The Gifts of the Spirit pt 12: The Gifts of healing

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right in. And these signs will follow those who

believe. In my name, they will cast out demons.

They will speak with new tongues. They will take

up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means hurt them. They will lay

hands on the sick, and they will recover. They

will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.

So we are continuing from where we started from

on Sunday. We're continuing from where we started

from on Sunday, still the gifts, the gifts of

healing, the gifts of healing. And what we want

to consider today, or where we're going to start

from, of course, a whole lot of things we're

going to consider, but we have to start from

somewhere that I mentioned I will talk about

today, is how healing is a sign. Okay, how healing

is a sign. We need to go a little bit deeper

into that. The reason is because there are a

few questions that we will answer if we trace

how healing is a sign. So there are a few questions

that that study or checking that will help us

to answer. So, Mark 16 verse 17 says, these signs

Mark 16:17

shall follow them. And we see that healing is

one of the signs that Jesus mentioned, right?

Healing is one of the signs that Jesus mentioned.

Now, you will wonder, why are they using the

concepts of sign? Why is Jesus using the language

of sign? He could have just said, these are the

things, right? that will follow them that believe,

right? Or these things will follow them. But

he used the word sign. And when you use the word

sign to an audience, it means that they could

try to understand what you mean, right? Jesus

himself is talking to a Jewish audience, right?

He's talking to the disciples, right? And he

said, these signs will follow them that believe.

So it therefore means that they will understand

the meaning of signs. For signs here, is the

word Simeon. Signs in this Greek translation

is actually Simeon, which is S -E -M -E. Signs

is S -E -M -E -I -O -N in Greek. S -E -M -E -I

-O -N. It means... That's the indication of a

message. The indication of a message that they

hold on to. So then that belief, right? The indication

of the message they hold on to are the signs.

So the signs points to the message again. The

signs points to the message. Indication of the

message that they hold on to. And this message

is for understanding and believing, right? So

people that receive this message must understand

it and they must believe it, right? They must

understand it and believe it. They must understand

this message and believe it. Now, the first time

or the first pattern. that we see in the scriptures,

where the Bible used the word signs, right? It's

actually in Exodus. So we're going to trace sign

again from Exodus because we know, right? By

the scriptures, right? When we start reading

the scriptures, we will know that the sign also

in Exodus was pointing to a message, right? The

sign in Exodus was pointing to a message and

it was... I mean, quite interesting to see that

this sign was to both the Israel of that time

and to a king called Pharaoh. So the signs were

to two people, right? Israel and Pharaoh in the

context of what we want to see. So let's check

Exodus 4, Exodus 4, verse 8 to 9. Exodus 4, verse

Exodus 4:8–9 Exodus 4:8–9

8 to 9. It said, then it will be. If they do

not believe nor heed the message of the first

words, of the first sign. So it means that when

we see signs, it carries a message. So he's talking

to the people. He said, if they don't heed to

the message of the first sign. So the first sign

was supposed to communicate something to them.

That they may believe the message of the latter

time. So several signs were being asked for.

So these Jewish people like signs. You have to

prove to them by signs. So he said, then it will

be if they do not believe, if they do not believe

you nor heed the message of the first sign, they

may believe the message of the latter signs.

Now this is actually talking to the Jewish people

because Moses was sent to them to deliver them.

But they were doubting it. He said, and it shall

be if they do not believe even these two signs

or listen to your voice, then you shall take

water from the river and pour it on the dry ground,

the dry land. The water which you take from the

river will become blood on the dry land. Is this

not a sign too? He's just adding signs to signs.

Now, so when Moses approached them, they started

saying, well, we are not sure who you are, right?

We are not sure who you are. We are not sure

if you have decided to take us away from our

place where we are enjoying onions and cucumber

and all those stuffs. We are not sure whether

you are actually coming to deliver us or to put

us in more trouble. Of course, later on, you

will see that they accused him of putting them

in more troubles. Now, what we will see, right?

