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How to Access God’s Healing
and Keep
It Physical Emotional Mental This lesson builds upon: Comprehensive overview
of God's provision of healing, health, and wellness
Scriptural
Validity of Divine Healing and Health
Old Testament Cases of
Health Issues and Healing New Testament Cases of
Health Issues and Healing Health Issues and
the Atonement What the Bible Teaches About Health Issues, Healing, Health, and
Wellness The Causes of Emotional, Mental, and Physical Health Issues and Dis-ease Is It God’s Will
for People to Be Healed? What is it that May
Obstruct Our Access to God’s Healing, Health, and Wellness? Be reminded that this world changed kingdoms—from God’s
government to Satan’s government. And God
delivered to Adam the catastrophic news: “Cursed is the earth because of you…” (Genesis
3:17‑19; Proverbs 26:2). Corruption, dis-ease, and death now reigned on
the earth (Romans 5:12). Adam and Eve were now under a cursed, fraudulent
government system. Satan’s kingdom could not provide what the human race
needed, including health & wellness. Stress (fear) came. Our health & wellness are limited because of that
impotent kingdom. Death obviously reigns and usually it’s the result of
progressive issues or dis-ease. This perverse system is what we were raised in—it is
‘normal’ for us. This mindset is deeply ingrained in each of us. It even
operates below the conscious level. And because of this cursed world
government system, fear (stress) is now ‘normal.’ But Isaiah 9:6,7 promised this about Y’shua Messiah
(Jesus the Christ): “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. And the government shall rest upon his shoulder…
an ever
expanding, peaceful, never ending, fair, and just…kingdom.” GOOD NEWS! Divine Healing and Health Divine
healing and health is a definite act of God through faith in Jesus by the power
of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and the precious blood of Christ,
whereby the human body is cured, healed, repaired, delivered from health
issues and their power, and made whole, sound, and healthy. And God’s
government healthcare plan is already paid for; Jesus the Christ paid the
price in full! Two Sources of
Relief from Health Issues
1. God is the true source
of help.
We come to you with the true message of the Bible, and we guarantee upon the authority of the Word of God that you will receive healing, health, prosperity, answers to prayers, and anything that God promises you if you will follow faithfully the instructions of the Bible, and you will not have to deny God, Christ (the Messiah), or one thing in the Holy Scriptures to access these benefits. You can get to know God in reality and enjoy the fullness of God in your life as you walk in truth and conform to the will of God. Then, too, your eternal soul will be saved in the end, and you will have eternal life instead of eternal damnation, which the followers of these false religions will have to endure. We want it distinctly understood that there are
two sources of help and you can get some
help from demons if you will deny the truth (see the second source of
help below), but if you will let the true God be your source of help, you
will get all you want in this life
as well as in the life to come. How to Access Healing and Keep It The
gospel teaches that forgiveness of sins and healing of the body go hand in
hand. The following Scriptures prove that both benefits were provided in
the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ: "Himself
took our sicknesses, and removed our diseases [health issues]" (Matt. "Who
personally carried away our sins in His own body on the cross so we having
died to sins might live unto righteousness—by His wounds you were
healed" (1 Peter 2:24). The
following passages prove that both forgiveness of sins and healing of the
body should be received at one time: "Who
forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases [health
issues]" (Ps. 103:3) "For which is
easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, ‘Arise and walk'?” (Matt. 9:5) "For the hearts of
these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed
their eyes – so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their
hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them." (Matt. 13:15) "Is
any among you with health issues? They should call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of
the Lord. And
their prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make them
well. And if they have committed sins, they shall be
forgiven." (James 5:14-15) Thus
it is very clear that healing is just as easy to receive from God as
forgiveness of sins. Both can be received by the same simple faith in
God and asking in the name of Jesus. Healing is part of your salvation;
do not be cheated out of it any more than you permit yourself to be cheated
out of forgiveness of sins. “…[So]
confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be
healed. The mighty prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful
results.” (James
5:16). Accessing the Source In
his third epistle, John says, “Beloved, I
pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (3 John 1:2). What a
beautiful statement regarding the will of God for the committed believer! Gaius, to whom the epistle was written, was
a model believer. Studying the epistle, you will find that he was walking in all the truth that God had made available. The apostle John, writing as the
mouthpiece of the Holy Spirit, said to him, “Beloved, I pray above all things that you may prosper and
be in health,
just as your soul
prospers.” This
covers all three areas of life: the material, the physical and the spiritual. In every one of them, the will of God is good. We
are now going to state five basic principles regarding God’s
health provision which is very important.
The
First Principle God’s provision is in His promises. We see this most clearly from 2
Peter 1:2–4: Grace
and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as
His divine power has given to us all things
that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of Him who
called us by glory and virtue… verses
2–3 Provision
in His promises—in the words of Derek Prince: Note
that the Christian life is a life of multiplication. It is not static—just
holding on to what you’ve got. It’s not
even mere addition. It’s multiplication.
This comes through “the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” Everything
that we ever need comes to us from God through Jesus. We need no other source
of supply and no other channel. In
the tense that Peter uses, “has given,” we see that God has already given us
all we are ever going to need for
time and eternity, for every area of our lives—for life and godliness. Many
times we pray on the basis of a misunderstanding. We ask God to give us
something He has already given us. It
is not easy for God to answer those prayers because by answering them He
would support that misunderstanding.
So sometimes we have to adjust our
thinking in order to pray the kind of
prayer that God is able to answer. Thanking
God is often more appropriate than petitioning Him. Notice
again, “all things” are included in “the knowledge of Jesus
Christ.” The original Greek says that Jesus “called
us to His own glory and virtue.” It is not our glory, but His. It is not our virtue, but His. God has already given us
everything we are ever going to need, and it is all contained in the
knowledge of Jesus. The Greek word for “knowledge” can also be translated
“acknowledging.” It means both “knowledge” and
“acknowledging.” It is not
enough that we intellectually know
about Jesus; we must effectively acknowledge Him in our lives. ... by which have been given to us exceedingly
great and precious promises…. verse 4 Here’s the key!
