2 Healing Scriptures cont.

PRAYER: 

Father God, we thank You that divine health and healing are Your perfect will for us. Lord Jesus, we thank You that You redeemed us from all sickness and disease on the cross, that Your Blood was shed for the forgiveness of our sins, and that by the stripes You received, we were healed.  We thank You that healing belongs to us, it’s part of Your finished work on the cross and part of our redemptive inheritance in Christ. 

To Understand that it is God’s Will for us to be healed, and By Jesus’ Stripes, we Were Healed

Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in his body on the cross so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed. 

Today we will go through the New Testament: Jesus’ ministry and time on earth, what the cross meant for us, and God’s new covenant and healing provisions.

Not only will be learning about God’s Will, and Jesus’ Stripes, but remember that reading the Word, hearing the Word, believing the Word in your heart is also God’s medicine for us:

Proverbs 4: 20-22

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my Words, Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. 

Jesus is on scene:

Acts 10:38

WHO ANNOINTED JESUS? God

WHO WAS WITH JESUS? Holy Spirit and God

SO WHAT WAS THEIR WILL FOR US (God Son Holy Spirit)?  To do good and heal all that were oppressed by the devil

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. 

Jesus revealed the will of the Father in all He said and did. 

The Son can do nothing of himself , but what he seeth the Father do; for what things soever he doeth , these also doeth the Son likewise (John 5:19)

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me (the Will of the Father), (John6:38). He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (John 14:9)

Through Jesus’ life and ministry He showed us exactly what the will of God is.  Jesus only did the will of God.  As we observe what Jesus said and did in the area of health and healing, we will be able to clearly see what the Father God’s will is. 

Luke 4:18

JESUS SAID THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WAS UPON HIM TO DO WHAT. Preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recover sight to the blind, to set liberty to those that are bruised. 

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.

Matthew 9:35

WHAT THREE THINGS DID JESUS DO IN ALL THE CITIES AND VILLAGES?  Teaching in synagogues, preaching gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease.

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Notice that the teaching and preaching preceded healing.  THis makes sense, because the majority of those healed under Jesus’ ministry were healed by their own faith. 

Now go ahead and take a few minutes and go through Matthew 10, and underline or highlight or note the verses that talk about healing. 

For you AT HOME:

Look up these verses and note what Jesus always did to and for those who were sick. Also, what moved Jesus to heal people?

Matt 4:23, 24

Matt 8:6, 7, 16, 17

Matt 9: 35

Matt 12: 15

Matt 14: 14, 34-36

Matt 15: 30

Matt 19: 2

Matt 20: 30-34

Matt 21: 14

Luke 4: 38, 39

Mark 1: 40-42

Mark 6: 54-56

Everything Jesus said and did, He was revealing the will of the Father. It is clear from these scriptures that healing for all who will believe in the Father’s will. 

Jesus at the Cross:

The damage that brought sin into the world also brought sickness.  Jesus put away sin on the cross, and everything that came with it. 

Romans 5:12

HOW DID SIN ENTER THE WORLD? One man’s sin

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF SIN? Death came

WHO DID DEATH PASS TO? everyone

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned. 

Also, from end of Romans 3, 4 and 5 speak a lot about faith.  

On the cross Jesus redeemed us, spirit soul and body. 

Isaiah 53: 4

According to this, what did Christ bear for us on the cross? Griefs and sorrrows

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

GRIEFS definition: THe Hebrew word for griefs (KHOLEE) is translated as disease, grief and sickness in other places of the bible.

Deut 7:15, 28:61, 1Kings 17:17, 2Kings 13:14

SORROWS definition: The Hebrew word for sorrows (MAKOBAW) in translated to grief and pain in other places in the bible  Job 33:19, Jeremiah 51:8

Matthew 8:16-17

Jesus was quoting Isaiah 53:4

According to verse 16, what was Jesus doing before He quoted Isaiah 53:4? Casting out spirits and healing the sick….with HIS WORD

16 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.

Isaiah 53: 5

Here we see a threefold: we have been redeemed-spirit, soul and body! 

Jesus was wounded and bruised for our transgressions and iniquities, our spirit was redeemed.  

When He was chastised for our peace, our soul (mind, emotions and will), was redeemed.

When Jesus received stripes in His body, our physical bodies were redeemed.  

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

At the Cross, Jesus destroyed sin and sickness

Matthew 9: 2-8

Jesus said it was equally easy for Him to do what? Forgive sin and/or heal sickness

So, this time Jesus decided to forgive his sin, what immediately followed? He was healed

2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

7 And he arose, and departed to his house.

8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

James 5:14-15

Healing and forgiveness go hand and hand here too. 

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

OUR NEW AND BETTER COVENANT after the Cross

With GOD nothing is impossible to the believer 

Matt 19:26, Mark 9:23, Luke 1:37

... who prays 

Matt 21:22, Mark 11:24, John 14: 13-14

Matt 19: 19-20

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

God calls sickness the work of the devil (like we just learned that sickness is part of the curse, of the fall in old testament). (work-not meaning demonized or oppressed all the time, but the works of him through the curse, and Not of GOD in any way).

Luke 13: 10-16

Verse 11: what was behind this woman’s sickness? spirit of infirmity

Verse 16: Jesus said WHO was behind this woman’s bondage for 18 years? Satan

Verse 12 and 13: what did Jesus do for this woman? He spoke for her to be loosed the infirmity, and laid hands on her

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 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, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose 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 hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Acts 10:38

What did Jesus do? went about doing good and healing

Who had oppressed people with sickness? the devil

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.

John 10:10

What does the thief come to do, and who is it? The thief is the devil, and his goal is to steal kill and destroy. 

Does sickness/disease steal, kill and/or destroy  (person’s life, money, time, peace)?

What did Jesus come to do? Give abundant life and abundance

Are sickness and disease part of the abundant life? no

10 The 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

1 John 3:8-9

8: For what purpose was the Son of God manifested? To destroy the works of the devil

8: What are some of the devil’s works? Sickness and disease

9: What part of us is born again in GOD and is sinless (therefore in perfect health)? Our spirit

8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

To destroy means to loosen, break up, unloose, melt, put off. Basically to loosen the devil’s hold on believers and unloose his power.  

God’s Will on Earth is the same as His Will in Heaven

Matthew 6:10

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Is there sickness in heaven?  No

God Wants Healthy Temples for the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 3:16

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Under the old covenant God’s dwelling place as a temple made with hands.  God gave the Israelites explicit instructions for making His temple. God required it to be perfect.  Only the finest precious metals and stones were used in God’s temple. It was flawless.  

If our bodies under the new covenant are the dwelling place for the Holy Spirit, would He want His temple to be afflicted with sickness or disease?  Of course not; He would want our bodies to be fit and healthy and strong, and courageous. 

Closing prayer:

Father God, I thank You that Your grace has provided for every need in my life.  I will walk in Your promises, believe Your Word, and receive Your healing.  I will not be passive.  I will not allow the weeds of fallen humanity live in my life.  I am a new creation in You, and I choose to walk in Your abundant life!

In the name of Jesus

Amen