What we will see is that this is not the first

time. That they are doubting Moses' rulership

over them. Now, let's see. The word sign in Hebrew

is the word O -T -H. Right? The word sign in

the Hebrew is the word O -T -H. It's the word

O -T -H in Hebrew. And it really means, of course,

similar to the first one, it means to take away

unbelief. Right? Something that will take away

unbelief that people can't believe. So when the

signs appear, it is expected to take away Israel's

unbelief. Right? It is expected that this sign

that Moses will show them is expected to take

away Israel's unbelief. Now let's see if this

sign did, you know, what Moses was expecting

and what God was expecting. The sign is expected

to take away Israel's unbelief. That means they

will begin to work in what? In belief. Okay.

Now, let's go to Exodus, same Exodus chapter

Exodus 4:28

4, verse 28 and 31. Verse 28 to 31. And Moses

told Aaron all the words, the Lord, yes, the

Lord, So Moses told Aaron these signs and these

words. So Aaron communicated the words that God

has spoken to Moses and did the signs in the

sight of the people. So the word... and the sign

can you say again right the creation of the word

and the sign working together now let's see and

the people believed and when they heard that

the lord had visited the children of israel and

that he had looked upon their affliction they

bowed their heads and worship now if you don't

pay attention very well you would think that

this verse that says verse 31 It's almost the

only verse that assumed that Israel believed.

Did you see verse 31? What did verse 31 say?

The people did what? Believe. So we have to check

which belief is this, right? Which belief is

this? So it's not believe unto salvation. Actually,

how would you know if you go to verse chapter

2? Let's go to chapter 2 first. Exodus chapter

Exodus 2 · chapter mention

2. Exodus chapter 2. Verse 14. This is the first

Exodus 2 · chapter mention

time, right? They began to ask Moses after he

had killed the Egyptian. And he said, who made

thee a prince and a judge over us? Right? Who

made thee a prince and a judge over us? It means

that these two Hebrew boys that were striving

did not see Moses as a leader. Right? Did not

see Moses as a leader. Now, after he had run

away and he was back, the same rhetoric continued.

They began to question, how do we know God had

sent you, right? How do we know that what God

had sent you? So if you read, now you can go

to chapter four. We can go back to chapter four

now. Verse one. And Moses answered and said,

but behold, they will not what? And Moses fled

from it, right? So the sign started. From the

moment Moses said, these people will not believe

that you have sent me. So what did they believe?

that God had sent Moses. That is what they believed.

That God had appeared to him and had instructed

him to take them out of bondage. So it's not

like they believed the message he said, but that

it's time to get out of this place, right? It's

time to get out of Egypt and that Moses should

lead them. So it wasn't really about like they

believed the message of the gospel. Otherwise,

we knew that this generation, only two people.

were left among them because they all perished.

And the reason why they perished, the scriptures

need us to know, is because of what? Unbelief.

They did not believe the message that Moses was

conveying to them. So they took, they accepted

the leadership of Moses, right? The leadership

of Moses. So when you see consistently, you will

see them asking him a question and questioning

his authority. But we see that through the signs,

Moses was accepted. as the leader of the Jews

to lead them out of Egypt. Now, let's see Numbers

Numbers 14:11

14 verse 11. Let's see Numbers 14 verse 11. And

Numbers 14:11

we'll check some of them. And the last thing

to Moses, how long will these people reject me?

And how long will they not what? Believe me with

all the signs which I have what? I have performed

among them. So it shows you here that they did

not believe the gospel, what God was communicating.

What they believed in that spot was to accept

Moses to lead them out of Egypt. That was what

they accepted. So the signs allowed them to believe

that, okay, probably this guy has got some powers

to lead us out of here and has some authority

from somewhere, right, from God, whom they believed.

So they didn't believe the message. So Numbers

4 just shows us again that they have not believed

the message, but rather, Rather, they believe

the leadership of Moses. However, we still see

it as a sign and a pointer to the message. So

Numbers 21, verse 6 to 9. So this one, we see

Numbers 21:6–9

it as a pointer to the leadership of Moses. Numbers

Numbers 21:6–9

21, verse 6 to 9. And the Lord sent a fairy serpent

among the people, and they bit the people, and

many of the people of Israel died. Therefore,

The people came to Moses and said, we have sinned.

This is their mindset. We have sinned. For we

have spoken against the Lord and against you.