God has already given us everything we are going to need. Where is it? It is in the promises of His Word. God’s provision
is in His promises. This is the vital truth that you must grasp: the provision is in the
promises. Say it over to yourself
until it becomes part of your thinking: the provision is in the promises . .
. the provision is in the promises. Now,
we come to another breathtaking
statement: …
that through these [the promises] you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in
the world through lust. verse 4 I
wonder whether contemporary
Christians understand that language. I don’t know how to say it any better.
It means that “we become partakers of God’s
own nature.” We receive the actual nature of God. We
become divine. Now,
you might think that is a risky statement to make, and it is. Yet Scripture supports it. When Jesus was challenged about His claim to be
the Son of God, He quoted one of the psalms, saying, “If He called
them gods, to whom the word of God
came (and the Scripture cannot be
broken)” (John 10:35). This
quotation is taken from a psalm which says,
“I said, ‘You are gods’” (Psalm
82:6). God actually spoke to men and said,
“You are gods.” We
may find this hard to receive, but
Jesus gives us the divine commentary. How
could men become gods? What was the
basis? It was that the Word of God came to them. “If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture
cannot be broken,” the same principle applies to us. Because
the Word of God comes to us through the promises of God, we can become
partakers of God’s nature. We can
become divine. I
realize, of course, that statement could be misused. Nevertheless, I believe
that in the way I have presented it,
it is an accurate analysis of what Scripture actually teaches. And
then the final part of that revelation
is a logical consequence of what has gone before. In proportion as we become
partakers of the divine nature, we are delivered from the corruption that is
in this world—because the divine nature and corruption are incompatible. The
divine nature is incorruptible. Everything in
this world is corruptible. Logically, therefore, as we become partakers of
the nature of God, we are delivered from the corruption of this world. We
would like to now sum up in our own words the essence of what Peter has told
us in verses 3 and 4 above. It can be reduced to five successive statements that describe principle number one: God’s provision is in His promises. ·
God’s
divine power has already given us everything we are ever going to need for
time and eternity. ·
It is all contained in rightly knowing and acknowledging Jesus. ·
God’s
provision is in His promises. ·
As we appropriate (take possession
of) the promises, we become partakers of God’s nature. ·
As we become partakers of God’s nature,
we are delivered from the corruption
of this world. Be
strongly encouraged not to merely read through this summary once—or even
twice. Take time to meditate on it. The
revelation is such that you cannot absorb it in just a few minutes. It
demands that you expose your whole mind and being to it until it becomes a
part of you. The Second Principle The promises are our inheritance. They
are what God is bringing us into. There
is a very simple parallel between the Old Testament and the New. In the Old Testament, under a leader named Joshua, God brought His people into
a promised land. In the New Testament, under a leader named Jesus (which in Hebrew is the same word as Joshua),
God brings His people into a land of promises. Old Covenant—a promised land;
New Covenant—a land of promises. Let’s look for a moment at the book of Joshua and see the basic conditions that God gave to Joshua. God first reminded Joshua, “Moses My servant
is dead” (Joshua 1:2). I
find that very significant. Before we can come into something new, there always
has to be a death of something old. The spiritual life, in a certain
sense, is like the seasons of the year. There is a continuing, ongoing cycle of seasons. We have summer with its
abundance; then fall, a time of withering; winter, the time of death; and
then spring, the time of renewal and resurrection. This is a principle that
goes through our lives. God only blesses that which has died and been resurrected. The transition from Moses to Joshua represents
one which recurs from time to time
in the life of every believer. “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you
and all this people, to the land which
I am giving to them—the children of Note
the word all in “all this
people.” God was not going to leave any of the people behind. In most circles today,
we would be satisfied if we could get 90 percent of the people over. But God said, “Everyone is going to go over.” I sincerely believe that is how God views our situation today
in regard to His promises. Everybody will have to move in. Then
notice the tenses. God says there: “I am giving them
the land” (present tense). Then He says in verse 3, “I have given you.” Once God gave it, it was given.
From then on, it was spoken of in the past tense. From that
moment onward, the land legally belonged to the children of Many
times when I talk to a believer from
a fundamental background about being baptized in the Holy
Spirit or receiving physical healing from God, he replies, “I got it all when I was saved. There’s nothing more to get.” One way to answer
that is, “If you got it all, where is
it all?” Nevertheless,
I do believe, in a sense, they are correct. Legally,
when you came to Christ, you
became an heir of God and joint-heir
with Jesus Christ. Thereafter, the whole inheritance
is legally yours. But there is a great difference between the legal and the experiential. You
may own much legally, but enjoy very
little in actual experience. I
sometimes illustrate this by the following
little parable: If Joshua and the
children of The
interesting thing about the children
of The
way the children of The Third Principle The promises are the expression of God’s will. God
never promised anything that was not His will. We need to understand this
important fact. Suppose
I have a young son and I say to him, “If you’ll
sweep out the garage, put everything in order and do a good job, I’ll give
you ten dollars.” My son agrees and
goes in, sweeps out the garage, does a good job and makes everything neat and
orderly. He comes back to me and says, “Dad,
I want my ten dollars.” What
would you think of me if I said, “I never meant to give you ten dollars. It wasn’t my
will”? You would write me off as an unreliable and undependable person—a failure as a father. So
it is with the promises of God. Suppose we discover a promise that meets our
need, and then we obediently fulfill
the conditions that God has laid down. If we then come to Him for what He has
promised, He will never tell us, “It’s
true that I promised you that, but I never really meant
to give it to you. It’s
not My will.” Such behavior would be unbecoming even in an earthly father. It would
be totally inconsistent with the nature of God as our heavenly Father. In
fact, Jesus Himself has assured us of the very opposite: “If you
