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I want to thank you for coming tonight.
I think it goes without saying that our Wednesday night prayer meeting is becoming the most impactful service at MCF.
And when I say that, I’m not saying that Sunday morning isn’t’ impactful or important.
I think anytime we gather together as believers it’s an important and impactful time.
However, I do believe when believers come together for the sole purpose of praying and seeking a deeper and more intimate and empowered walk with God, there is something more impactful that takes place.
In addition to that, I believe the Wednesday night prayer meeting is paving the way for what is going to happen on Sunday mornings.
Because I can tell you this, if we want to reach more people for Jesus, and we want to continue to see lives changed and people baptized on Sunday, then it starts right here.
It starts as we commit to pray, seek God, and ask him to empower us for greater works of ministry.
So, again, I thank you for taking the time to come tonight.
Your presence here is evidence of your desire to see God do greater works within our church and in our community.
That being said, tonight we are going to focus on something that isn’t talked about much in the church today.
Partly because there are varying degrees of thought and disagreement on this subject matter.
And in many ways it is a subject matter that is complex, extensive, and difficult to explain.
A subject matter that leaves a lot of Christians confused.
Tonight I want to talk about Divine Healing.
So, maybe a great place to start would be for me to define what I mean by Divine Healing.
And to do that, I’m actually going to quote from our doctrine.
If you’re not familiar with the doctrine of the Assemblies of God, we have 16 fundamental doctrines that we adhere to.
All are biblically based, and Divine Healing is listed as number 12, and it is stated as follows:
Divine Healing: Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel.
Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
In other words, what the doctrine is stating is we believe through the power of Jesus, God still heals people.
Now, you might be wondering, “Ok pastor, I’m glad our church believes that, but don’t all Christians believe that?”
And the answer to that is no.
There are some protestant denominations and churches that teach when the last of the original 12 disciples died, that the gifts of the Spirit, including the gift of healing, died with them.
In addition to that, the Catholic church believes in healing, but typically only for people who are Catholic.
In other words, if you’re not Catholic, then you probably won’t get healed.
In addition to that, healings are only counted as healings or miracles if the Catholic church investigates it and declares it an actual miracle.
And so while the Catholic church teaches that God can heal, its limited and the church must verify it for it to be a legitimate healing.
All that to say, we believe that healing hasn’t ended, that it’s for everybody who would put their faith in Jesus, and it doesn’t require the churches stamp of approval.
Now, you might be thinking, “Ok pastor, that all sounds great, but what is that based on?”
It’s based on the Bible.
Listen to what the Apostle James encourages us to do when it comes to sickness.
James
James says if there is anybody sick among you, to pray over them, and to anoint them with oil in the name of Jesus, so that the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise them up.
Now, James goes on to give some insight into how the healing takes place, and we’re going to get to that in a moment, but the point here is that according to James, God is still in the healing business.
So, if we wanted to stop there we could.
What James gives us is proof enough.
What about people who don’t have it all together?
Jesus healed people who didn’t have it all together.
For example in Jesus healed a demon possessed man.
I’m going to say that guy wasn’t a believer prior to Jesus healing him.
And then if that deosn’t convince you, right after that Jesus healed Peter’s Mother-in-law.
That ought to tell us a lot, right?
And the list goes on of people who Jesus healed, some of which didn’t even know who Jesus was.
All that to say, God heals who HE wants regardless of their spiritual background.
That begin the case, we believe in Divine Healing.
However, when it comes to Divine Healing, the challenge for a lot of people comes when God doesn’t heal.
Because the truth is, sometimes, regardless of how much faith we have, how hard we pray, how sincere we are, or how often we pray for healing, healing doesn’t come.
And that’s where a lot of people struggle and at times question God.
Because if God is in the healing business, and God doesn’t want us to suffer, then why doesn’t everybody who prays get healed?
And that’s the million dollar question, and that’s where divine healing becomes a complicated subject matter, because to be honest, there is no simple answer to that question.
That being the case, there is no way in a 20 minute period tonight that we could adequately tackle this massive subject matter.
And this is where divine healing becomes a complicated subject matter, because to be honest, there is no simple answer to that.
That being the case, there is no way in a 20 minute period tonight that we could adequately tackle this massive subject matter.
However, what we can do is address some of the most popular questions that people tend to have when it comes to divine healing.
And even in doing that, some of you are still going to leave with some questions.
But hopefully after tonight, you’ll have a greater grasp on healing.
So, here’s what we are going to do tonight.
First, I’m going to share a few thoughts on healing that I hope will give you a deeper insight how Divine healing works
Second, after spending some time looking at what the Bible says, we are going to do what James tells us to do, and we’re going to spend some time praying for healing.
So, to begin with, I’d like to establish three principles on sickness and healing that we all need to understand.
And when I say “sickness”, I’m not just talking about physical sickness.
Because the truth is, sickness comes in all forms.
There’s physical sickness, like cancer and stuff like that.
There’s emotional sickness, like thoughts of depression and suicide.
There’s spiritual sickness, like when your struggling with unforgiveness, anger, or something like that.
There’s relational sickness, where friendships or marriages have gotten unhealthy.
So when we think of sickness we need to think of it in a broader sense because sickness comes in many forms.
With that established, here’s three principle we need to understand when it comes to sickness and healing:
Principle #1 - All sickness is ultimately a result of sin.
What I mean by that is, if there was no sin the world, there would be no sickness.
Because when sin entered the world, it brought death.
It brought decay.
It brought destruction.
Sin is the cancer that is trying to destroy God’s creation.
At the end of the day, regardless of whether its physical, emotional, spiritual, or relational, our sickness is the result of the affects of sin.
For example, the relationship between Cain and Able broke down and became unhealthy, and as result, Cain killed Able.
Why?
Because of sin.
Your body is in a state of decay from the time you are born until you die.
Why?
Because of sin.
Sin brings decay into the world.
Everybody with me?
The reason there is sickness is because of sin.
Principle #2 - Jesus is the answer to the sin problem.
The prophet Isaiah puts it like this:
What Isaiah is saying is, Jesus died so that we could be healed of the sin problem.
And just to be clear, when Isaiah says, “By his woulds we are healed”, he’s not referring to physical healing.
He’s referring to the spiritual healing that comes through faith in Jesus.
Because in that moment of faith, the greatest miracle of healing took place as your sins were washed away and spiritually speaking, you were reborn.
In that moment, through the blood of Jesus, God healed you spiritually.
What that means then is, if you’re a Christian, then the most important healing you need has already taken place.
Because of what Jesus did for you, you no longer have to fear death.
Because when you die, yo won’t die, instead you will be with Him.
The question then is, “If we are spiritually healed, why do we still get sick?
Why do we still die?”
One more principle, and to be honest, this is a principle that could sound crass, but it’s true.
Principle #3 - Even if God heals you physically now, you’re still going to die later.
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