Pray to the Lord that he take away the serpent

from us. So Moses prayed for the people. And

the Lord said to Moses, make a fairy serpent

and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone

who is beaten, when he looks, we watch, we live.

Verse 9. So Moses made a bronze serpent and put

it on a pole and so it was. If any, if a serpent

had beaten anyone, when he looked at a bronze

serpent, he did what? Lived. Right? So in this

context, right, we taught on Sunday that this

was used to communicate, was communicated or

explained much more the spiritual reality of

it in John chapter 3, verse 13 to 15. So the

John 3:13–15

spiritual reality of healing, of divine healing.

is communicated in John 3, 13 to 15. There's

a reason why I'm saying this. The spiritual reality

of divine healing that we see in Numbers was

communicated in John 3, verse 13. And we realize

John 3:13

that the word lifted, lifted up. Let's go to

John. Thank you. No one has ascended to heaven,

but he who came down from heaven, that is the

son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted

up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must

the son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believes

in him should not perish, but must have eternal

life. So the communication of divine healing

is eternal life. There's a reason why we are

going there. Because it's going to answer some

of the questions that popped up on Sunday when

some people came to ask questions and some thoughts.

The communication of divine healing is eternal

life. And we see that that was from the word

lifted up, which means the resurrection of Jesus.

So the Son of Man being lifted up means Christ's

resurrection. At Christ's resurrection, eternal

life will be made available. At Christ's resurrection,

eternal life will be made available. So, it will

mean that when God was healing them, He was communicating

eternal life to them. As He was healing them,

He was communicating eternal life to them. Now,

one question I would like to ask. All these people,

in their abundance, That were healed in Egypt.

And even people that believed. Right? And were

healed. Did they later die in physical body?

Did they later die in physical body? Good. Now

this is taking us somewhere. Because. If they

truly die, right, in body, it therefore means

that beyond the sign is eternal life that is

communicated. Do we get it? So what we are holding

on to much more is the eternal life. As we administer

healing, as we heal the sick, right, we are holding

on to eternal life. So if this person has believed,

right, this person believed the gospel, The person

is able to be healed and continue the walk of

the gospel. So Paul would say, for me to leave

this Christ to die is gain. So I'm going somewhere.

So it means that the person would continue to

do the walk of the gospel. The person would continue

to live. If the person has not believed, the

person will be preached to and the person will

come to salvation. So the question was actually,

What if we pray for someone and the person passed?

Right? What if we pray for someone and we didn't

see the manifestation, we didn't see the manifestation

of dying and the person passed? The answer, right,

is that the message, if the person has belief,

the message of eternal life is already active

in the person. So you don't have a problem. Okay?

The message of eternal life is already active

in the person. You don't have a problem. If the

person comes to life, when it comes to life,

when we see the manifestation, the person continues

in that. The focus is eternal life. Do we get

it? So, the message, but if the person has not

believed, that is the only time you can say,

this person did not believe. You know, the person

just passed, right? You have some worry that,

you know, we know that they are not in Christ.

But when the person has believed, the message

of eternal life, is already active in the person,

right? That is why when we are administering

healing, even to someone that is sick, you can

preach to them on the sickbed too. Do you get

it? So when we are preaching, we are praying

for someone that is sick and you see that the

person is conscious, the person can answer, but

we are preaching resurrection and the healing

power in resurrection together to the person.

So you're not just saying that I'm trying to

heal the person, right? I'm just trying to, no,

no, we are preaching Christ because where the

healing power is, is where? Is in the power of

resurrection. Do we get it? So in the entirety

of it, right? The focus is the message of Christ,

right? The message of Christ. But we, I mean,

that does not notify that we will not continue

to walk in it. We walk in it. We manifest it.

But we must know that while we are doing all

that, the communication is the gospel. So let

me say a few things I wrote here. I say, although

these people were healed, they died afterwards

because it was physical healing that communicated

an eternal healing to them. So the dilated elf,

it does not modify our exercise of healing. It

does not. It does not nullify because it means

that if you say, oh, because people will never

die, it means that you are not ready to communicate

the gospel through the power of the gifts of

healing. That is what you are saying. You are

saying, I don't want to walk in this one. I don't

want to communicate the gospel through this power

that is at work in me. That is what we are doing.

