We are getting to the hard parts of this series.
I want to ask us: Do you believe healing is for all?
Let me break it down
I bring 10 people who are sick here and we are to pray for them. Is healing available for all of them? Note that I'm not asking if God can heal them. But if they will be healed.
Soumi: For me yes
Mary: Yes, but I think one has to believe first before getting healed
Have you ever prayed for 2 people with the same exact sickness? Person 1 was healed and person 2 did not receive healing. What did you think went wrong and what was your action after that?
I will answer. I didn't know what was wrong. I went back to prayers
A lot of us believe that God can heal but somehow also believe that He will not heal all. Over time, people have come to the conclusion that God is probably using sickness to teach and grow people
Like God sends actual problems to people.
We believe that's God's will for healing extends only to some. The paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda. He wasn't the only sick person. In fact, that pool was filled with sick people waiting for healing.
But Jesus healed just that one man
Cases where Christ was moved in compassion towards a sick person and he healed them
So we've added these things together and concluded that "He has mercy on whom He will have mercy on". Here is the flawed part of this theology: How will I know I'm part of the people eligible for healing thanks to God's mercy?
So I get to only believe I'm part of those favored for healing by some revelation maybe
Faith begins where the will of God is known. If I do not get a memo from God that I've been recruited in this batch of healing, I am definitely not believing God for healing and I won't pray for it. If I even pray, it will be mere words.
You see this school of thought, I personally do not subscribe. Faith is not "God can", Faith is "God will"
In fact, God already has. So we just wait for physical manifestation. The word testament simply means a person's will. The death of Christ ushered in God's will for mankind.
A will cannot be changed after the person is dead. Clauses cannot be added to a will after death
You've written your will, it can't be changed when you die. The will of God for mankind as regards healing was revealed through Christ and it became finalized at the death of Christ
No addition or subtraction
So this will mean that if any of the generals of faith died of something outside God's will revealed through Christ, we will not on their behalf add a clause to God's will
If let's say Peter (The Rock) was sick and he got to that point where he thought God wants me to be sick till I die
Personally, I have gotten to that place where I will pause and hold on to God's will revealed through Christ instead. Note that this analogy is a stretch but a pointer to the things we allow based on the experiences of others
God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I want to show mercy to. I will show pity to anyone I choose.” So God will choose anyone he decides to show mercy to, and his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do. Romans 9:15-16 ERV
Flash news: God has showed mercy to those He will show mercy. And it is to all of mankind (as many that are receive it)
In the past you were not a special people, but now you are God’s people. Once you had not received mercy, but now God has given you his mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 ERV
So if we believe that we have to be favored for healing. You need to know now that you already have
You are on the special list
We probably have people whose reality do not match all the things I've been typing. I will need you to do me a favor and just put your experience/reality one side first. It is not important in the scheme of things. In fact, look at it too much and it holds you back
It's hard o but please place it aside
I like the Gospels so much. It communicates God's complete will for man.
P.S if you are praying for healing or the gift, familiarize yourself with the Gospels
[23]Jesus went everywhere in the country of Galilee. He taught in the synagogues and told the Good News about God’s kingdom. And he healed all the people’s diseases and sicknesses.
[24]The news about Jesus spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all those who were sick. They were suffering from different kinds of diseases and pain. Some had demons inside them, some suffered from seizures, and some were paralyzed. Jesus healed them all.
[25]Large crowds followed him—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, Judea, and the area across the Jordan River. Matthew 4:23-25
He Healed all the peoples diseases and sickness Verse 23. 24 also confirmed He Healed them all
Everyone that came to Him were healed
[15]Jesus knew what the Pharisees were planning. So he left that place, and many people followed him. He healed all who were sick, Matthew 12:15
They followed Him. And what did He do, He Healed the sick amongst those who followed
[17]Jesus and the apostles came down from the mountain. Jesus stood on a flat place. A large crowd of his followers was there. Also, there were many people from all around Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast cities of Tyre and Sidon.
[18]They all came to hear Jesus teach and to be healed of their sicknesses. He healed the people who were troubled by evil spirits.
[19]Everyone was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him. Jesus healed them all. Luke 6:17-19
Jesus healed them all
[38]You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Messiah by giving him the Holy Spirit and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good for people. He healed those who were ruled by the devil, showing that God was with him. Acts 10:38
Healing was part of the ministry of Christ
We finished Acts this week. The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the apostles
Or
The acts of the Apostles by the power of the spirit
This is the only unfinished book in the bible cos these acts continue until the day of our Lord. We here are part of the unfinished/unwritten parts of Acts
In the last recorded chapter of Acts, last miracle recorded was healing
Publius’ father was very sick. He had a fever and dysentery, but Paul went to him and prayed for him. He laid his hands on the man and healed him. After this happened, all the other sick people on the island came to Paul, and he healed them too. Acts 28:8-9 ERV
It is God's will that every sick person is healed. God is willing to heal ALL sick people
I had Tinnitus Last year. It doesn't have a medical cure. The ringing in my ear was so bad, I had to sleep with music playing. Anytime there is quiet, the ringing resumed
I prayed and prayed, nothing but I still believed. Then one day, I saw people talking about it on Twitter. See ehn, misery loves company. One of the people that had it is someone I saw as really spiritual and understood healing more than me. In their statement, they implied they were learning to live with tinnitus and even gave tips. Me too I wrote down the tips ðŸ˜
I was praying for healing but writing tips that will help me cope just in case. Sounds like common sense but that was a direct move against faith and prayers. That period my prayers shifted a bit. I was praying for healing but I was also praying to feel less pain, to not really suffer
What followed was the Tinnitus getting worse. It moved to both ears. I was praying for sleep everyday
Thank God for the Holy spirit and our daily prayers last year. I didn't stop praying. Had this illness for over 6 months. And I didn't even notice when it went
I was in Ibadan when it first clicked that the ringing had stopped and I had been sleeping well. Looking back, I probably would have been healed earlier if I wasn't looking at other people's experiences
God forbid I die tomorrow of one illness, I need you to know that this experience doesn't translate to God's will for you. You read God's generals and you are seeing such great people die in sickness and you accept that sickness is your portion.
Please no!
Nobody's experience changes the will of God. God will be true. And all of us with our contrary experiences will be liars (myself included)
The doctors told me tinnitus could not be healed. I researched for months. I almost even bought fake drugs on YouTube 😂. About $1000
I think it was Samson that figured the company was scam
Please take God's word as your only standard
