In times of pain and suffering, both physical and emotional, we often look for sources of comfort and healing. All things are possible to him who believes."But he was pierced for our transgressions he was crushed for our iniquities upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 Introduction: The Ultimate Healer He is your Healer, your Deliverer, your Provider-your whole Healer of spirit, soul, and body. He has delivered you from sin and all its destruction of pain and sickness. He loved you unconditionally with every drop of His blood. Jesus loved you without question all the way to the cross. He tells you, too, that all things are possible to him who believes. “All things are possible to him who believes,” Jesus told the father of a tormented boy and healed him (Mark 9:23). The Good News is yours in all its fullness and resurrection power. Today the Scripture is fulfilled (Luke 4:21, 1 Peter 2:24), and you have heard it. “Your faith has made you well,” Jesus told the blind man, “and immediately he received his sight” (Mark 10:52). “Daughter, your faith has made you well,” Jesus told the woman who touched the hem of His garment (Mark 5:4). The Word and faith work together to build confident hope. Healing begins by hearing the Word and allowing it to convince you of the depth, height, width, and length of God’s love for you (Ephesians 3:18). You accept it without having to understand everything about it.ĭo you want to receive the wholeness the Gospel has for you? Respond in the same way you asked Jesus into your heart-by faith. You receive healing in the same way that you responded to the Gospel when you were born again. Accepting Christ into your heart, you received the Gospel with child-like faith. You heard that God forgave your sins and loved you. You hadn’t read the whole Bible before you prayed to receive Christ. When you received salvation, you didn’t understand everything about it. Forgiven, healed, delivered, and lacking nothing-you are made new and whole in the love of God (2 Corinthians 5:17). When you hear the pure, unmodified Gospel of God’s grace, you know it. These are all part of the goodness of God. When the Gospel is preached, salvation in all its fullness is received.įorgiveness, healing, and deliverance are signs that follow the Word of God being spoken (Mark 16:17-18). Whenever Jesus preached the Word, miracles of healing and deliverance followed. The word here for salvation is the Greek word “soteria.” Its meaning includes salvation, health, and deliverance. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). Evil dies in its truth, and your needs are met in its power. It breaks through the bondage of sin, sickness, fear, torment, oppression, and shame. It encourages you and sets you free from the lies of the enemy. It draws you into the goodness of the love of God. When you hear the Gospel, it draws you into a relationship with Jesus. The Gospel is all-powerful, and it stirs faith in those who hear it (Romans 10:17). Jesus accomplished healing for the whole man. By his wounds you were healed" (1 Peter 2:24, NET). “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. He healed and delivered all who were oppressed (Matthew 8:17, Acts 10:38). “By His stripes, you are healed,” Isaiah prophesied about Jesus (Isaiah 53:5). Jesus never denied anyone healing or asked what they had done or what might have caused their sickness. He healed all who came to Him with great compassion. You can’t separate healing from the Gospel. The Gospel delivers and heals the whole man. It is the power of God to save everyone (Romans 1:16), and that salvation is more than just a passage to heaven.
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