faith, then do it! ... or IT WON’T COME OUT!)
Matt 10:7-8 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:....
So here in Mt 17:18-21, Jesus said that there combined faith was not enough!... As well as there is an absolute need to pray and fast!
#2... The second problem is, The understanding of what real faith is...
James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. (to waver between to opinions) For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Faith never says ..“God is going to heal me”... that is using HOPE, instead!...
Hope = 1680 elpis (el-pece');from a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation or confidence:
Faith ALWAYS says... GOD HAS HEALED ME!, ITS MINE NOW! The faith of the bible is always NOW... Never put it off to some future date!)
Of the thousands Jesus healed, did he ever say... "It's not the Fathers time to heal you?" Then why do we say it?
Mark 11:24(niv) Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you HAVE received it, and it will be yours.
2 Cor 5:7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith does not depend on our five senses to tell us we are healed, it depends ONLY on God’s HOLY word!
Ps 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Ps 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.Heb 11:1 What is faith you ask.. well it is an inner assurance that the things we hope for actually exist....the conviction that they are already ours ...even though we cannot see them!...Now that is faith!
Teaching by Paul Gifford..who was paralysed while falling trees for a Pulp Mill. He drives a chin control wheelchair and uses a mouth stick to type....
I need people to join there faith to mine..like this...
Father we praise you and rejoice in the fact that Paul Gifford, is healed by the stripes Jesus took on his back...According to your holly unchangeable word!
We walk by faith and not by sight...we believe only your word ( not what we see, that is contrary to your word) ...we join our faith to Pauls and thank you that we have NOW, the healing you have so graciously provided ...
Also we bind the strong man and rebuke this Spirit of Paralyses, and command it to go from Paul's body, in Jesus’s Name! ... As it is written.... Luke 10:19 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.(KJV)
You can continue in this type of warfare as the Lord leads you
Thank you for joining your faith to mine...... together we will move mountains!