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him!” (Luke 11:13). We see, then, that the promises of God are the expression of
His will. When
we know God’s will, we can pray with confidence. Let’s look at 1 John 5: “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him [God]”
(verse 14). The Greek word here translated “confidence” means literally
“freedom of speech.” It was a very important word in the political background
of the Greek people. One of the things they fought for in democracy was freedom of speech, which
is, of course, very familiar to American democracy. So the verse could read, “This freedom
of speech we have in God.” The
implication is that confidence needs to be expressed in what we say. It is
not enough merely to “believe in
the heart”; we must also “confess with the
mouth” (see Romans 10:10). Now
this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears
us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we
have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 1 John 5:14–15 All
successful praying revolves around the knowledge of God’s
will. Once we know that we are asking for something according to the will of
God, we know we have it. Not “we’re going to have it,” but “we have it.” In
Mark 11:24 Jesus says, “Therefore I
say to you, whatever things you ask
when you pray, believe that you received them [this is the correct, literal
translation], and you will have them.” When do we receive? When we pray. The receiving is in the present—now. The actual experiential outworking of what we have received—the “will have them”—is often in the
future. But if we do not receive now,
we will not have later. The
teaching of Mark 11:24 agrees exactly with that of 1 John 5:14–15. In each case, the lesson is: we must receive,
by faith, at the very moment that
we pray. Thereafter, we must boldly
express our confidence that we have
received—even before the thing
received is actually manifested in our experience. One
of the devil’s favorite tactics is to
get us to put off to some future moment
the thing that we ought to appropriate
(take possession of) now. In the book, Faith to Live By, by Derek Prince, he
illustrates this with a vivid story:
As a young man of about twenty, while I
was studying Greek philosophy at Cambridge University, I was given a grant to
visit Greece in order to study the
various antiquities on the spot. I
went with a friend of mine who was son of the vice-chancellor of Cambridge
University. We stayed in a hotel in Athens and went out about the same time every morning for the day’s sightseeing. Every
day when we walked out of our hotel,
there was a little group of shoeblacks on the sidewalk waiting
to polish our shoes. Now, if you have never been in the Middle East or the
Mediterranean countries, you will find it hard to picture the scene. But in those countries shoeblacks are
determined! I mean they are going to polish your shoes whether you want it
or not! Every
morning the shoeblacks would approach us and say, “Shine your shoes?” Every
morning we would say in Greek, “No!”—“Ochi!”
When you say no in Greek you say ochi and you throw your head back at the same time. The
motion of the head enforces the
meaning of the word. But every
morning the shoeblacks just went ahead and polished
our shoes anyhow. Since this method wasn’t working, one morning my friend decided to try a different tactic. When we got out
of the hotel door and the shoeblacks approached us asking, “Polish your
shoes?” my friend replied in Greek, “Avrio.” This caught the shoeblacks off their guard. They paused for a moment and looked at us uncertainly. Taking advantage of their momentary hesitation, we got by
without having our shoes polished. Can
you guess what avrio means? It
means “tomorrow.” Many
times when we are on our way to
accessing God’s blessings the devil resorts to the same tactic. He does not
say, “No.” But he says, “Tomorrow.”
As a result, we hesitate just for a
moment and so fail to access the
blessing we are praying for—the benefit Jesus already paid the price for. What
does Scripture say is the accepted time? Now! We often say, “Today is the accepted time.” But Scripture
does not say that. It says, “Now is the
accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians
6:2). God lives in the eternal now. When
we meet God, it is never yesterday and never tomorrow. His name is not “I was,” nor “I will be.” It is always “I
AM.” (See Exodus
3:14.) The Forth Principle All God’s promises are now available to us through Christ. As a
basis for this principle, let us look
at 2 Corinthians 1:20. This is a key
verse when I deal with
“dispensationalists”—that is, people who relegate nearly all of God’s
blessings and provisions either to the past (“the apostolic age”) or to the
future (“the millennium”). There are several different versions of this
verse, but it seems that the New
King James Version says it about as clearly and emphatically as it is
possible to say it. For all the promises of God in Him [Jesus] are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory
of God by [or through] us. Whatever
translation you use, there are certain key words that do not change. First
of all, “all the promises”—not some, but all. Second,
“are”—not “were” or “will be.” Third,
“in Him”—there is only one channel through which God makes His promises
available to us. That unique,
all-sufficient channel is Y’shua Messiah (Jesus the Christ). Fourth,
“to the glory of God.” Every
promise that we appropriate in the will
of God glorifies God. God has so arranged
His promises that when we access them, He is glorified. Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” There are different ways of translating that, but in essence I understand
it to mean, “By our sin we have robbed God
of His glory.” How, then, do we repay
to God the glory that is due Him?
One way is found in Romans 4 where it says about Abraham that he “was strengthened in faith, giving
glory to God and being fully convinced that what He [God] had
promised He was able also to perform”
(verses 20–21). So we give back to God the
glory that our sin has robbed from Him by believing His promises. The
more we access God’s promises, the more we glorify Him. And all His promises are now available
to us through Christ. Finally,
consider the two little words that
come last in 2 Corinthians 1:20—“by us.” It’s
not “by the apostles”; or “by the early church”; or “by special
Christians—such as evangelists or missionaries.” It is “by us.” “Us”
includes you. All God’s promises are now available to you through
faith in Christ. Of
course, you do not need all of God promises right now. In fact, we could not
claim all of God’s promises in just one moment. But any promise we need that fits our situation is available to us right now. This is the way we can sum it up: Every promise that fits your situation and meets your need is for you now. That’s
the fourth principle: all God’s promises are now available to us through Christ. The Fifth Principle The fulfillment of God’s promises does
not depend upon our circumstances, but upon our meeting God’s conditions. When
God gives a promise, it is not limited to a particular set of circumstances.