So you are neglecting what is in you. So it definitely

means that although People might pass, right?

But we must continue to minister healing. We

must not neglect it. We must not neglect it.

I wrote just that the essence of healing is that

we want to see the message of Christ and it is

already revealed in those people. Now let's go

to 2 Kings 20, verse 1 to 6. 2 Kings 20, verse

2 Kings 20:1–6 2 Kings 20:1–6

1 to 6. In those days, this guy was sick and

near death, right? So this was someone who survived.

Let's see the essence of the survivor because

I mentioned it in Sunday, but we didn't read

it. In those days, this guy was sick and near

death. And Isaiah the prophet, son of Amos, went

to him and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Set

your house in order, for you shall die and not

live. And he returned his face towards the floor

and prayed to the Lord, saying, Remember now,

O Lord, I pray, I have walked before you in the

youth with a loyal heart and have done what is

good in your sight. And this guy wept bitterly.

And it happened before Isaiah had gone out into

the middle courts, that the word of the Lord

came to him, saying, Return and tell Zechariah

that the leader of my people, thus says the Lord,

the God of David, your father, I have heard your

prayers and I have seen your tears. Surely I

will heal you. On the third day you shall go

up to the house of the Lord. Verse 6. And I will

add to your days 15 years, and I will deliver

you in this city. Right? You see? This is what

God was communicating. I will deliver you and

this city from the hand of the king of Assyria

and I will defend this city for my own sake and

for the sake of my servant David. The communication

of the sign is actually the deliverance of that

city. Right? Communication of the sign, deliverance

of that city. So we see here that someone survived

and when the person survived, what was he doing?

It was deliverance of a city. Right? Deliverance

of the city. Deliver you and the city. Deliver

you. And so we see that function of God's deliverance

made manifest after a sign of healing and the

presence of life. All right. Another question

that popped up during the course. Of course,

we are not answering questions, but while we

are teaching, we are trying to address this question.

The question is whether healing, right? Okay,

the question is, when the part of a body is restored,

is it healing or miracle? So that was what the

prophet asked. Like when a part of a body, for

example, a particular part of someone's body

had been taken away and by the power of prayer,

it was restored back. So the person asked, is

it healing or miraculous? Now, this is the answer,

okay? Don't forget we are coming from faith,

right? And we said one of the things that we

can receive for somebody is this healing, right?

Okay. Now, in this healing, healing is one of

the... Okay, let's put it this way. Healing itself.

So, write it this way. Healing itself is working

of miracles, right? Healing itself is working

of miracle. No, not S. Miracle. Yes. Healing

itself is working of miracle. But not all miracles

are healing. Not all walking of miracles are

healing. Because they are connected, right? Healing

is a walking of miracles, but not all walking

of miracles, right, are healing. So the casting

out of demons, the speaking to the wind, speaking

to circumstances around you, right, addressing

certain situations around you, right, is not

healing. It's actually putting things in order

around you. So healing itself, It's a working

of a miracle, but not all working of miracles,

right, healing. And I gave last year, on Sunday,

I gave the example that when Jesus calmed the

storm, he wasn't healing the storm. He wasn't

healing the storm. I said healing is, it would

take place in the vessel that God can inhabit.

That should also tell you many things when you're

healing someone, right? When you're administering

healing. Is it that God can inhabit that person

or God inhabits that person? It means that the

function of this is for the person to have life.

So inanimate objects that we talked about last

Sunday is something that cannot carry life. Do

you get it? Inanimate is something that cannot

carry life. So something that cannot carry life,

God has nothing to do with it. Table, chairs,

things, God has nothing to do with them, right?

If they interrupt your flow of things in the

natural, you can address them by the power that

is resident in you. Do we get that? But God is

interested in what will carry his spirit much

more. Praise God. So that is the answer for the

healing is actually a miracle, but not all miracles

are healing. Now, the question is, why is healing

spectacular? Right? Why is healing now so, why

is it so distinct? Why do we have to bring that

out? Why did Christ say, you know, this is more

specifically that was mentioned. Healing is spectacular

given that it communicates, right? It communicates

consistently across the scripture, salvation,

right? It communicates consistently across the

scripture, salvation, right? That's one that

we can hold on to for now. We can hold on to

that. Across the scriptures, healing communicates

salvation. And we have seen it across from Genesis

up until... Let's proceed a little bit. John

John 4:46–54

chapter 4, verse 46 to 54. John chapter 4, verse

John 4:46–54

46 to 54. And Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee,

where he had made the water wine. And there was

a certain noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum.

