Jesus Christ Lord over Healing

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Jesus ChristLord over Healing

• Eph 1 3
• Blessed be
• the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• who has blessed us
• with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
• in Christ.

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1. Healing is based on the finished work of
Christ both in creation and on the Cross

• 1.1 He created all things out of nothing
• including healing powers Heb 1 2, Heb 11 3
• Two large categories usual and unusual.
• 1.2 He bore our iniquities and our diseases
• Isaiah 53 1-12 Lk 22 19 Heb 10 5, 10, 12
• 1.3 Through His resurrection the power of sin
  and disease has been broken
• 1 Peter 2 24 1 John 3 8 b

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2. Jesus Christ heals in various ways

• 2.1 Law-giver Prevention preventive healing
• Proverbs 3 7-8 Exodus 15 26
• Healthy life exercise, water, rest, fresh air,
  food
• Healthy family life ? healthy personalities ?
  decrease psychotherapy
• Avoidance of extra-marital sexual intercourse ?
  no venereal disease
• Isolation of those with infectious diseases ? it
  will not spread to others
• Avoidance of theft ? decrease violent crime

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2.2 Creator Creational healing

• 2.2.1 Created resistance against disease
• immune system against infections
• protection against cancer cells
• 2.2.2 Created usual healing powers
• recovery from infections
• restoration after trauma
• psycho-somatic interaction
• placebo effect

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2.3 Master Stewardship of usual medicinal
healing powers

• Creational mandate, Genesis 128. Also 2 Kings
  20 7 Isaiah 38 21 1 Timothy 5 23.
• means of biological origin herbs, plants, oils
• means of mineral origin salts
• means of synthetic origin medication, oils

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2.4 Sovereign King Miraculous healing through
God-approved unusual healing powers

• Instant and complete healing through the use of
  authorized unusual powers
• the ministry of Jesus Christ
• Old Testament times, e.g. Naaman, 2 Kings 5
• New Testament times, 1 Corinthians 12 9.
• Today

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2.5 Saviour Mercy-healings

• A mercy-healing unusual, not immediate and
  maybe not complete.
• prayer by local church leaders, James 5 14-15
• faith of interested friends, Luke 5 17-26
• a cry for help, Mk 5 25-34 Ps 30 3

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3. Healing is for the whole person

• 3.1 Predominantly healing of the inner person
• forgiveness of sin, Mark 2 6
• new life, John 1 12-13 3 3-7.
• restoration Psalm 23
• death to self free to serve God, Romans 6.
• renewal of the mind, Romans 12 1-2.
• comfort John 15 26.
• healing and binding up, Psalm 147 3 Luke 4 18
• deliverance, Psalm 146 7 Isaiah 61 1-2
• He raises us up, Psalm 146 8
• 3.4 Predominantly healing of the outer person
• Bodily healing, Acts 3 8
• Raising from the dead, John 11

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4. Our responsibilities re health

• 4.1 Come to God for new life in our spirit
• 4.2 Obey and love the Lord unconditionally
• 4.3 Not do those things forbidden by Him.
• 4.4 Prevent sickness live and eat healthily.
• 4.5 Prevent spreading of infectious diseases
• 4.6 Pray for the sick and their family
• 4.7 Take care of the sick and dying

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5. Why some are not (yet) healed

• 5.1 Wrong attitude/ motives Ps 66 18
• 5.2 Unconfessed sin, 1 Cor 11 29-30 Jn 5 6-14
• 5.3 Ignorance
• 5.4 Disobedience 2 Kings 5 12-14
• 5.5 Unbelief Jas 1 6 5 15 Mark 6 5-6
• 5.6 Trusting healers wanting healing but not
  God, 2 Chron 16 12
• 5.7 Not submitting to God and His will, opposite
  of 1 John 5 14
• 5.8 Influence of the evil one, Lk 13 16
• 5.9 Illness unto death, Hezekiah
• 5.10 Refining of faith of the sick person - Job
• 5.11 Refining of the faith of others
• 5.12 Gods glory - Job, Blind man John 9 3
• 5.13 Discipline of the Lord - 1 Cor 1129-30
• 5.14 Sometimes we do not know

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6. Areas of tension re healing

• 6.1 Not all healed now, healing of inner person
  remains possible
• physical healing versus psycho-spiritual healing
• victory obtained by Christ on the Cross versus
  what we experience thereof in everyday life.
• 6.2 Healing is not always possible, care is!
• cure versus care healing versus nursing.
• 6.3 Biblical spiritual care of the dying is an
  integral part of palliative care
• life before death versus life after death here
  and now versus eternity
• 6.4 Seek the Lords will for each sick person
• Gods will versus mans will
• 6.5 Walk wisely and trust the Lord
• Overconfidence versus over-cautiousness
• 6.6 Jesus Christ is the Lord over healing.
• fatalism versus shamanism

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7 Resolving areas of tension

1. Regularly apply James 4 7
2. Submit to God
3. Repent where required, 1 Cor 11 30 Ps 38 4, 8,
   16 James 5 16.
4. Total surrender, 1 Sam 3 18 Ex 4 11 Deut 32
   39.
5. Resist the devil
6. If God wants to heal them, request for healing as
   guided by the Holy Spirit, Jeremiah 17 14 Luke
   11 9 18 40-42.
7. If God does not want to heal them, specific
   request as guided by the Holy Spirit, Jeremiah
   17 14 Luke 11 9 18 40-42 Isaiah 571-2
8. Thank and praise the Lord by faith for answering
   the prayer, Matthew 21 22 Romans 4 19 - 21.