It does not have to be easy for God to accomplish what He promised. One
common mistake we make when confronted with a promise of God is to say, “Yes, I see that is what God says. But in this particular situation it
would be too much,” and our faith
wavers. The truth of the matter is, God’s promises do not depend upon the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
Circumstances make no difference. You can be a hundred years old and your spouse can be ninety years old, but if God says you are going to have a son, you are
going to have a son. It
does not depend on anything around us or in us. Nothing physical, nothing
temporal, and nothing in the
space/time world can change the eternal promises of God. That’s the
lesson. It is why God so often allowed men of faith to get into totally
impossible situations. He wanted to make
it absolutely clear that in no case
were His promises dependent upon a
favorable set of circumstances. In fact, He usually lets the circumstances become just about as
unfavorable as they could be. Real faith refuses to be influenced by
circumstances. For instance, when
Elijah wanted the fire to come down from heaven to consume the sacrifice on his altar, he doused the sacrifice
in water three times and let the water run around and fill up the ditch. Then he said, “Now let’s see what God can do.” And when the fire came, it burned up the water, it
burned up the dust, it burned up the
wood, it burned up the sacrifice. God’s fire has no more problem with a ditch full of water than with dry wood.
Wet or dry, difficult or easy, possible or impossible—it makes no difference
with God. Perhaps
the most remarkable example of this fact is the provision of God for Israel in
the wilderness. For forty years He
fed them, clothed them, provided for
them, and He guided something like three million people—men, women, old
people, infants, cattle, everything—in a totally
barren desert where there was no water, no food—nothing in fact, except sand
and sun. God went out of His way to
say, “Make it difficult, and let Me
show you what I can do.” In fact, He made it difficult. He was the One who
arranged the situation. It
is so important to understand that
we must not let our focus move from the promise to the situation. Whenever we
do that, like Peter walking on the water, we begin to sink. The Five Principles Let’s review those five principles just
to fix them in our minds. They are: 1.
God’s provision is in His promises. 2.
The promises are our inheritance. 3.
God’s promises are the expression of His will. 4.
All God’s promises are now available
to us through Christ. 5.
The fulfillment of God’s promises
does not depend upon our circumstances,
but upon our meeting God’s conditions. Two Specific Promises As
a practical application of these principles, consider two specific promises of God, both found in the Psalms. Oh
fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to
those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:9–10 For the LORD
God is
a sun and shield; the LORD
will give
grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 Both
of these are clear promises that God will provide
everything good that His people may ever need. However, before we plunge into claiming the promises, let’s take the logical step of examining the conditions. Neglecting this step is where many of us go astray. We say, “Oh, that’s a beautiful promise. I want that,” but don’t pause to examine the conditions. The benefits of most of God’s promises are conditional: “If you do this—I will do that.” Of course, there are some unconditional promises
of God. For instance, “In the last days .
. . I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh” (Acts 2:17). Another is God’s promise
of the restoration of Israel. These are unconditional
promises of God related to a certain
time. There are some promises that God will do unconditionally when it suits Him. However, the benefits of most
of God’s promises are conditional. The
Conditions Before we claim the promises contained in the verses above, then, we need to do some simple biblical analysis to discover the conditions that are attached to the promises, bearing in mind that the promises’ benefits are only accessed by those who fulfill the conditions. Combining the two passages, we find that there are altogether three simple conditions stated. Can you pick them out? We must: 1) reverently fear the Lord; 2) seek the Lord;
and 3) walk uprightly. Provided we meet these three conditions, then the Scripture says God
will not withhold any good thing from
us. Is that not exciting?! The
Obedience Factor One
of the basic principles that is
consistently emphasized throughout
Scripture: Obedience to God brings healing and health. Consider, for example, what God says in
Deuteronomy 28. This chapter not part of the
law of Moses, but is a law of God and is expressed prophetically
(predictive). It is divided into two portions. The first part, verses 1
through 14, lists the blessings that follow obedience to God. The second part, verses 15 through 68, lists the curses that follow disobedience to God.
(Blessings = benefits; Curses = separate or separation from benefits.) In a moment we’ll look at both—the blessings first, and
then the curses. But
before we do that, we need to understand
the first, essential requirement
of obedience itself. This is stated in
the opening words of the chapter: “If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of
the LORD thy God” (Deuteronomy
28:1 KJV). Obedience
begins with ‘hearkening’ (attentive obedience) to God’s voice. Conversely, we see in verse 15,
which opens the list of curses, that disobedience
begins with precisely the opposite: “If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God” (KJV). Here,
then, is the point at which the two paths divide. The path to all blessings
begins when we ‘hearken’ to (attentively obey) God’s voice; the path to all curses begins when
we are not attentive to God’s voice. The same
principle runs all through Scripture.
In Jeremiah 7:23 the Lord tells Israel
what He, as their God, requires of them: “Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.” What marks out the people of God? Simply this, that they obey
His voice. This principle is carried over, unchanged,
into the New Testament. Jesus says, “My sheep
hear My voice, and I know them, and they
follow Me” (John Now
let’s look at the list of blessings for
obedience that commences in Deuteronomy
28:2: All
these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the
voice of the LORD
your God: Blessed
shall you be in the city, and …
in the
country. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce
of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. …The
LORD
will command the
blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land. …And
the LORD
will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and
in the produce of your ground. …The LORD
will open to
you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your
land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand.
(vss. 2–5, 8, 11–12) Notice
how all-inclusive are the phrases used:
“all to which you set your hand,” “all the work of your hand.” The same all-inclusive phraseology
is repeated in Deuteronomy 29:9: Therefore keep the words of
this covenant, and do them, that you
may prosper in all that you do. The blessings promised are in exact proportion to the obedience required. Total obedience brings total blessing. No area of our lives is excluded. No room is left for failure, frustration or defeat. There is no room for anything but success. Now
let’s look briefly at the opposite—the curses for disobedience.