And when he heard that Jesus had come, When he

heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee,

he went to him and employed him to come down

and heal his son, for he was at the point of

death. Thus Jesus said to him, Unless you people

see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.

And the noble man said to him, Sir, come down

before my child dies. And Jesus said to him,

Go on your way, your son lives. So the man believed

the words that Jesus spoke to him. and he went

his way. And as he was now going down, his servant

met him and told him, saying, Your son lives.

Then he inquired of them the hour when he got

better, and they said to him, Yesterday at seventh

hour the fever left him. So the father knew that

it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to

him, Your son lives, and he himself believed,

and his whole household. They believe the miracles

of Jesus. They believe the healing ministry of

Jesus. They believe the miracles of Jesus. They

believe healing ministry of Jesus. Alright. Now

write this down. God's healing is not restricted

to a certain time. God's healing is not restricted

to a certain time. Neither is it restricted to

a few. neither is it restricted to a few. God's

healing is not restricted to a certain time,

neither is it restricted to a few. As long as

the intention of God and the purpose of God is

involved, healing is always available, right?

When the intention and purpose of God is involved,

Healing is made available. Healing is always

available. Right? When intention of God, which

we know is salvation, which we know is the communication

of the message of Christ, healing is always available.

Now, let's see how healing was made manifest.

Because the question is, if Abraham did not have

the Spirit of God, okay, resident in them, Moses

also neither did, right? Resident in them. Elisha

did not as well. How? what was working in them.

Of course, we know it's the Spirit of God, right?

We know it's the Spirit of God. We need to check

again, these three people, to see how it took

place. So in Genesis 18 verse 19, in Genesis

Genesis 18:19 Genesis 18:19

18 verse 19, you can write this down. Maybe we

can move a little bit faster. Abraham walked

in healing through prayer. Abraham walked in

healing through prayer. We've read it before,

so I will not read it now. We can write that

down. Genesis 18 verse 19. Abraham walked in

Genesis 18:19

healing through prayer. So he prayed, right?

He prayed and healing was made available. So

you probably were expecting the Spirit of God

to come on him and make healing made available,

but he prayed, right? He prayed. So that was

what we see in that scriptures. In Numbers 12

Numbers 12:13

verse 13, Moses also prayed, right? Moses also

prayed. So you cannot think healing. You cannot

wish healing. You have to pray healing. Right?

You cannot think it. You cannot imagine it. You

cannot wish it. You cannot be quiet and say,

okay, I expect healing. You have to do what?

Pray. You have to pray healing. That's why James

would say, the effective fervent prayer of a

righteous man. James 5. The effective fervent

prayer of a righteous man abilites what makes

power available. So the effect healing, Through

prayer. Consistently we see it in this too. 2

2 Kings 5:8

Kings 5 verse 8. 2 Kings 5 verse 8. Elisha made

2 Kings 5:8

healing available to make God known. So he told

Naaman, he said, I will show you that there is

God in Israel today. He said, I will let you

know. that there is God. 2 Kings 5 verse 8. He

2 Kings 5:8

said, I will let you know. Please let him come

to me and he shall know that, okay, he shall

know that there's a prophet in Israel. It means

someone who communicates the message of God in

Israel today, right? So, that's, through that,

the next verses that followed, what happened?

You received healing, right? You told him, go

to this place, go to Jordan, wash, and you will.

be clean so consistently we see that these people

engage in prayer they engage in communication

what we can see there is that the spirit of god

was at work with them i know i said was at work

with them i didn't say in them okay so in them

i said it was at work with them the spirit of

god was working with them in their prayers in

their communication of the message of the gospel

and they are declaring that there is someone

who carries God's message. So, like us today,

when we heal, it is to show that we carry God's

message. When we engage healing, right? When

we pray and healing takes place is to reveal

that we are the prophets of God. We carry God's

message and that message is salvation. So the

Spirit of God was at work with them in their

actions. Mark 9 verse 38 to 40. Mark 9 verse

Mark 9:38–40 Mark 9:38–40

38 to 40. Mark 9 verse 38 to 40. Now John answered

Mark 9:38–40

him saying, Teacher, we saw someone who does

not follow us, who does not follow us, casting

out demons in your name, and we forbade him.

