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right in. And these signs will follow those who
believe. In my name, they will cast out demons.
They will speak with new tongues. They will take
up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly,
it will by no means hurt them. They will lay
hands on the sick, and they will recover. They
will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.
So we are continuing from where we started from
on Sunday. We're continuing from where we started
from on Sunday, still the gifts, the gifts of
healing, the gifts of healing. And what we want
to consider today, or where we're going to start
from, of course, a whole lot of things we're
going to consider, but we have to start from
somewhere that I mentioned I will talk about
today, is how healing is a sign. Okay, how healing
is a sign. We need to go a little bit deeper
into that. The reason is because there are a
few questions that we will answer if we trace
how healing is a sign. So there are a few questions
that that study or checking that will help us
to answer. So, Mark 16 verse 17 says, these signs
shall follow them. And we see that healing is
one of the signs that Jesus mentioned, right?
Healing is one of the signs that Jesus mentioned.
Now, you will wonder, why are they using the
concepts of sign? Why is Jesus using the language
of sign? He could have just said, these are the
things, right? that will follow them that believe,
right? Or these things will follow them. But
he used the word sign. And when you use the word
sign to an audience, it means that they could
try to understand what you mean, right? Jesus
himself is talking to a Jewish audience, right?
He's talking to the disciples, right? And he
said, these signs will follow them that believe.
So it therefore means that they will understand
the meaning of signs. For signs here, is the
word Simeon. Signs in this Greek translation
is actually Simeon, which is S -E -M -E. Signs
is S -E -M -E -I -O -N in Greek. S -E -M -E -I
-O -N. It means... That's the indication of a
message. The indication of a message that they
hold on to. So then that belief, right? The indication
of the message they hold on to are the signs.
So the signs points to the message again. The
signs points to the message. Indication of the
message that they hold on to. And this message
is for understanding and believing, right? So
people that receive this message must understand
it and they must believe it, right? They must
understand it and believe it. They must understand
this message and believe it. Now, the first time
or the first pattern. that we see in the scriptures,
where the Bible used the word signs, right? It's
actually in Exodus. So we're going to trace sign
again from Exodus because we know, right? By
the scriptures, right? When we start reading
the scriptures, we will know that the sign also
in Exodus was pointing to a message, right? The
sign in Exodus was pointing to a message and
it was... I mean, quite interesting to see that
this sign was to both the Israel of that time
and to a king called Pharaoh. So the signs were
to two people, right? Israel and Pharaoh in the
context of what we want to see. So let's check
Exodus 4, Exodus 4, verse 8 to 9. Exodus 4, verse
8 to 9. It said, then it will be. If they do
not believe nor heed the message of the first
words, of the first sign. So it means that when
we see signs, it carries a message. So he's talking
to the people. He said, if they don't heed to
the message of the first sign. So the first sign
was supposed to communicate something to them.
That they may believe the message of the latter
time. So several signs were being asked for.
So these Jewish people like signs. You have to
prove to them by signs. So he said, then it will
be if they do not believe, if they do not believe
you nor heed the message of the first sign, they
may believe the message of the latter signs.
Now this is actually talking to the Jewish people
because Moses was sent to them to deliver them.
But they were doubting it. He said, and it shall
be if they do not believe even these two signs
or listen to your voice, then you shall take
water from the river and pour it on the dry ground,
the dry land. The water which you take from the
river will become blood on the dry land. Is this
not a sign too? He's just adding signs to signs.
Now, so when Moses approached them, they started
saying, well, we are not sure who you are, right?
We are not sure who you are. We are not sure
if you have decided to take us away from our
place where we are enjoying onions and cucumber
and all those stuffs. We are not sure whether
you are actually coming to deliver us or to put
us in more trouble. Of course, later on, you
will see that they accused him of putting them
in more troubles. Now, what we will see, right?