“But it shall come to pass,
if you do not obey the voice of the LORD
your God …
all these curses
will come upon you and overtake you” (Deuteronomy
28:15). We
have already seen that the basic point of departure from God is not listening to His voice. If we trace the history of people or tribes or nations
that have gone away from God, it
always begins there. They cease to
listen. Often the beginning is
subtle and hard to detect. We can
still maintain outward conformity to
God’s commands for a long while after we’ve really ceased to listen. But if we trace our problems to their source, they begin when we no longer listen to God. The
list of curses is very lengthy, but
one that applies particularly to our subject
is in verses 21 and 22: “The LORD
will permit diseases among you … wasting disease, fever, and inflammation…” The
Bible is consistent with itself. Just as health is a blessing, so health issues are a curse. This
aspect of the curse is described again
more fully in verses 47 and 48: Because you did not serve the LORD
your God with
joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything.
verse 47 Let us pause here for a moment and notice that this verse states the positive will of God for His people—that we serve Him with joy and gladness for the abundance of everything. However, if through unbelief and disobedience we do not enter into God’s positive will, then the negative alternative is set before us, for example in verses 60 and 61: The
LORD
will permit diseases among you all the diseases of Egypt that you feared so
much …and …every sickness and plague … even those not mentioned in this
Book…” Look at that list for a moment: every sickness and plague. Sum
that up in one term: health issues!
Which is it—a curse or a blessing?
The answer is, dis-ease is a curse. And Bible wisdom
teaches that “…A curse does not come without a cause.” (Proverbs 26:2) Again, we are not suggesting that God intentionally or directly hurts people. A curse can simply be the absence of God's protection and provision, caused by a rejection of His instruction and ways. With the new and better covenant (Heb. 8:6)
we Christians can choose in our heart to yield — repent [change our attitudes
and direction] (Lk. 24:47; Acts 3:19; 2 Cor. 7:8-11; Heb 6:1; Rev. 2, 3) and
the curse can be dealt with in the name of Jesus the Christ; with His
authority (Lk. 10:17; Gal. 3:13). The
New Testament deals with this specifically in Galatians 3:13–14: Christ
has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is
everyone that hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon
the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith. Thank God, Jesus has dealt with that curse
of health issues on our behalf, so
that we can be totally liberated from its effects; He has given us the legal
and just authority, as well as the power of the Holy Spirit to deal with any
all curses. Obedience
to God, His Word; His instructions is still the same requirement (Jeremiah Because
of the power of His constant love, mercy, goodness, and loving kindness,
toward us, we Christians can choose
in our heart to yield. When we do, God
happily empowers us with the capacity to carry out His instruction. Curse or Blessing One of the great basic truths of revelation is that on the
cross a divinely ordained exchange took place: Jesus, the sinless, obedient
Son of God, took upon Himself all the evil that was due mankind by divine
justice because of our rebellion and disobedience. In return we, through
faith, are able to receive all the good that was due to the perfect obedience
of Jesus. More simply stated, Jesus took all the evil we deserved, so that we
might receive all the good He deserved. Isn't
it interesting that when the Bible speaks about the atonement, it
never puts healing in the future? It is finished! As far as God is concerned,
healing has already been obtained. We are healed. Christians sometimes ask,
"How can I know if it is God's will to heal me?" We reply,
"You've asked the wrong question. If you are a committed Christian
sincerely seeking to serve God and do His will, your question should not be
“How do I know if it is God's will to heal me?” The question is, rather, “How
can I access the healing God has already provided for me?” If
you’ve read through the other related pages on this site, some of this is
review. If not, consider reviewing: Scriptural
Validity of Divine Healing and Health
Old Testament Cases of Sickness
and Healing New Testament Cases of
Sickness and Healing What the Bible Teaches About the Atonement
of Jesus What the Bible Teaches About Health Issues, Healing, Health, and Wellness The Causes of Emotional,
Mental, and Physical Health Issues and Dis-ease Is It God’s Will
for People to Be Healed? Conditions So far on these pages we have seen clearly
that God desires to provide for His people abundantly if they will meet His conditions. Scripture
indicates that health—along with power, wisdom, honor, glory, strength, and
blessing—belong by eternal right to Jesus Christ. Yet on the cross He gave up those
benefits to participate in a divine exchange. In that transaction, Jesus
took the curse, which was due to mankind by divine justice, that we might receive the blessing, which was
due to Jesus by His perfect obedience. Jesus
totally exhausted the curse of health issues that we might receive “the blessing of Abraham” (Galatians 3:13–14).
And what is the blessing of Abraham? Genesis 24:1 says Abraham was blessed in “all things.” We
see from 2 Corinthians 9:8 and Ephesians 2:8–9
that there are three important principles governing the way we receive the abundance of God’s grace, allowing us to be blessed in “all
things.” First, God’s
grace can never be earned. Second,
it can only come through one channel— Jesus
Christ. Third, the only way we can access it is by faith. Many of
us failed to realize that God’s
grace includes healing and health
provision—when we meet the conditions
He has set forth for receiving it. However, we must make an important, logical distinction between earning God's
grace (Romans 11:6; John 1:17),
which is impossible, and meeting God's conditions, which is obligatory (John
8:31; Galatians 5:19-21). We cannot
earn God's abundance, which comes only through grace; however, we are
required to meet the conditions God has laid down for accessing His abundance
through faith in God. If we do not meet these conditions, our faith has no
scriptural foundation. It is merely presumption. “Faith without
works—appropriate action that goes
together with the faith that we confess—is dead; works without faith is dead
(James 2:17-26; Romans 14:23).
Neither is complete in itself. Many of us begin to learn this aspect and
go into stress (fear); fear that we cannot meet God’s requirements. Please,
please, do not fall for that accusation from the opposing kingdom. For if you
merely and earnestly want to—an
exercise of your will—and ask, God will
happily begin to empower you to meet His conditions. That is a primary
definition of grace! Faith is
Essential The
primary condition for accessing God’s
healing is faith. We have already
seen that bodily healing is a part of
the provision made for us by the grace of God. Like every provision of grace, it can be received only by faith.
However, we can never overemphasize the importance of faith. It is the
primary, indispensable requirement for leading the Christian life. “But
the righteous person shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17). Every area of
righteous living must be based on faith. This applies as much to our health
as to any other area of our lives. Furthermore,
the opposite also is true. “Whatever is not from faith is sin” (Romans
14:23). Faith acts in obedience to God’s Word without waiting to see the
promised reward. This, too, applies to our healing. The Bible says, “Jesus Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24).