Because he does not follow us. Now, he's not

talking about holding the adoption or anything.

It means that he's not part of this club. He's

a psycho, right? We just saw him somewhere. You

know, the same way they say they see some people

somewhere, they were baptizing people, right?

So he's not in that category. And Jesus said

to him, do not forbid him. For no one who works

a miracle in my name can sooner or later speak

evil of me. Right? So it means that there were

people. who were working in the name of Jesus.

So Christ was working with them. The name, the

office of Christ was working with them at that

point. This is exactly similar to Numbers 11.

So you can put Numbers 11, verse 27 to 29. Also

Numbers 11:27–29

someone was prophesying, right? I think we can

check that. I think, yes. A young man ran and

told Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying.

in the camp. And Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses,

I stand. One of his tribesmen answered and said,

Moses, my Lord, forbid them. And Moses said to

them, are you sinning for my sake? Oh, that all

the lost people were what? Prophets. And the

Lord will put his spirit upon them. What he's

doing in the scriptures is to show that people

who have the intention of God, walked in the

things of God. People who had the intentions

of God walked in the things of God. People who

had intentions of God, who had God's body, who

had God's purpose in their mind, they walk in

the things of God. They walk in the things of

God and they cannot be restricted. They cannot

be stopped. They cannot be restricted and they

cannot be stopped. They cannot be restricted

and they cannot be stopped. Now, let's go to

a couple of scriptures. Now, all of these closes

up this teaching in terms of the Old Testament

explanation, right? How they're working in it.

Now, in the gospel, how will they be working

in healing in the gospel, right? This one, we

see that they had God's intention. They had God's

mindset. They want to fulfill what God is doing,

right? They want to communicate the message of

God. And by that, in their prayers, in their

communication, they walk in the sign. So now,

what about in the lifetime of Jesus, right? Which

we call the documents, the synoptics or the gospels.

How did they walk in healing? So Matthew 4, verse

Matthew 4:23

23. Let's start with Matthew 4, verse 23. Matthew

Matthew 4:23 Matthew 4:23

4, verse 23. He said, and Jesus went about all

Galilee, teaching in their synagogue, preaching

the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds

of sicknesses and all kinds of diseases among

the people. Right? This is just another version

of Acts 10 verse 38. So put Acts 10 verse 38.

Acts 10:38 Acts 10:38

Acts 10 verse 38. It's quite parallel to this.

Acts 10:38

He said, and God anointed Jesus of Nazareth.

with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went

about doing good and healing all who were oppressed

by the devil, for God was with him. Now we see

here that Christ is who? Is regarded as who?

The anointed Messiah. Right? In this context,

we see him, he said, anointed Jesus of Nazareth.

Because he's referring to the lifetime of Jesus.

Are we together? So this text is referring to

the lifetime of Jesus and which we have read

in Matthew 4, verse 23. Now, there are four things

Matthew 4:23

that we can pick from here. There are four things

that we can pick from here. First, sickness is

an oppression of the devil, whichever may. It's

never of God. It's an oppression of the devil.

It's an oppression. And like they said, all that

were oppressed by the devil. Healing all who

were oppressed by the devil for God was with

him. It's an oppression of the devil. Healing

is a good work of God, right? Healing is a good

work of God. So you can know that sickness does

not come from God. God cannot test you with sickness.

He is not interested in how you would react when

you seek. God is not interested in that. He's

not interested in that. He's interested in when

any of those things come, how he will deliver

you. So God is interested in how he will deliver

you. It's the good work of God. What we see here

is also the power of God. He heals all sicknesses

and diseases. So there is no like, there is one

that they will mutate and bring tomorrow and

will be more powerful than the power of God.

The power of God heals all manner of sicknesses

and diseases. So someone will say, oh, the ones

we have today, we are known in Acts chapter 10.

