Posted on 05/09/2016 1:09:45 AM PDT by Frank Broom
Your Healing Has Been Provided
Have you heard someone say, "God heals some, but not others", actually that is not the truth. Acts 10:34 says, "God is no respecter of persons." Why do people say that because they are basing it off of their experience. But, a persons experience doesn't change the truthfulness of God's word. The truth is that when God heals he provides healing for everyone and doesn't pick and choose who gets healed. Let's go through the scriptures and see what they say. In Exodus 12 God institutes the Passover where the children of Israel were to take a lamb and kill it and put the blood on the two side door posts and the upper door post where they were to eat the lamb. That was an instruction for the whole congregation and notice as a result of eating of the lamb Psalm 105:37 says, "He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among them." God healed all of them, there was not one person that God did not heal. On another occasion in Numbers 21 when the children of Israel were in the wilderness they were being bitten by serpents and dying, but God came up with an answer to the problem (notice God's wording). God said, "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Notice God said that it was for every one.
Let's look at some more scriptures to further prove the point, Proverbs 4:20-22 says, "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto them that find them, and health to all their flesh." That word health is translated from Hebrew as medicine, remedy, cure. God says that his word is the remedy for all your flesh. And it is for all that find them. Let's look at one more scripture in Acts 10:38 it says, "How God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him." First notice that Jesus healed all and God calls healing doing good.
Now, let me inform you of something that you might not know that a lot of people have a problem accepting, but I'm going to explain. God has already provided all the healing you will ever need. 1Peter 2:24 says, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED." Notice, the scripture says that you were(past tense) healed. Now, I know the first thing someone might say is if I am healed how come I still have this sickness. Because, God is not saying that you are physically healed, but he has already done the healing. You look at Luke 17:12-14 where 10 lepers cried out to Jesus for him to heal them and he said, "Go shew yourselves unto the priests." And the scripture says that as they went they were cleansed. Notice, all Jesus did was send them to show themselves to the priest, because in those days you only showed yourself to the priests after you were cleansed so Jesus was calling them clean. That was all he did, so what Jesus did he did when he said, because that's how Jesus healed by his words. Notice, even though Jesus did something there was no physical change, they still looked and felt the same. So, your flesh is no indication of if God has done something. Your flesh is only an indication of when you have received what God has done. Notice, in verse 15 it says that when one of them saw that he was cleansed he turned back to praise God. Notice, by faith he believed something was done when Jesus said, go....., but by his senses he saw when he had received.
You see the same principles in Mark chapter 3 where Jesus saw a man with a withered hand and said unto him, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the other. Notice, again Jesus said, "stretch forth thine hand" he was calling the man healed because he couldn't stretch forth his hand so for him to comply with Jesus words he would have to be healed. Notice, again Jesus words was Jesus doing the healing. Again, notice even though Jesus did something there was no physical change because the scripture says, he stretched it out and it was restored whole as the other. Otherwise, it would have said and his hand was restored whole as the other and he stretched it out. So, the implication is that when Jesus told him to stretch forth his hand, he knowing that he couldn't stretch forth his hand put forth an effort to do it and his hand was then made whole. Now, in both of those instances what if they would have waited to see or feel something they would have never received.
Now, here is a point you have to understand in looking at the instances above, God has already released your healing. It is not a matter of God needing to heal you. God sees healing as an accomplished act and he tells you. In 1Peter 2:24 it says, "By whose stripes ye were healed." That is not a promise of something in the future, that is stating an accomplished act. Now, I know the first thing that may come to a person is if God has done the healing why do I still have this condition. Let me give you an example: Let's say a person is hungry so he goes to a restaurant. The waitress comes and takes his order and gives it to the chef. He cooks the food and gives it to the waitress and she brings it to him. Notice, once she brings the food or provides him with his order he is considered having been served. Once the provision is made you are considered having been served. Now, the food is right there in front of him, but question, is he still hungry. Just the food being in front of him does not take away his hunger, he has to receive it or eat it. Likewise, the healing God has provided does not take away your sickness until you receive it. Just like that food will not do you any good until you eat it or receive it. Now, nobody goes to a restaurant and places their order and when the waitress brings them their order because they are still hungry because they have not yet received what has been provided they ask for another plate of food. Now you have two plates of food again not having received any of it so because you are still hungry you ask for another plate of food. Now at that rate you can have 10 plates of food in front of you and still be hungry. Nobody would do that and yet that is the same as when a person continues to ask God to heal them.
You can not allow your flesh to tell you when or what God has already done for you. Your flesh body has no clue of what God has done for you. In 1Corinthians 2:14 it says, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Notice it says your flesh can not know the things of God, so you can't count on your flesh to tell you what God has already done for you. The only thing you can count on is the word of God. Your flesh can't tell you what God has done for you only when you have received what God has done for you. Coming up we'll look at this further and look at how you receive the healing God has already done. God Bless!!!
God bless all those here with health problems, but I think God is far more interested in your after life than how long we can live on earth.
We get what we need, not what we want and the healings are nice and all, but heaven is the goal, not earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe_qmo3gX4
Hymn: “It is well with my soul”
We sang this in church today, along with the story of the writer of the song.
The man, Horatio Spafford, was a wealthy man in Chicago. They lost their only son at the age of four. Shortly afterwards, all of his vast real estate holdings were burned up in the Great Chicago fire. So he said to heck with America, and put his family (wife and four daughters) on a ship back to England while he stayed back to wrap up his affairs.
He received a telegram from his wife, something like “Alone, survived”. His four daughters had been lost in the shipwreck.