When we act in faith, we believe first. Receiving follows in God’s time. If
we wait until we “see it,” we are not walking in faith. Be reminded of what
you’ve learned about the barrier of unbelief. (see also Hebrews
3:12‑13.) Living By
Faith God the Father uses every problem, difficulty, need, health
issue, and hard situation as a means to show Himself greater to you than He
has ever shown Himself before. Faith climbs up on obstacles. It is overcoming
difficulties that gives us increased faith and spiritual character. There is
no other way that character can be built
(Gen. 50:20; Judges 3:1-2; Ps. 51:1-12;
119:67,72,75; John
15:1-2; Rom. 5:3; 8:28; 1 Cor. 11:32; 2 Cor. 4:15; 1 Thess. 5:18; Heb.
12:5-7; James 1:2-5, 12; 1 Pet. 1:6-7). The enemy has the legal right to test our faith (James 1:3; 1
Pet. 1:7; 5:9; Rom. 5:3-5; see also Exodus 34:7). God not only provides, but also stretches our faith at the same
time. That often means the provision seems delayed to most of us or at least
never showed up when we were at the limit of our faith. However, it seems
that God disagrees about where our limit is and so each situation takes us
beyond our previous measure. In the gap between promise and provision we need
to learn that we have choices to make. Either we can rest in God's language
of promise ("My God shall supply all your need in Christ Jesus"
(Philippians 4:19)), or we try to make things happen. It’s important that we
learn about faith and how it grows by stretching. It’s also important that we
discover that faith must be undergirded by peace. In Paul's letter to the
Hebrews, chapter 4, Paul unites faith and rest; we who have believed enter
that peace. He wrote about laboring to enter a place of peace and calmness.
Rest has to be worked at constantly or faith will whither. We all must
increase our peace levels to be able to stay in the war, live the life,
access God’s blessings, and move in His supernatural ways. Our faith is in the nature of God. It is not about faith in
faith. So often we have heard people say that they didn't have enough faith.
It is not the size of our faith that is important, but the depth of our
revelation of God's nature. When we know what He is really like, when our
hearts are emboldened by the majesty of His faithfulness and grace, then we
know that commitment to His word and His people cannot be broken. His word
will not return to Him empty. Faith is driven by what we have seen, heard and experienced of
the true nature of the Father. Our faith always pushes out beyond our
experience; it never stays at the same place. Our experiences with God upgrade our faith for the next
opportunity. There is always a dimension where
faith is beyond our experience. Accessing
Our Inheritance By Faith Please review Hebrews 6:11-20. We are called to inherit. It is
what we demonstrate to the earth. We are people of promise. We have hope, an
inheritance and a language in which we communicate our confidence in God the
Father. That language we learn from heaven. The Holy Spirit communicates the
heart of the Father in such a powerful way that we are radically changed by
the conversation and the content. To inherit we need two priceless things which we receive from
God in the process of our circumstances. These are faith and patience. This
is a wonderful contrast that is only learned through process. Process is a
series of steps designed to achieve a particular goal or learning objective. Faith speaks about immediacy and patience refers to eventuality.
Most of us want the magic Midas touch of instantaneous receiving from the
Lord. Faith is a gift to be received but also a disciplined confidence that
must be learned. Most of us go through life always requiring a gift of faith.
God gives those as He wills. He wants us to learn how to grow faith, increase
in it and walk by it. For this to occur we must attach patience to our faith
so that we walk on the path that God has provided. Circumstances are often so
intense that they seem to last for ages. Primarily this is because we face
them in our emotion rather than our will. The will is the vehicle for faith
to attain the will of God. The promise is secure. God does not lie.
The issue is always process. The path of God (process) is always about increasing our
confidence, enlarging expectation, learning to stand in peace, being
stretched in faith and being schooled in how to see God and hold onto Him.
His Word is the anchor point for process to be attained. What is the gap between the promise and the provision for you in
your current situation? What is the process that is designed to fit that
space? What is the pathway that God has chosen for you to develop greater
confidence as well as receive the provision? Meditate on these things and activate your will towards the Lord. Learn what your current process is all about
and how you can co‑operate with God’s Spirit. This is walking by faith. Faith is confident expectation; patience is calmness and
composure. The two combined produce a fortitude and consistency. There is a
serene persistence that allows us to keep God in our sights and rejoice in
Him. Serene persistence is repulsion to doubt, fear and unbelief. God is unchanging and trustworthy, so is His Word. When
promising Abraham a son, God the Father took an oath in His own name. The
oath and God's name are the same. God's name and His nature are equally the
same. Because of Who He is, our confident expectation (hope) is anchored in
His personality. His promises emanate from behind the curtain i.e. the division
that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. This is the place
Jesus occupies as our High Priest. He is in God's Presence continuously
interceding for us to be all that the Father intends. The promise may be fulfilled immediately because God the
Father may be showing you how to handle a gift of faith. The promise will
always be fulfilled eventually through the process of faith. God uses the interval between the promise and the provision to
form wisdom, knowledge, spiritual maturity, patience—and above all—Godly
character in us. What God forms in us during the waiting period is usually
more precious than what we waited for. Give yourself to the Father of lights, from whom every good and
perfect gift is given (James 1:17). He is the Unchanging One. We see Him best
when we are single minded (focus) about His goodness. Double‑minded
people are always disappointed and eventually disinherit themselves. Process is the key to walking by faith. Actively combining your faith with patience gives a guarantee of inheritance. Serene persistence ... there is nothing more precious in a faith lifestyle. The Crucial Difference
Between Faith and Hope It is vital to understand that the
biblical concepts of faith and hope are entirely distinct. Faith is
belief; a sure persuasion, agreement, trust, or conviction of the truth of
God's Word; faith in God’s faithfulness. And hope is confident expectation of
good in the future. Faith
is not believing that God can; it’s knowing in your heart here and now that God will. And out of that knowing, hope
is the confident expectation of the benefit manifesting in the future. Most of us Christians who seek healing seek it only in hope, but
not also in faith, so we do not access it. In other words, we may want to