What we will see is that this is not the first
time. That they are doubting Moses' rulership
over them. Now, let's see. The word sign in Hebrew
is the word O -T -H. Right? The word sign in
the Hebrew is the word O -T -H. It's the word
O -T -H in Hebrew. And it really means, of course,
similar to the first one, it means to take away
unbelief. Right? Something that will take away
unbelief that people can't believe. So when the
signs appear, it is expected to take away Israel's
unbelief. Right? It is expected that this sign
that Moses will show them is expected to take
away Israel's unbelief. Now let's see if this
sign did, you know, what Moses was expecting
and what God was expecting. The sign is expected
to take away Israel's unbelief. That means they
will begin to work in what? In belief. Okay.
Now, let's go to Exodus, same Exodus chapter
4, verse 28 and 31. Verse 28 to 31. And Moses
told Aaron all the words, the Lord, yes, the
Lord, So Moses told Aaron these signs and these
words. So Aaron communicated the words that God
has spoken to Moses and did the signs in the
sight of the people. So the word... and the sign
can you say again right the creation of the word
and the sign working together now let's see and
the people believed and when they heard that
the lord had visited the children of israel and
that he had looked upon their affliction they
bowed their heads and worship now if you don't
pay attention very well you would think that
this verse that says verse 31 It's almost the
only verse that assumed that Israel believed.
Did you see verse 31? What did verse 31 say?
The people did what? Believe. So we have to check
which belief is this, right? Which belief is
this? So it's not believe unto salvation. Actually,
how would you know if you go to verse chapter
2? Let's go to chapter 2 first. Exodus chapter
2. Exodus chapter 2. Verse 14. This is the first
time, right? They began to ask Moses after he
had killed the Egyptian. And he said, who made
thee a prince and a judge over us? Right? Who
made thee a prince and a judge over us? It means
that these two Hebrew boys that were striving
did not see Moses as a leader. Right? Did not
see Moses as a leader. Now, after he had run
away and he was back, the same rhetoric continued.
They began to question, how do we know God had
sent you, right? How do we know that what God
had sent you? So if you read, now you can go
to chapter four. We can go back to chapter four
now. Verse one. And Moses answered and said,
but behold, they will not what? And Moses fled
from it, right? So the sign started. From the
moment Moses said, these people will not believe
that you have sent me. So what did they believe?
that God had sent Moses. That is what they believed.
That God had appeared to him and had instructed
him to take them out of bondage. So it's not
like they believed the message he said, but that
it's time to get out of this place, right? It's
time to get out of Egypt and that Moses should
lead them. So it wasn't really about like they
believed the message of the gospel. Otherwise,
we knew that this generation, only two people.
were left among them because they all perished.
And the reason why they perished, the scriptures
need us to know, is because of what? Unbelief.
They did not believe the message that Moses was
conveying to them. So they took, they accepted
the leadership of Moses, right? The leadership
of Moses. So when you see consistently, you will
see them asking him a question and questioning
his authority. But we see that through the signs,
Moses was accepted. as the leader of the Jews
to lead them out of Egypt. Now, let's see Numbers
14 verse 11. Let's see Numbers 14 verse 11. And
we'll check some of them. And the last thing
to Moses, how long will these people reject me?
And how long will they not what? Believe me with
all the signs which I have what? I have performed
among them. So it shows you here that they did
not believe the gospel, what God was communicating.
What they believed in that spot was to accept
Moses to lead them out of Egypt. That was what
they accepted. So the signs allowed them to believe
that, okay, probably this guy has got some powers
to lead us out of here and has some authority
from somewhere, right, from God, whom they believed.
So they didn't believe the message. So Numbers
4 just shows us again that they have not believed
the message, but rather, Rather, they believe
the leadership of Moses. However, we still see
it as a sign and a pointer to the message. So
Numbers 21, verse 6 to 9. So this one, we see
it as a pointer to the leadership of Moses. Numbers
21, verse 6 to 9. And the Lord sent a fairy serpent
among the people, and they bit the people, and
many of the people of Israel died. Therefore,
The people came to Moses and said, we have sinned.
This is their mindset. We have sinned. For we
have spoken against the Lord and against you.
