DIVINE HEALING

DIVINE HEALING

                THE CHRISTIAN DECLARATION OF FAITH SAYS THIS FOR # 11

                “Divine healing is provided for all in the Atonement.”

                Well, we can argue one way or the other about whether divine healing still occurs. To be brutally honest, it doesn’t happen nearly as much as we would like, and yet we pray for the sick at church and a certain percentage of the people are miraculously healed; while some recover through medical treatment; while others go on to meet their Maker.

                The early church didn’t have a perfect record for you read of various early Christians who were sick. And for that matter Jesus didn’t heal everyone in every town He went to and it is stated that it was largely because of a lack of faith in some towns, especially His hometown, that not many were healed.  

                Jesus lived by divine appointment, which meant that at the pool of Bethesda, He healed one man out of the many that were gathered there and we wonder why the rest of the people were not crying out to Jesus to heal them too. But the truth is we can’t simply say that divine healing is 100% and since it is rarer now than it was at the time of Pentecost we have to ask ourselves this question:

                Is it because divine healing ended with the apostles, or has the church gradually fallen away from its supernatural existence? I say it is the latter and I also say that we in the final generation are being called upon to fast and to pray and to seek God for all that has been lost to the New Covenant by our falling away from God’s supernatural intentions. After all, Satan is going to appear as an angel of light in the last days. The antichrist is going to pose as the god of the New World Order and we, like Moses, need to have the supernatural power of God in order to match and to supersede the works of the devil in these last days.

                Paul made it abundantly clear as to the church’s role in the world when he said:

                “For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.” 1 Cor. 2:2-5

                 So ask yourself this question: “Do I go to church to hear the wisdom of men or to witness and to be a part of a demonstration of the power of God?

                Your answer to that question will determine how far your church has fallen from God’s supernatural intentions for the Body of Christ and believe me, even the best of believers need to be crying out to God for something that is largely missing from the church today. The church has become carnal and mixed with the world and to that extent we have also lost the power that once attended the Gospel. For Jesus clearly stated concerning His true Body:  that “these signs will accompany those who have believed. They will cast out demons. They will speak with new tongues. They will not be harmed by serpents or poison or anything by which men try to destroy them and they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.”  Mark 16:16-18

                In many third world countries where their faith is simple and they come to Christ having been delivered from demons, divine healing is much more prevalent. Gospel preachers, like Reinhardt Bonke, preach to millions in Africa and millions are healed and they throw away their crutches and leap and dance with rejoicing in the streets. But in many ways, we in America have become too sophisticated… too dependent upon the wisdom of men and upon the medical field. Unlike many Africans, we have something to fall back on, just in case God doesn’t choose to heal us. We have the wisdom of men.

                But I believe that the world is coming into a situation, when Christians and other disenfranchised people will be locked out of the system and medical treatment will no longer be available to us. This time is much, much closer than most of us think and if we really knew the situation that we are entering into, we would be on our knees searching the heart of God for a deeper salvation… a stronger faith and greater power to preach the Gospel the way Paul did… with a demonstration of the power of God.

                And it won’t be for entertainment as much of it has been made to appear on our TV screens. It will be out of necessity. And like Jesus, we may be telling those we heal not to tell anybody and so the gospel in the end times will be preached in whispered tones and it will spread like wildfire. There will be no TV heroes in this final move of God… but common people filled with the Holy Spirit and fire.

               

                And it will not be held in huge stadiums as many of the “false “ Prophets are saying today, for as we are seeing, the huge crowds and the big money is going to a false revival in which the signs and symbols of the New World Order are prominently on display. You had better be watching for it because even some of the big worship fests we see on TV or You Tube display the signs and symbols of the coming global religion of the beast and not the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

                Millions of Christians are going to be deceived. Millions are going to fall away and to join the ranks of the global religion of the Beast. It is happening right before our eyes and I can tell you this. You had better get a firm hold on Jesus and upon His unadulterated Word and hold to them with a tenacious grip. The great delusions that the Bible speaks about are well under way.

                So in closing I will paint a picture for you of that which we are now witnessing as it unfolds upon the canvas of history:

                Speaking of the rapture Paul had this to say: “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God… for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way, and then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with power and signs and false wonders and with all deception of wickedness for those who perish, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH SO AS TO BE SAVED. And FOR THIS REASON, GOD WILL SEND UPON THEM A DELUDING INFLUENCE (STRONG DELUSION) SO THAT THEY MIGHT BELIEVE WHAT IS FALSE IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE JUDGED WHO DID NOT BELIEVE THE TRUTH, BUT TOOK PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS.” 2 Thess. 2:3, 4, 7-11.

                This is why I have been sharing with you the Christian declarations of faith. These declarations are not slanted toward any particular denomination, but they are the statements of faith that have been with the Body of Christ since the day of Pentecost. We had better know them and know them well, because as Paul tells us here, many will fall away because they have not received a love of the truth so as to be saved.

                For one reason or another, these declarations of faith have not been a very popular teaching and yet I find them absolutely vital to our survival. It is absolutely stunning and shocking to see how far the church has fallen as they openly renounce the Gospel once offered to the saints and they embrace the evil faith of the New world Order which allows people to please their flesh in every way imaginable.

                If we want to be among God’s Remnant people, then we must stand upon the Word of God and live by the Spirit of God (not the feel good spirit of this world that tolerates and even embraces sin, but the Spirit that convicts us concerning sin and righteousness and opens up the Word to our understanding.) Jn. 14:23-26, Jn. 16:7-14