In accordance with the teachings of the Scriptures, we trust our heavenly Father to protect and heal
our bodies from sickness and disease. WE BELIEVE that divine healing for the body, as with all
redemptive blessings of God, has been provided for us by the atoning death and victorious
resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ; it is the privilege of all believers and it is appropriated by faith
in our heavenly Father's unfailing promises Exod 15:26; Isa 53:4; Matt 8:16,17; 1 Pet 2:24; Psa
103:3; James 5:14,15; Mark 16:17,18.
Matt.1:21, "And you shall call His Name Jesus (Saviour) for He will SAVE His people from their sins."
Save = GK Sozo = heal, deliver, save, make whole
When we say that Jesus came to save His people, we are referring to Jesus making us whole in body, soul and spirit. Forgiveness of sins, healing of the body and deliverance are all in that word "SOZO'. What this actually means is that if you have faith for salvation then you can also have faith for healing. It's all connected to the same atonement of Jesus.
I. THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SALVATION AND HEALING.
1. Psalm 103:2-3.
Forget not ALL His benefits - FORGET = NEGLECT.
Who forgives ALL your iniquities (sins, transgressions, faults).
Who heals ALL your diseases.
If we leave out or don't believe part (ii) then we are forgetting some of His benefits and missing out.
If God wants to save you, He also wants to heal. They are both parts of His benefits towards you.
2. Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely, (truly, be positive) He has taken upon Himself OUR -
a. GRIEFS. = malady, anxiety, calamity, disease, sickness & griefs.
b. SORROWS = anguish, affliction, pain.
c. TRANSGRESSIONS = revolt, rebellion, sin.
d. INIQUITIES = perversity, evil, fault, mischief, sin.
e. TROUBLES = So that we can have peace.
f. HEALED = to mend by putting back together, to cure, to repair, to make whole.
What we clearly see here is the intermixing of sin and sickness and Jesus dealing with the lot.
3. Matt 8:16 - 18.
Matthew refers to the awesome Isaiah passage and declares that what Jesus was doing was fulfilling this
prophecy and thereby confirming that it was God's will to heal the sick through this ministry.
4. Matt.9:35
Jesus went about:
a. Teaching
b. Preaching the good news of salvation through Jesus.
c. Healing EVERY sickness and EVERY disease.
5. Matt. 10:7-8
Jesus commissioned the disciples to:
a. Preach the Kingdom of God
b. Heal the sick.
6. Matt.11:5
Jesus spoke of Himself as one who -
a. Heals the sick
b. Preaches the gospel.
7. 1 Peter 2:24
Peter tells us that Jesus did two things when He was crucified.
He bore our sins.
He healed us from our sickness.
III. THERE ARE MANY MEANS GOD HAD GIVEN US TO RECEIVE HEALING.
To make sure that the believer gets healed, God has opened up to us many avenues that lead to healing.
1. The atonement.
Matt 8:17, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
2. The laying on of hands by believers.
Mark 16:17a, 18b, "these signs will follow those who believe, they will lay hands on the sick and they will
recover."
3. The anointing with oil by the elders.
James 5:14-15a, "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray
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