Pray to the Lord that he take away the serpent
from us. So Moses prayed for the people. And
the Lord said to Moses, make a fairy serpent
and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone
who is beaten, when he looks, we watch, we live.
Verse 9. So Moses made a bronze serpent and put
it on a pole and so it was. If any, if a serpent
had beaten anyone, when he looked at a bronze
serpent, he did what? Lived. Right? So in this
context, right, we taught on Sunday that this
was used to communicate, was communicated or
explained much more the spiritual reality of
it in John chapter 3, verse 13 to 15. So the
spiritual reality of healing, of divine healing.
is communicated in John 3, 13 to 15. There's
a reason why I'm saying this. The spiritual reality
of divine healing that we see in Numbers was
communicated in John 3, verse 13. And we realize
that the word lifted, lifted up. Let's go to
John. Thank you. No one has ascended to heaven,
but he who came down from heaven, that is the
son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believes
in him should not perish, but must have eternal
life. So the communication of divine healing
is eternal life. There's a reason why we are
going there. Because it's going to answer some
of the questions that popped up on Sunday when
some people came to ask questions and some thoughts.
The communication of divine healing is eternal
life. And we see that that was from the word
lifted up, which means the resurrection of Jesus.
So the Son of Man being lifted up means Christ's
resurrection. At Christ's resurrection, eternal
life will be made available. At Christ's resurrection,
eternal life will be made available. So, it will
mean that when God was healing them, He was communicating
eternal life to them. As He was healing them,
He was communicating eternal life to them. Now,
one question I would like to ask. All these people,
in their abundance, That were healed in Egypt.
And even people that believed. Right? And were
healed. Did they later die in physical body?
Did they later die in physical body? Good. Now
this is taking us somewhere. Because. If they
truly die, right, in body, it therefore means
that beyond the sign is eternal life that is
communicated. Do we get it? So what we are holding
on to much more is the eternal life. As we administer
healing, as we heal the sick, right, we are holding
on to eternal life. So if this person has believed,
right, this person believed the gospel, The person
is able to be healed and continue the walk of
the gospel. So Paul would say, for me to leave
this Christ to die is gain. So I'm going somewhere.
So it means that the person would continue to
do the walk of the gospel. The person would continue
to live. If the person has not believed, the
person will be preached to and the person will
come to salvation. So the question was actually,
What if we pray for someone and the person passed?
Right? What if we pray for someone and we didn't
see the manifestation, we didn't see the manifestation
of dying and the person passed? The answer, right,
is that the message, if the person has belief,
the message of eternal life is already active
in the person. So you don't have a problem. Okay?
The message of eternal life is already active
in the person. You don't have a problem. If the
person comes to life, when it comes to life,
when we see the manifestation, the person continues
in that. The focus is eternal life. Do we get
it? So, the message, but if the person has not
believed, that is the only time you can say,
this person did not believe. You know, the person
just passed, right? You have some worry that,
you know, we know that they are not in Christ.
But when the person has believed, the message
of eternal life, is already active in the person,
right? That is why when we are administering
healing, even to someone that is sick, you can
preach to them on the sickbed too. Do you get
it? So when we are preaching, we are praying
for someone that is sick and you see that the
person is conscious, the person can answer, but
we are preaching resurrection and the healing
power in resurrection together to the person.
So you're not just saying that I'm trying to
heal the person, right? I'm just trying to, no,
no, we are preaching Christ because where the
healing power is, is where? Is in the power of
resurrection. Do we get it? So in the entirety
of it, right? The focus is the message of Christ,
right? The message of Christ. But we, I mean,
that does not notify that we will not continue
to walk in it. We walk in it. We manifest it.
But we must know that while we are doing all
that, the communication is the gospel. So let
me say a few things I wrote here. I say, although
these people were healed, they died afterwards
because it was physical healing that communicated
an eternal healing to them. So the dilated elf,
it does not modify our exercise of healing. It
does not. It does not nullify because it means
that if you say, oh, because people will never
die, it means that you are not ready to communicate
the gospel through the power of the gifts of
healing. That is what you are saying. You are
saying, I don't want to walk in this one. I don't
want to communicate the gospel through this power
that is at work in me. That is what we are doing.
