GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HEALING !

GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HEALING: What does God's Word have to say about physical healing ? Is it His will to heal the sick today ? Let us look at some scriptures to determine His will in this matter. (Isaiah 53:4-5). "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." (Matthew 8:16-17). "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." (1 Peter 2:24). "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed." Demonic influence, and sins are associated with sicknesses !: Notice, in Matthew 8:16-17. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: . . ." We see from these verses that healing the sick is God's will because Christ bore our infirmities and carried our diseases. Just as He purchased our salvation through His death on the cross, so He has purchased our healing: ". . . By whose stripes you were healed." When we have His Word firmly settled in our hearts, it will come out of your mouth, we need not wonder if it is His will to heal us. We need not pray, "Lord, heal me if it be thy will." Again the condition that Jesus gave was "if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you." Years ago while pastoring, I was called to pray for one of the members who was sick. Knowing the importance of her own confession of faith for healing, I asked, "Sister, will you be heal now as I anoint you with oil and lay hands on you in Jesus Name ?" "Well, I will if it's God's will," she answered. "How are you going to find out if it's His will ?" I asked. "I thought you would pray for me, and if it's His will, I'll be healed. If it isn't, I want." Many precious people have this type of thought and idea ! Under these circumstances I knew the woman was not going to receive healing. I knew her unbelief will stop the flow of God's healing power. I wanted to talk to her and show her some things from the Word of God before I prayed for her, but she said, "Go ahead and pray for me. I am in so much pain and misery." I have anointed her and prayed, knowing in my heart that she wouldn't receive anything because she wasn't believing in line with the Word. I stumbled through a prayer and had hardly said "a men" when she said to her husband, "Bill, go call the doctor." The thing that really puzzled me was that she had just gotten through saying if it was God's will for her to be healed, he will heal her and if it wasn't, he would. She didn't get healed; therefore, by her own admission, it wasn't God's will for her to be heal. Yet here she was calling the doctor and paying him to get her out are the will of God ! According to her reasoning, it would seem see wooden even want to get well, because she will be getting out of God's will. It would be wrong to buy medication and enlist the help of the doctor to get her out of the will of God. Many precious people are in the same state of mind because of their religious upbringing they have been listening to sermons that are tainted with unbelief and full of doubt. Certainly this is a foolish line of reasoning, but this is the logic some people follow concerning prayer for their healing or for that fact anything they are seeking God for. As we noted before, if we want to know God's will concerning a matter, study His Word. His Word is His will. His Word tells us it is His will to heal us. Let's not doubt His Word, but instead call and claim its promises for our healing, and deliverance, and soundness, and preservation. As well as our loved ones salvation !