Acts 10 · chapter mention

The power of God, according to the scriptures

that we have seen, He heals every form of disease.

So it shouldn't restrict your mind, right? So

you don't have any restriction that, ah, this

one, this is how the doctor say it will manifest,

right? This is how, oh wait, the same way you

are seeing these signs, right? It has reached

a particular stage. You know, this information

in many occasions comes into our mind. But the

information that supersedes that is that the

power of God heals all sicknesses. The power

of God heals all sicknesses. And so we see this

taking place in the earthly ministry of Jesus,

the healing ministry of Jesus. Now, one of the

things that we know is that the number of people

Jesus healed in his lifetime was not recorded,

unfortunately. Unfortunately, I don't know which

other one, but the scriptures made us to know

that the number of people that are received from

him, all their names were not mentioned. Right?

All their names were in a minute. For example,

the 5 ,000, right? We don't have the names of

who ate, who took extra and all of that. We don't

have those names. You know, maybe that's taking

the time. It would have, you know, filled unnecessary

space maybe in the scriptures. Maybe there was

no message for us to receive from there. But

we can go John 20, 30, right? John 20, 30 reviews

that. There are a lot of things Jesus did and,

you know, we're not recording it. And truly Jesus

did many other words. signs in the presence of

his disciples, which are not written in this

book. So you can say it's John, even in Matthew,

some of those people he healed, no name. No name.

So it means that healing was abundance. Are we

together? Healing was abundance. It was a regular

thing that happens when Jesus preached. It was

a common place in the preaching of Jesus. It's

a common place in the ministry of Jesus. Matthew

Matthew 15:21–28

15, verse 21 to 28. Matthew 15, verse 21. Then

Matthew 15:21

Jesus sent out from dead and departed to the

region of Tyre and Sidon. of the house of Israel.

And she came and worshipped him saying, Lord,

help me. And he answered and said, it is not

good to take the children's bread and throw it

to the little dogs. And she said, yes, Lord.

Yet, even the little dogs eat from the crumbles

which fall from their master's table. And Jesus

answered and said to her, oh woman, great is

your faith. Let it be to you as you desire. And

her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Did she receive the bread too? Did she receive

the bread too? Come on, she received, right?

She received what others can receive by faith.

She received. So it's like healing is regular.

It's common. It's a common place. Right? It's

a common place. We can put it as common place

for the believer. Right? Healing is a common

place for the believer. It's something that should

be regular. We're going to end on these two notes.

First, that is a common place. We'll end and

we'll pray. It's a common place. It should be

common. It should be regular. Right? If you read

Acts, Acts will say that and many signs and wonders

were what? Were regularly done by the hands of

the apostles. Many signs and wonders were regularly

done, right, by the hands of the apostles. When

we continue the teaching next time, we would

dig deeper. So first, it's common, it should

be regular. In your life, you should expect it,

right? You shouldn't expect that it's until you

take prostramore that you'll be healed. No, you

should expect more. Just like I said, the emphasis

of the Bible is on divine healing. So the emphasis

of the believer, most of the time that you foresee,

should be on divine healing too. and little of

the physical, just like the Bible worked in that,

or the Bible expressed that to us. So it should

be regular. When you're sick, when you have a

headache, lay your hands, touch your shoulders,

touch your knees, and you'll receive. Now, the

second one, Luke 5, 13, verse 15. Luke 5, 13,

verse 15. I just want to put this scripture so

that we can know. He said, Then he put out his

hand and touched him, saying, I am willing. Be

what? Be cleansed. So the leprous man was asking

Jesus, if you are willing. If you are willing.

And he said, I am what? Willing. So God is always

willing to heal. Always willing to heal. Right?

God is always willing to heal. God is always

willing to heal. God is always willing to heal.

Can we be on our feet? Just take time out to

pray, right? We just want to spend an extensive

time to pray much more. God is always willing

to heal. Healing is a common place for the believer.

It should be regular among the believer. So we

will stand up and we just begin to pray in the

Holy Ghost, right? We want to give ourselves

to the expression, Of healing. We want to give

ourselves. So that our mind receives it. And

believes it. And we walk in it. We appreciate

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