So you are neglecting what is in you. So it definitely
means that although People might pass, right?
But we must continue to minister healing. We
must not neglect it. We must not neglect it.
I wrote just that the essence of healing is that
we want to see the message of Christ and it is
already revealed in those people. Now let's go
to 2 Kings 20, verse 1 to 6. 2 Kings 20, verse
1 to 6. In those days, this guy was sick and
near death, right? So this was someone who survived.
Let's see the essence of the survivor because
I mentioned it in Sunday, but we didn't read
it. In those days, this guy was sick and near
death. And Isaiah the prophet, son of Amos, went
to him and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Set
your house in order, for you shall die and not
live. And he returned his face towards the floor
and prayed to the Lord, saying, Remember now,
O Lord, I pray, I have walked before you in the
youth with a loyal heart and have done what is
good in your sight. And this guy wept bitterly.
And it happened before Isaiah had gone out into
the middle courts, that the word of the Lord
came to him, saying, Return and tell Zechariah
that the leader of my people, thus says the Lord,
the God of David, your father, I have heard your
prayers and I have seen your tears. Surely I
will heal you. On the third day you shall go
up to the house of the Lord. Verse 6. And I will
add to your days 15 years, and I will deliver
you in this city. Right? You see? This is what
God was communicating. I will deliver you and
this city from the hand of the king of Assyria
and I will defend this city for my own sake and
for the sake of my servant David. The communication
of the sign is actually the deliverance of that
city. Right? Communication of the sign, deliverance
of that city. So we see here that someone survived
and when the person survived, what was he doing?
It was deliverance of a city. Right? Deliverance
of the city. Deliver you and the city. Deliver
you. And so we see that function of God's deliverance
made manifest after a sign of healing and the
presence of life. All right. Another question
that popped up during the course. Of course,
we are not answering questions, but while we
are teaching, we are trying to address this question.
The question is whether healing, right? Okay,
the question is, when the part of a body is restored,
is it healing or miracle? So that was what the
prophet asked. Like when a part of a body, for
example, a particular part of someone's body
had been taken away and by the power of prayer,
it was restored back. So the person asked, is
it healing or miraculous? Now, this is the answer,
okay? Don't forget we are coming from faith,
right? And we said one of the things that we
can receive for somebody is this healing, right?
Okay. Now, in this healing, healing is one of
the... Okay, let's put it this way. Healing itself.
So, write it this way. Healing itself is working
of miracles, right? Healing itself is working
of miracle. No, not S. Miracle. Yes. Healing
itself is working of miracle. But not all miracles
are healing. Not all walking of miracles are
healing. Because they are connected, right? Healing
is a walking of miracles, but not all walking
of miracles, right, are healing. So the casting
out of demons, the speaking to the wind, speaking
to circumstances around you, right, addressing
certain situations around you, right, is not
healing. It's actually putting things in order
around you. So healing itself, It's a working
of a miracle, but not all working of miracles,
right, healing. And I gave last year, on Sunday,
I gave the example that when Jesus calmed the
storm, he wasn't healing the storm. He wasn't
healing the storm. I said healing is, it would
take place in the vessel that God can inhabit.
That should also tell you many things when you're
healing someone, right? When you're administering
healing. Is it that God can inhabit that person
or God inhabits that person? It means that the
function of this is for the person to have life.
So inanimate objects that we talked about last
Sunday is something that cannot carry life. Do
you get it? Inanimate is something that cannot
carry life. So something that cannot carry life,
God has nothing to do with it. Table, chairs,
things, God has nothing to do with them, right?