receive, but we haven't made our requests relying on the basis and
qualifications for healing that are provided in God's Word. We have to be
brutally frank about this. Most of us are seeking healing on the basis of
hope, but we have omitted the prerequisite of faith. We may not even know the
difference between the two. Yet, again, what God has promised of faith, He
has not made available to hope apart from faith. How can we more fully understand the crucial differences between
faith and hope? 1 Thessalonians 5:8 talks about "putting on the breastplate of faith and love [indicating the
region of the heart], and as a helmet the
hope of salvation [indicating the region of the mind]." Faith is now
and not in the future. Hope, on the other hand, is for the future—it is being
confident that something will happen in the future. As Paul wrote, "Hope that is seen is not hope; for
why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not
see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance" (Romans 8:24‑25). Both faith and hope are valid and necessary in Christian
experience. Paul instructed, "Now abide
faith, hope, love" (1 Corinthians 13:13). Then, he concluded, "The greatest of these is love" (verse
13). But notice that faith and hope are quite distinct. Faith is the substance, here and now in your heart, of things
that you are hoping for in the future. It is a sure persuasion and
unalterable conviction concerning the reality of things not seen, and those
unseen things are what God says in His Word. Jesus said,
Have faith in God. For
assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be removed and
be cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes
that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe
that you receive them, and you will have them (Mark 11:22‑24;
see also 1 John 5:14–15). “You’ve gotta know you
got it before you can get it. And when you got it you got it!” —Dr. Sandra Kennedy Having faith in what God has said in His Word is the only kind of response that gives His
Kingdom (government) the legality to manifest in the cursed earth realm (1 Peter
1:5; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:7,11; Hebrews 11). Only faith is the conduit that gives the Kingdom of Love
the legality to manifest in the cursed earth realm; in you. And there is no other basis, no other source, no other means by
which you can receive faith than by His Word. Romans 10:17 teaches, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." As you hear, as you listen with
complete attention, as you focus your whole mind, as you open your whole
being to the Word of God, then faith comes. “For it [God’s Word] is full of living power…” (Hebrews 4:12).
“It always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and
it will prosper everywhere I send it!”
(God recorded at Isaiah 55:11.) That is more good news. Faith comes! Greater Understanding of Appropriating the Benefits of
God’s Promises Again, what God has done
on the cross is for all human beings alike, and on the same basis.
Appropriating—taking possession of—the benefits God promises is a subject of
the Bible that has been much misunderstood. We strongly encourage the reader
to lay aside prejudice and preconceived ideas, and for the sake of truth, to
investigate earnestly and honestly the records gathered
from examination of Scripture here. After
Unbelief, the Eight Most Common Barriers Often, issues continued within the hearts and lives of God's people get us out from under the covering (reference this diagram) and act as barriers to healing. Following are eight common examples of such barriers: · To meet God's conditions, our motives and attitudes must be right (see James 4:3). We would all do well to examine our motives very carefully, including those concerning healing. Are we seeking to fulfill His purpose for our lives? (Philippians 3:10, John 17:3; Jeremiah 9:24; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Ecclesiastes 12:13) Do we truly love God, and one another? (John 14:21; 2 John 1:6; 1 Corinthians 13:2; Ephesians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:5) · Ignorance of God's Word (see Isaiah 5:13; Hosea 4:6) · Unconfessed sin (see Proverbs 28:13; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9) · Resentment or unforgiveness toward others or self (see Matthew 6:12-15; 18:21-35; Mark 11:26; Luke 6:37; Romans 12:14, 19; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; 1 Peter 3:9) · Occult involvement (see Exodus 23:24‑26; Gal. 5:20, 21) · Unscriptural covenants, i.e., Freemasonry (see Exodus 23:31‑33) · The effects of a curse (see Deuteronomy 28:15‑68; Proverbs 26:2; 1 Cor. 11:27-32) · Lack of true repentance (see Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15; 6:12; Luke 13:1-5; 24:47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30; 26:20; 2 Corinthians 7:8; Revelation 2:5,16; 3:3,19) Deuteronomy 28:2 says to those who meet God’s conditions:
“And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you.” Don’t you
love that word overtake? We don’t run after the blessings; they run after us.
We can go to bed at night and ponder on what blessing will have caught up
with us by the time we wake up in the morning! In the same way, Matthew 6:33 tells us, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” We don’t seek the
“things”; we seek the “kingdom.” Then God adds
all the “things” that we need. We are called to inherit. It is
what we are to demonstrate to the people of the earth. We are people of
promise. There are
750 promises in the New Testament alone. Accessing God’s promises of healing
and health seems to be a blind spot even in the Christian church today (Jer 6:13,14; Lm. 2:14). Most of us need help with learning the
lessons taught in the Bible and accessing our healing and health. A Practical Pathway to Healing and Health If you’re struggling
with emotional, mental, or health issue(s), know that God loves you outrageously—one
hundred percent, regardless of anything. God’s
love is unconditional. The benefits
of God’s promises, however, are conditional. Be strongly
encouraged to earnestly pray asking God for help. God really wants to help each
of us in every life-problem. Rest assured that if
you are earnest in your asking, you will experience the power of God’s love
moving mightily and positively on your behalf. Ask God for healing of your spirit,
soul, and body. Ask God for authentic ministerial help. Participate with the Plan of God, and a specific plan that
has proven effective for literally millions of earnest people around the
world: Where to Get Practical Help After completing this study
& guide, be strongly encouraged to consider picking up the pace of
your healing, health, and wellness at Be In Health Ministries. We earnestly encourage all interested in
healing, health, wellness, and/or learning how to participate properly with
God, to consider the teaching and ministry of For My Life – a cutting edge, world-class 40-point
curriculum that attacks all disease in one week. It
is bearing much good fruit. A ground-breaking book has come out of this
ministry entitled A
More Excellent Way In
various places the Bible compares the life of a believer to the construction
of a building. Naturally, the first and most important feature of any
permanent structure is its foundation.