When he returned to England he penned the words to the song as they passed near the site of the wreck. Amazing attitude and words of faith. I would also like to believe that God would also hear me as I wavered and questioned and yelled at him under such a terrible trial.
“When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well (it is well),
with my soul (with my soul),
It is well, it is well with my soul.”
Prayers for healing for my wife as she is set to undergo her second battle with cancer after 6 years of remission.
She starts this Wednesday.
I have bad news for you: everyone dies eventually.
The good news is that the Lord will be there with us in our suffering.
God doesn’t have a head injury that causes brutal pain 24/7.
If it’s a test, I wish he would have given a written!!
The life after this is all that matters but nerve ending dont know that.
Nerve pain. A bummer. Presumably you have seen a pain specialist and tried anti convulsants etc. Nerve blocks, physical therapy etc.
And now with the FDA pushing against narcotic pain pills, alas, I suspect a lot more suffering will be the result. Oxycontin and fentynyl patches were a godsend for my patients.
I’ll keep you in my prayers.
they say it’s post stroke pain syndrome. had minor thalamic stroke then fell down stairs a year later
sleeps is the worst, insomnia, wake up with internal tremors feeling, bad headaches, etc.
what can you do? dont think they’re on the cusp of fixing the brain for quite a while.
lost hearing in right ear mostely but hearing aid helps.
Have a good one!
Frank,
I have to take great issue with munch of what you wrote here. One of the first things you mentioned you mentioned is that God is not a respect or if persons . What does that mean? Would have been nice for a little exegesis.
Secondly if you are suggesting what I think you mean then why in Romans does Paul say “I will have compassion on whom I have compassion and show mercy on whom I sow mercy” and “shall not the potter have the right to make some pots for honorable and dishonorable use?” Or the whole idea of of God choosing...yes choosing Israel out of all the nations and peoples of the world and saying as He did in Amos that they were the only people that He had known. What did He mean by the word “known”...fore loved...because He surely knew about all the other nations. So in essence your interpretation of His not being a respect or of persons is found wanting. God doesn’t show favorites on anything “inside” of man because we are all sinners and vile but He chooses some and works thru some and yes heals some for His own purposes. As some one already said He is more concerned about our eternal healing than this temporal healing.
Thirdly you make the insulation that if one is not healed it is because they lack faith. That is totally false maybe God is using the lack of healing for His higher purpose. For example a couple in my church lost a child in infancy. That child and the witness of those parents in the NICU at the hospital had a tremendous impact on the staff and brought a person to Christ. Same thing with another couple in our town.
Below is a link to a talk Joni Erickson Tafa gave. The title is called “A Deeper Healing”. In it she relates what I mentioned above that Hod is more interested in the eternal aspects of our lives, the spiritual aspects than the physical. It is 27 min long. If you don’t want to listen to the whole thing start at min 19:30. In it she relates stories of those who tried to pray for her physical healing and what she really asked them to pray for..a change of her heart...and then she relates a story of her trip to Jerusakem and the Pool of Bethesda where she thanked God for NOT healing her and the reasons why. The whole talk is excellent.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NI22o5u32z0
Great essay, so full of Truth.
The question should never be “will God heal me (or my child etc.)?” The question should always be: since Christ has taken away sin, legally none of the ramifications of original sin (like disease) can remain. His Life as recounted in the Gospels proves that. Therefore, how do I ensure that Satan, being a criminal, respects my legal right to be healed?”
From that, we are led directly into realizing that we must fight, and to battle exactly as Jesus modeled for us and His disciples, using the great authority of His Name and Word against our enemies directly and personally.
If God wanted you to have an certain affliction to assist you towards relying upon Him, would you want to be healed?
Wow, that last picture! That’s me. Misty eyed now...
I’m sorry you deal with such terrible pain. God bless you.
Have a good one!
“There’s a horse in here somewhere...” You have a good attitude for all the suffering you live within. And you sure add a lot to this forum and I am glad you are here.
He loves you so.
My friend, we are in purgatory on earth IMO, not Heaven on earth.
I don’t think God presents us with these things, the Earth’s problems are more due to Satan.
Life is wonderful, tough and a blessing all at the same time.
God Bless, wish and pray the best for you....and the rest of us as well. :-)
HarleyD God doesn’t use sickness to teach you something. God said He wants you healthy 3John 2. God is a healer.
God is not a respecter of persons means God loves everyone equally. In Amos 3:2 the word known goes beyond just head knowledge it refers to relationship God had a covenant with them he was closely familiar with them not just having a head knowledge of them. No, if you receive Jesus as your Lord and savior you are not a sinner. You can’t be a sinner and a child of God. The blood of Jesus makes us righteous not sinners. Yes, being born again is the most important thing, but that does not mean healing is not important to God. 3John 2 says, above all God desires you prosper and be in health. And I never said lack of healing meant a lack of faith that is what you got out of it and not what I said. I said God has done his part and now you do yours by receiving what He has provided. And the person you mentioned that was glad God did not heal her, Jesus shed his blood and had his body broken for everyones freedom from sickness and she is happy to stay sick. Jesus suffered and died to free us from the curse as stated in Galatians 3:13,14 for us to be blessed and she wants to stay in the curse instead of the blessing. Jesus came for us to have life and life more abundantly and she wants to stay sick. Acts 10:38 sickness is oppression of the devil and she would rather be oppressed of the devil than free from him. Do you think that is sound thinking. True God can work good out of misfortune, but don’t stay in the misfortune. My Bible tells me the devil kills, steals, and destroys not God. Don’t blame everything on God. Thank You
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