If they interrupt your flow of things in the
natural, you can address them by the power that
is resident in you. Do we get that? But God is
interested in what will carry his spirit much
more. Praise God. So that is the answer for the
healing is actually a miracle, but not all miracles
are healing. Now, the question is, why is healing
spectacular? Right? Why is healing now so, why
is it so distinct? Why do we have to bring that
out? Why did Christ say, you know, this is more
specifically that was mentioned. Healing is spectacular
given that it communicates, right? It communicates
consistently across the scripture, salvation,
right? It communicates consistently across the
scripture, salvation, right? That's one that
we can hold on to for now. We can hold on to
that. Across the scriptures, healing communicates
salvation. And we have seen it across from Genesis
up until... Let's proceed a little bit. John
chapter 4, verse 46 to 54. John chapter 4, verse
46 to 54. And Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee,
where he had made the water wine. And there was
a certain noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum.
And when he heard that Jesus had come, When he
heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee,
he went to him and employed him to come down
and heal his son, for he was at the point of
death. Thus Jesus said to him, Unless you people
see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.
And the noble man said to him, Sir, come down
before my child dies. And Jesus said to him,
Go on your way, your son lives. So the man believed
the words that Jesus spoke to him. and he went
his way. And as he was now going down, his servant
met him and told him, saying, Your son lives.
Then he inquired of them the hour when he got
better, and they said to him, Yesterday at seventh
hour the fever left him. So the father knew that
it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to
him, Your son lives, and he himself believed,
and his whole household. They believe the miracles
of Jesus. They believe the healing ministry of
Jesus. They believe the miracles of Jesus. They
believe healing ministry of Jesus. Alright. Now
write this down. God's healing is not restricted
to a certain time. God's healing is not restricted
to a certain time. Neither is it restricted to
a few. neither is it restricted to a few. God's
healing is not restricted to a certain time,
neither is it restricted to a few. As long as
the intention of God and the purpose of God is
involved, healing is always available, right?
When the intention and purpose of God is involved,
Healing is made available. Healing is always
available. Right? When intention of God, which
we know is salvation, which we know is the communication
of the message of Christ, healing is always available.
Now, let's see how healing was made manifest.
Because the question is, if Abraham did not have
the Spirit of God, okay, resident in them, Moses
also neither did, right? Resident in them. Elisha
did not as well. How? what was working in them.
Of course, we know it's the Spirit of God, right?
We know it's the Spirit of God. We need to check
again, these three people, to see how it took
place. So in Genesis 18 verse 19, in Genesis
18 verse 19, you can write this down. Maybe we
can move a little bit faster. Abraham walked
in healing through prayer. Abraham walked in
healing through prayer. We've read it before,
so I will not read it now. We can write that
down. Genesis 18 verse 19. Abraham walked in
healing through prayer. So he prayed, right?
He prayed and healing was made available. So
you probably were expecting the Spirit of God
to come on him and make healing made available,
but he prayed, right? He prayed. So that was
what we see in that scriptures. In Numbers 12
verse 13, Moses also prayed, right? Moses also
prayed. So you cannot think healing. You cannot
wish healing. You have to pray healing. Right?
You cannot think it. You cannot imagine it. You
cannot wish it. You cannot be quiet and say,
okay, I expect healing. You have to do what?
Pray. You have to pray healing. That's why James
would say, the effective fervent prayer of a
righteous man. James 5. The effective fervent
prayer of a righteous man abilites what makes
power available. So the effect healing, Through
prayer. Consistently we see it in this too. 2
Kings 5 verse 8. 2 Kings 5 verse 8. Elisha made
healing available to make God known. So he told
Naaman, he said, I will show you that there is
God in Israel today. He said, I will let you
know. that there is God. 2 Kings 5 verse 8. He
said, I will let you know. Please let him come
to me and he shall know that, okay, he shall
know that there's a prophet in Israel. It means
someone who communicates the message of God in
Israel today, right? So, that's, through that,
the next verses that followed, what happened?
You received healing, right? You told him, go
to this place, go to Jordan, wash, and you will.
be clean so consistently we see that these people
engage in prayer they engage in communication
what we can see there is that the spirit of god
was at work with them i know i said was at work
with them i didn't say in them okay so in them
i said it was at work with them the spirit of
god was working with them in their prayers in
their communication of the message of the gospel
and they are declaring that there is someone
who carries God's message. So, like us today,
when we heal, it is to show that we carry God's
message. When we engage healing, right? When
we pray and healing takes place is to reveal
that we are the prophets of God. We carry God's
message and that message is salvation. So the
Spirit of God was at work with them in their
actions. Mark 9 verse 38 to 40. Mark 9 verse
38 to 40. Mark 9 verse 38 to 40. Now John answered
him saying, Teacher, we saw someone who does
not follow us, who does not follow us, casting
out demons in your name, and we forbade him.