The foundation necessarily sets a limit to the weight and height of the
building to be erected upon it. Practical Help with “Walking Out” the Ministry Experience We sincerely hope
that you lay a solid foundation with the completion of this study
& guide. After doing so, be strongly
encouraged to consider three specific audio teachings from Gary Keesee Ministries. It is also
bearing much good fruit. In each teaching, Pastor Gary Keesee, not only deepens your understanding of this study & guide, but Gary also makes “walking it out”—walking in victory—extremely practical. Deepening your understanding and the ongoing practical application of God’s principles can indeed revolutionize your life and open your eyes to the revelation of what it means to successfully live in God's Kingdom. Enjoy the excitement in each lesson and discover, step by step, God's way of living life free from health concerns. Gary uses scripture, relevant stories, humor, and personal experiences to illustrate the practical principles that are sustaining a health revolution internationally. Be strongly encouraged to consider these three of Pastor Gary’s
remarkable audio teachings entitled: 2. What You Must
Know About Trials and Temptations 3. Live Whole!
God’s Healthcare Plan. Be strongly encouraged to listen to CD numbers 2,
4, and 6. 2. Satan, demons, and devils who cause
the emotional, mental, and health issues can also remove them under certain
circumstances. Satan,
demons, and devils will hold us in defeat and illness as long as possible (Acts 16:16; Ez 13:6,7). They can also
use clergy (Jer 6:13,14; Lm. 2:14). God alone can deliver from their power
unless of their own accord they relinquish their hold on people. Jesus taught
us in Matt. 12:43-45 that demons can leave a person and then come back again
if they desire. The fact that they go
out when rebuked by those who have power over them proves that they can loose
any person they bind (Matt. 12:22-32; Luke 10:18-20; Acts 19:11-17.) It stands to reason that if they can put
diseases upon us, they can also take them off when it is to their advantage. When
will it be to their advantage? When they can deceive us with false doctrines
and, get us to accept false religions that deny the essentials of the gospel
of salvation that will save our eternal souls. Y’shua Messiah (Jesus the Christ) and
others predict that in latter days these demon powers will be increasingly
active and will "show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very ‘elect’" (followers of Jesus)
(Matt. 24:24; 2 Thess. 2:8-12; 1 Tim. 4:1-8; 1 John 4:1-6; Rev. 9:20; 13:1-18; 16:13-16;
19:20). A
number of false religions today are getting people healed and are bringing
people certain other benefits, but their deceived followers never get to know
the true source of these manifestations. Just because people get some benefits,
we are convinced that the source must be of God, but this is not true, as can
be seen in the above Scriptures.
Y’shua (Jesus) said that in the judgment, “Many will say unto me . . .
Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name cast out devils?
and in your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you, depart from
me, you who work iniquity” (Matt.
7:21-23). These religions, without exception, contradict the blood of the Messiah (Christ), the new birth, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and all the essentials of the gospel that will save our souls in eternity. The
devil backs up such preaching by taking off some health issues, and in other
ways he helps people who follow these religions, and they are convinced that
they have at last found the true religion. However, they do away with
Christianity and the Bible and will be condemned in the end because of
rejecting Jesus and the cross (Acts 4:12). Whether the remedy works or not is not the criteria (Is. 30:1-3; 5:20-21; Prv. 14:12; 16:2; Mt. 24:24; 2 Cor. 11:14,15; Eph. 4:14; Col. 2:8). We cannot separate the practice from the spirituality: A Christian practitioner of a cursed world modality does not change the modality to a Christian one, as seen in the above Scriptures. “And no wonder! For Satan himself
transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it
is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers
of righteousness…” (2 Corinthians 11:14-15) What
Jesus the Christ did on the cross is completely complete: “Jesus personally carried our
sins in His body on the cross so we can be dead to sins and live unto
righteousness—by
His wounds we were healed.” Pharmaceuticals and Natural Remedies,
for Example
As
you may know, the author of Galatians 5:19-21 lists seventeen “works of the
flesh” and concludes with this solemn warning: “Those
who [repeatedly] do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” The sixth ‘work of the flesh’ listed is sorcery;
witchcraft (original Greek word: pharmakeia) or pharmaceuticals
or remedies. “Those who [repeatedly] do
such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” And the author of Galatians 5:19-21 was not yet
addressing pharmaceutical chemicals;
pharmaceutical chemicals did not exist until the mid 1900’s. The author of Galatians was also addressing all-natural
remedies. The cult—the unseen trap—of remedies is sorcery. “Those who [repeatedly] do such things will not inherit
the kingdom of God.” (Galatians
5:21). What
does the Bible say about herbal or nutritional remedies? What does the Bible say about exercise? What are some additional examples of counterfeit modalities? What about the man born blind? How to access
God's provision of healing, health, and wellness - a simple, practical,
comprehensive study & guide
What Divine
Healing and Health is Not It is not healing and health by natural remedies, imagination, will power, personal magnetism, metaphysics, spiritualism, immunity from death, presumption, insubordination to God's will, mind over matter, denial of the plain facts of sin, health issues, and disease, or natural healing by inherent laws and creative powers in humankind's body (i.e. our God-given immune systems, endocrine systems, lymph systems, limbic systems, etc.) The plan of God is to end evil and
suffering forever (Exodus 34:6-7; Matthew 13:37-43; I Corinthians
15:24-28; Galatians 6:7-8; 1 Timothy 1:5; Revelation 21-22). The ultimate
purpose of God in all His present dealings with man is to bring him back to
the place where he was before the fall (beloved fellowship) and purge him of
all possibility of failing in the future. “The object and purpose of our
instruction and charge is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, and a clear
conscience, and genuine trust (faith).”
—1 Timothy 1:5 Thank you Derek
Prince Ministries and his book God’s
Word Heals Thank you Graham
Cooke and his book The
Language of Promise Thank you Finis Jennings Dake, Dake
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