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What Is Divine Healing?
There is nothing Christian in the theory of the book, for it denies the divinity of Christ. Therefore it would be worth while to die of the most shameful disease, if I trusted in the merits of Jesus Christ, instead of being cured by Satan's help.
History of Healing
He lifted the poor out of misery, he was used by God to bring bishops and potentates to the feet of the living Lord for healing." Arriving at their destination, the testimony of the man and his son raised a tide that grew to great proportions. It is customary for those who pray for the sick to anoint them with oil in the Name of the Lord.
This custom was handed down from the apostle James: “If anyone among you is sick, let him call the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the people. He is sick and the Lord will raise him up. If he sees even a particle of himself or love for the world, his heart is not touched, as in the case of one who will not live unless he can glorify God by doing so. I knew it. of a fine minister of the gospel, mentally well balanced and very devout, but who I thought was a bit extreme in the matter of divine healing.
To catch his breath again, he went out of sight of the world again, once, twice and the work was done. He was anointed with oil in the Name of the Lord by that ebony hand and healed by an Almighty and is well today. God reads the heart from the tongue because "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."
In connection with the rebellion of Korah and Abiram, Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of God." Because of the murmuring, the pestilence was sent among them, and fourteen thousand seven hundred died of the pestilence. The transgression of the tongue is followed by sickness, and yet many of God's children seem little to understand the tremendous sin of "speaking against." It is a common sin.
A Close View of the Tongue
34: If anyone among you thinks that he is religious and does not keep his tongue in check, this man's religion is in vain." Then the Lord will make your plagues wonderful and the plagues of your descendants, great plagues and long-lasting. " . I am the greatest Friend you ever had, but everything else must go if I take your case."
It's strange, actually, but we'd rather hold on to the privilege of having a good time, but continue to be so sick that we can't enjoy a good time, than to give up our good times and be healed." Let him call elders of the church and let them pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." (Jacob) It is very interesting that this instruction should be followed by the words: "Confess your faults to one another and pray for each other that you may be healed. Finally, when Christmas Eve came, probably three months after she visited us, she she respectfully said, "Lord, I will take my healing from you as my Christmas present." Around one in the morning she was awakened by the worst pain she had ever experienced.
The best we can hope for is that God will be glorified to the fullest extent of his ability, qualified as an atmosphere by human peculiarities." Davis died a victim of the enmity of one who exercises the power of death; Mary Reed, healed more than twenty years, he still lives to glorify him who overcame this power, (Heb. 2:14) for the deliverance of his own. Get the highest motive for asking, which is his glory and joy, and wait for the Lord's salvation."
He has forgotten the promise, "Blessed is he who considers the poor, the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble." Below that are the words, 'ready for service or sacrifice'. "When you're really in this position and you're trusting God for healing, then it's your privilege to rest in Him.
More Perplexing Problems
He teaches that not only does the man who asks for the will of God receive what he asks for, but that every child of God who prays receives something in lieu of prayer. Quite apart from the question of receiving what we ask for, there are general blessings in prayer that God gives to all who enter the place of prayer. Charles Blanchard, president of Wheaton College, describes his experience this way in his wonderful book “Getting Things from God.” He says that once when he wanted to pray for a sick person, God said to him, “Have you confessed your faults? ?' I had to say 'No,' and he said to me, 'Will you confess your faults?' and I said, 'I will.' So I did, and in answer to my prayer healing came to my home, healing without surgery, healing without medicine, healing by the act of God.
In many cases it is the sick person who is sinned against, and the sinner is the one who is not sick." But if the elderly cannot be provided for, or if they do not have faith in healing, it is appropriate to send for someone who knows God and can pray the prayer of faith in time of trouble and provide an answer. 34; These signs shall follow those who believe," means that anyone who has faith in healing can pray for others.
It was the old colored "Hazja Jacobson" whose prayers brought such a change in the life of the great Francis E. Many Christians seem to be afraid to help someone who is near death, especially if there are unsaved relatives. Get rid of this fear, work heroically, and do all you can, as you would have others do for you if you were in the same condition.
How to Keep Healed
It was then that you learned to have sweet fellowship with Him, for you knew that if He did not see fit to heal, you would die. Spend as much time in prayer now as you did then, not for yourself, but for others. Grow in grace as fast now as then and let that speed of spiritual development never cease if you would remain healed.
If he cannot make you sin, he will bring back the old disease symptoms. If he says, "Aha, how are you now?" tell him you have nothing to say, that he will have to talk to your Heavenly Physician about it. 34; Therefore do not cast away your trust in him who has a great reward, for he is faithful who has promised."
A Wife's Faith
As he sought healing, a revelation of Satan's power in sickness was given to the writer. Believing that sickness was the result of sin and the work of the adversary, in a general way, yet his actual power over the body had not been recognized. My heart cried "Lord save or I perish." In that hour he was revealed to me as the one who had canceled all the power of Satan in my body because of sickness.
This revelation of the personal devil and of Jesus as the Savior of the body was a mighty stimulus to faith, and a few days later I received an instant healing in answer to prayer with the anointing. Since this experience I have met and resisted sickness as a personal enemy, taking deliverance through Him who was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil. 34; When I was conscious I saw my dear Edna standing by the window crying and wife with her head buried in the bed beside me, I lifted up a prayer to be spared and I was immediately touched by God in response to the prayers of the saints beans and my loved ones and I were on our way home in about five or six days.
I would not have the disease of which I speak removed from my life for anything, for I know what suffering is, and I know as never before the great things that await us." They entered the office and were quickly interviewed by the head doctor, who said the problem was cancer on the cheek rose and needed to be moved immediately. He decided he was going to do it, and immediately replied to the nurse, "This cancer is going to scratch the bone, and I'm not going to let you do that." .
Remarkable Healings
When I arrived, I told him how God had touched my body and prayed for it. 34;Two years later God removed a tumor as beautifully as a surgeon could have, without any pain, delay or hospital expenses.
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