Because he does not follow us. Now, he's not
talking about holding the adoption or anything.
It means that he's not part of this club. He's
a psycho, right? We just saw him somewhere. You
know, the same way they say they see some people
somewhere, they were baptizing people, right?
So he's not in that category. And Jesus said
to him, do not forbid him. For no one who works
a miracle in my name can sooner or later speak
evil of me. Right? So it means that there were
people. who were working in the name of Jesus.
So Christ was working with them. The name, the
office of Christ was working with them at that
point. This is exactly similar to Numbers 11.
So you can put Numbers 11, verse 27 to 29. Also
someone was prophesying, right? I think we can
check that. I think, yes. A young man ran and
told Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying.
in the camp. And Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses,
I stand. One of his tribesmen answered and said,
Moses, my Lord, forbid them. And Moses said to
them, are you sinning for my sake? Oh, that all
the lost people were what? Prophets. And the
Lord will put his spirit upon them. What he's
doing in the scriptures is to show that people
who have the intention of God, walked in the
things of God. People who had the intentions
of God walked in the things of God. People who
had intentions of God, who had God's body, who
had God's purpose in their mind, they walk in
the things of God. They walk in the things of
God and they cannot be restricted. They cannot
be stopped. They cannot be restricted and they
cannot be stopped. They cannot be restricted
and they cannot be stopped. Now, let's go to
a couple of scriptures. Now, all of these closes
up this teaching in terms of the Old Testament
explanation, right? How they're working in it.
Now, in the gospel, how will they be working
in healing in the gospel, right? This one, we
see that they had God's intention. They had God's
mindset. They want to fulfill what God is doing,
right? They want to communicate the message of
God. And by that, in their prayers, in their
communication, they walk in the sign. So now,
what about in the lifetime of Jesus, right? Which
we call the documents, the synoptics or the gospels.
How did they walk in healing? So Matthew 4, verse
23. Let's start with Matthew 4, verse 23. Matthew
4, verse 23. He said, and Jesus went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogue, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds
of sicknesses and all kinds of diseases among
the people. Right? This is just another version
of Acts 10 verse 38. So put Acts 10 verse 38.
Acts 10 verse 38. It's quite parallel to this.
He said, and God anointed Jesus of Nazareth.
with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went
about doing good and healing all who were oppressed
by the devil, for God was with him. Now we see
here that Christ is who? Is regarded as who?
The anointed Messiah. Right? In this context,
we see him, he said, anointed Jesus of Nazareth.
Because he's referring to the lifetime of Jesus.
Are we together? So this text is referring to
the lifetime of Jesus and which we have read
in Matthew 4, verse 23. Now, there are four things
that we can pick from here. There are four things
that we can pick from here. First, sickness is
an oppression of the devil, whichever may. It's
never of God. It's an oppression of the devil.
It's an oppression. And like they said, all that
were oppressed by the devil. Healing all who
were oppressed by the devil for God was with
him. It's an oppression of the devil. Healing
is a good work of God, right? Healing is a good
work of God. So you can know that sickness does
not come from God. God cannot test you with sickness.
He is not interested in how you would react when
you seek. God is not interested in that. He's
not interested in that. He's interested in when
any of those things come, how he will deliver
you. So God is interested in how he will deliver
you. It's the good work of God. What we see here
is also the power of God. He heals all sicknesses
and diseases. So there is no like, there is one
that they will mutate and bring tomorrow and
will be more powerful than the power of God.
The power of God heals all manner of sicknesses
and diseases. So someone will say, oh, the ones
we have today, we are known in Acts chapter 10.
