Questions About Divine Healing, Part One.
Hi, welcome to today's little lesson.
Thank you so much for joining me once again.
If you're a regular viewer, you know that about 10 or more little lessons previously,
I did a 10 part little lesson series titled: Is it God's Will to Heal Me?
And of course you watch that.
And I was very positive, very affirmative, looking at the many scriptures that would
build our faith for healing if we need it.
But there are folks who, in the comments in those YouTube videos, ask questions and so
forth and so I have somebody on our staff who is reading all of that of course.
And they list out the ones that they think that would be the most relevant for me to
try to cover in future little lessons.
So that's what we're doing here now.
I realize it's been a while since we talked about this, but you have to realize I record
these things some time in advance.
So that's just the nature of what we're doing here.
So anyways, here's one of the comments that I wanted to address from someone who watched
all 10 of those lessons.
Okay?
And this is a very sincere viewer and I want to thank you for asking a question.
So he or she says, "So after 10 lessons, what are you saying?
What is the bottom line?
Can you reply with a set of bullet point conclusions?
It sounds like you are saying," and then they give the bullet points of their understanding
what I'm saying.
Number one, yes, God was and still is in the healing business.
I definitely was saying that and I am saying that.
God has never changed.
Okay.
He's the healer.
He's revealed himself as the healer in the Bible from cover to cover.
Number two, that it is his desire to heal his children.
And yes, that's a point I wanted to make that, and we have to believe that if we are wondering
whether it's God's will, then it would be of course impossible to have confidence, to
have faith.
All we could have is hope and hope is not the same as faith.
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, we read in Hebrews chapter 11 right?
Right.
Okay.
So that was my points, it is God's desire to heal his children.
Point number three, this is their bullet points, this is their interpretation.
That it takes concrete faith that he can and has healed you.
And I would have to agree with that as I understand it.
Yes.
So many people, Jesus said to them, "Your faith has healed you."
So he credited their faith.
So unless we're going to argue with Jesus, it was their faith that healed them.
Faith is a component and we see that not just in the gospels, but for example in James.
Is any among you sick?
Let him call for the elder of the church.
Let them pray over him and the prayer of faith will heal that one who is sick.
So faith is a definite ingredient and this person brings out in that third point, and
he has healed you.
And so that's referring to another point that I tried to make.
Jesus said, "Whatever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive it."
When do you believe you receive it?
When you pray.
And so that's different than believing you're going to receive it if you believe I have
received it when I pray.
And so from then on, you'd be thanking God that I have received it.
I know people get mad at that and so forth, but argue with Jesus.
Okay?
Because I don't see how else you're going to interpret believe you receive when you
pray, then that.
If you've got a better way to interpret that, let me know.
Okay?
Then the fourth bullet point that this person suggests, but also that it requires obedience
in that person can't have continued sin or unrepentant sin.
And yes, that is a point I did make and I agree with that.
Now you don't need to drag something up to condemn yourself.
No.
God is good.
God is love.
If God wants you to be healed and there's something hindering you from being healed,
why would he hold back from revealing that to us?
Right?
And so if we seek him and say, "Lord, is there anything that could stand between me and my
healing?
You're holding a sin against me and I need to confess it and repent."
Because God forgives us when we ask for his forgiveness, all right.
He's a wonderful, wonderfully merciful and good God.
I mean, none of us really begun to comprehend how wonderful God is and how merciful that
he is.
Okay.
So yes, that's a bullet point that I would put.
So, so far, so good.
That's one, two, three, four bullet points that you've given.
And I agree wholeheartedly.
Number five, but sometimes God heals sporadically as a demonstration for others to see and stir
them up.
Yes, that's another point that I made.
I think I gave the story of the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda there.
And every once in a while an angel would come down and start the water as the first person
that gets in.
So God heals primarily by two methods, through faith, and I believe that's available to every
believer.
And also sometimes through gifts of healings and they happen as the spirit wills.
And you might wait all your life or a gift of healing, but you don't have to wait for
healing if you can trust God and take him at his promises.
Okay.
Now the next bullet point is where I said, "And sometimes it seems it is the faith of
the sick individual that heals them and other times it seems as if the faith and actions
of others of faith on behalf of the sick person," and then they say it like when the man was
lowered down to Jesus through the hole in the roof and the faith of his friends heal
a man.
Now, and that's...
I need to clarify that.
Yes, you don't need anyone else's faith to be healed.
That's illustrated by the ministry of Jesus.
He said to people, "Your faith," singular, "your faith has healed you."
He never said, "My faith has healed you."
He never said, "The apostles' faith has healed you."
Jesus never credited any adult's faith for the healing of another adult.
He did credit adult's faith in healing their children.
Okay?
But that's the only case.
In the case of the man being lowered through the roof, yes, Jesus saw their faith.
So it was their faith, but not only the faith... and the sun's coming out from behind the clouds.
That's why we're getting this change of lighting in here.
My camera will take knowledge of that and adjust as it's adjusting now.
It wasn't just the faith of the men lowering him through the hole.
Obviously the man on the pallet, the paralyzed man also had faith.
Jesus saw their faith, all of them.
I'm assuming five, one on the pallet, four on each corner.
Four on each corner, that's four.
And so he wouldn't have had, if he wouldn't have had faith, he wouldn't have allowed his
friends to lower him down.
So Jesus said, "If two of you agree about anything, they shall ask, it shall be done
but my father's [inaudible 00:00:07:14]."
So there's the prayer of agreement, but if I'm in faith and you're not, that's not agreement.
Okay.
So, but so let's say I'm the sick person and I agree with you, but I don't have faith and
you do.
Here's what I've learned.
And I think scripture bases out.
Your faith can't push off healing to me, just like your faith couldn't push forgiveness
of sins or salvation off on me.
Right?
Okay.
But if we agree and I have faith and you doubt, your doubt's not going to stop my faith from
working and getting what God's promised me.
Okay.
So this is a good point.
Thank you so much for putting it out.
And I just want to clarify that, okay?
And then the last point this person says, asking me if this is the points I would make.
And then there is also the steps the sick person may have to undertake, such as presenting
themselves before elders of the church to be anointed with oil.
Now know when I clarify that.
That's a possibility.
And that might make it easier because if you're kind of struggling in your faith and we all
do struggle in our faith, right?
Right?
Come on.
One time Jesus said, "Don't worry.
Just believe."
And the guy said, "I do believe.
Help my unbelief."
Do you ever feel like that?
Yeah.
So getting others to pray with you, you call the elders and they're the spiritual leaders
so there's the ones that are closest to God and the ones who have the most faith.
And so they're going to encourage you and speak words of faith to you and speak the
word of God and so that makes it easier for you.
So it's not essential, necessary ever.
But if you feel that that's what you need, then go for it.
God's good.
Okay?
Now we are out of time for this lesson.
So I'm going to pick up right here in our next lesson.
Again, I love the person who wrote these questions and someone else, they asked a few more things
they said.
And then someone else made a comment, a good comment.
So we're going to discuss that in our next little lesson.
Okay?
Love you so much.
Thank you.
And see you next time.