Healing # 1

Healing # 1

1. Healing Was Part of Jesus' Ministry:

Matthew 4:23, 24 Jesus went... healing all manner of sickness and disease.
Matthew 9:35 Healing every sickness and disease among the people.
Matthew 12:15 Great multitudes followed Him and He healed them all.
See also Matthew 15:30; 21:14; Acts 10:38.

2. Healing Promises Are Still Valid Today:

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever.
Malachai 3:6 I am the Lord, I change not.
Mark 16:17-18 These signs shall follow them that believe: Lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
John 14:12-14 He that believeth on Me, the works I do shall he do.
1 Corinthians 12:7-9 To another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.
James 5:14, 15 is any sick among you? Call elders ...let them pray.

3. It is God's Will To Heal:

a. Scriptural authority for asking for healing:
Exodus 15:26 I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Deuteronomy 7:15 The Lord will take away from thee all sickness.
Psalms 84:11 No good thing will He withhold from them.
Psalms 103:3 (He) forgiveth all iniquities, healeth all thy diseases.
Psalms 107:3 He sent His word, and healed them.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I "will" restore health unto thee, and "will" heal.
Malachai 4:2 Sun of righteousness arise with "healing" in His wings.
Matthew 10:1 He gave them power...to heal all manner of sickness and...disease.
Mark 1:40, 41 Lord, if Thou wilt...Jesus saith, I "will" be thou clean.
Acts 9:34 Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
James 5:15 Prayer of faith save sick...and the Lord shall raise him up.
See also Ezekiel 34:16; 3 John 2.

b. God prefers not to afflict you; He'd rather heal:
Lamentations 3:33 H doth not afflict "willingly"...the children of men.
Psalms 22:24 He hath not despised...affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid His face from him.
Hebrews 12:13 Let it rather be healed.

c. Jesus' physical suffering paid for our healing:
Isaiah 53:5 He was wounded...with His stripes we are healed.
Matthew 8:16, 17 Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.
1 Corinthians 11:23, 24 This is My body, which is broken for you
1 Corinthians 11:29 Not discerning Lord's body...many were weak and sickly.
1 Peter 2:24 By Whose stripes ye were healed.

4. Nothing Is Too Serious For God To Heal:

Jeremiah 32:27 I am the Lord...is there anything too hard for Me?
Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord God! There is "nothing" too hard for Thee.
Psalms 34:19 The Lord delivereth him out of them "all" (afflictions).
Psalm 103:3 Who healeth "all" thy diseases.
Matthew 10:1 Power to...heal "all" manner of sickness, and "all" diseases.
Matthew 19:26 With God all things are possible.
Mark 9:23 All things are possible to him that believeth.
Luke 1:37 With God, nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 5:1 The power of the Lord was present to heal them.

5. Conditions For Healing:

2 Kings 20:5 I have...seen thy tears, behold, I will heal thee.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people humble themselves, and pray and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear and heal.
Isaiah 19:22 They shall return to the Lord...and He shall heal them.
Isaiah 58:6-8 [Help others] Then thine health...spring forth speedily.
Hosea 6:1 Come, let us "return"...and He will heal us.
James 5:16 "Confess" your faults...and pray one for another, they ye may be healed.

6. Practical Steps In Obtaining Healing:

A. Begin with a clean heart; unconfessed sin in your life will hinder faith:
Psalms 66:18, 19 If I regard iniquity in my heart, Lord will not hear.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another.
1 John 3:21 "If" our heart condemn us "not", then have we (faith).
See also 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalms 51:10; 139:23; 1 John 1:8,9.

B. Prepare by memorizing promises; find authority in God's Word and faith will come of itself:
Romans 10:17 Faith cometh by hearing the Word of God.
Proverbs 23:14 Not one thing hath failed of all that...God spake.
1Kings 8:56 Hath not failed one word of all His good promise.
Proverbs 7:2-3 Write (My commandments) upon table of thine heart.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but (not) My Words.
2 Corinthians 1:20 All the promises of God in Him are yea and...Amen.
2 Peter 1:4 Great and precious promises: by these ye might partake.

C. Be definite:

Isaiah 45:11 Concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.
James 1:6-8 Ask in faith, nothing wavering.

D. "Expect" from God; know you are entitled to His promises:
Mark 11:23 Whoever...shall believe...shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark 11:24 "When" ye pray, "believe" that ye receive and ye shall have.
Hebrews 4:16 Come boldly...and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 11:6 He that cometh to God must believe...He is a rewarder.

E. Accept from God; there comes a time to cease praying:
Proverbs 7:10 Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Luke 1:38 Mary said, "Be it unto me according to thy Word"

F. Stand your ground in faith and trust:
Numbers 23:19 God is not man, that He should lie. Hath he said, and shall He not do it?
Psalms 112:7 Not be afraid of evil tidings...trusting in the Lord.
Acts 27:25 I believe God, that it shall be even as was told me.
Romans 4:19-21 Being "fully" persuaded that what He had promised.
Galatians 6:9 In due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to the devil [his doubts and lies.
Ephesians 6:13 Withstand...and having done all, "stand".
Ephesians 6:16 Taking the shield of faith...to quench fiery darts.
Hebrews 10:23 Hold fast...(your) faith without wavering; He is faithful that promised.
Hebrews 10:35, 36 Ye have need of "patience", that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
1 Peter 1:7 The trial of your faith...more precious than gold. 
See also Proverbs 24:10; Jonah 2:8.

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