The power of God, according to the scriptures
that we have seen, He heals every form of disease.
So it shouldn't restrict your mind, right? So
you don't have any restriction that, ah, this
one, this is how the doctor say it will manifest,
right? This is how, oh wait, the same way you
are seeing these signs, right? It has reached
a particular stage. You know, this information
in many occasions comes into our mind. But the
information that supersedes that is that the
power of God heals all sicknesses. The power
of God heals all sicknesses. And so we see this
taking place in the earthly ministry of Jesus,
the healing ministry of Jesus. Now, one of the
things that we know is that the number of people
Jesus healed in his lifetime was not recorded,
unfortunately. Unfortunately, I don't know which
other one, but the scriptures made us to know
that the number of people that are received from
him, all their names were not mentioned. Right?
All their names were in a minute. For example,
the 5 ,000, right? We don't have the names of
who ate, who took extra and all of that. We don't
have those names. You know, maybe that's taking
the time. It would have, you know, filled unnecessary
space maybe in the scriptures. Maybe there was
no message for us to receive from there. But
we can go John 20, 30, right? John 20, 30 reviews
that. There are a lot of things Jesus did and,
you know, we're not recording it. And truly Jesus
did many other words. signs in the presence of
his disciples, which are not written in this
book. So you can say it's John, even in Matthew,
some of those people he healed, no name. No name.
So it means that healing was abundance. Are we
together? Healing was abundance. It was a regular
thing that happens when Jesus preached. It was
a common place in the preaching of Jesus. It's
a common place in the ministry of Jesus. Matthew
15, verse 21 to 28. Matthew 15, verse 21. Then
Jesus sent out from dead and departed to the
region of Tyre and Sidon. of the house of Israel.
And she came and worshipped him saying, Lord,
help me. And he answered and said, it is not
good to take the children's bread and throw it
to the little dogs. And she said, yes, Lord.
Yet, even the little dogs eat from the crumbles
which fall from their master's table. And Jesus
answered and said to her, oh woman, great is
your faith. Let it be to you as you desire. And
her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Did she receive the bread too? Did she receive
the bread too? Come on, she received, right?
She received what others can receive by faith.
She received. So it's like healing is regular.
It's common. It's a common place. Right? It's
a common place. We can put it as common place
for the believer. Right? Healing is a common
place for the believer. It's something that should
be regular. We're going to end on these two notes.
First, that is a common place. We'll end and
we'll pray. It's a common place. It should be
common. It should be regular. Right? If you read
Acts, Acts will say that and many signs and wonders
were what? Were regularly done by the hands of
the apostles. Many signs and wonders were regularly
done, right, by the hands of the apostles. When
we continue the teaching next time, we would
dig deeper. So first, it's common, it should
be regular. In your life, you should expect it,
right? You shouldn't expect that it's until you
take prostramore that you'll be healed. No, you
should expect more. Just like I said, the emphasis
of the Bible is on divine healing. So the emphasis
of the believer, most of the time that you foresee,
should be on divine healing too. and little of
the physical, just like the Bible worked in that,
or the Bible expressed that to us. So it should
be regular. When you're sick, when you have a
headache, lay your hands, touch your shoulders,
touch your knees, and you'll receive. Now, the
second one, Luke 5, 13, verse 15. Luke 5, 13,
verse 15. I just want to put this scripture so
that we can know. He said, Then he put out his
hand and touched him, saying, I am willing. Be
what? Be cleansed. So the leprous man was asking
Jesus, if you are willing. If you are willing.
And he said, I am what? Willing. So God is always
willing to heal. Always willing to heal. Right?
God is always willing to heal. God is always
willing to heal. God is always willing to heal.
Can we be on our feet? Just take time out to
pray, right? We just want to spend an extensive
time to pray much more. God is always willing
to heal. Healing is a common place for the believer.
It should be regular among the believer. So we
will stand up and we just begin to pray in the
Holy Ghost, right? We want to give ourselves
to the expression, Of healing. We want to give
ourselves. So that our mind receives it. And
believes it. And we walk in it. We appreciate
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