Healing the Sick

1. Healing the Sick It’s in your hands! Or You got the power!

2. The Flow… • Jesus, Saviour and Healer • SOZO; Healing is in the atonement; The Testimony of Jesus Ministry; The 12 and the 72 • The Father’s Will is to Heal • He healed them all and he healed them now • The Importance of Faith • Jesus always looked for faith; hindrances and helps in ministering to the sick • Authority and Power (Anointing) • He has given us authority and power, we are “little Christs” • Practical Advice for ministering to the sick • Sickness is an enemy; THE CROSS; persistence; 5 step model for healing prayer;

3. 1. Jesus, Saviour and Healer • Save – sozo: save, deliver, protect, preserve, heal, do well, be (make) whole • Matt 1: 21 – • Matt 9:21 – • Matt 18:11 – • Mark 5:23 – • Mark 6:56 – • Mark 10:52 – • Mark 15:21 – • Luke 8:36 –

4. Healing IS in the Atonement • Isa 53:4-5 – • Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. • 1 Pet 2:24 – • He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.  • Psalm 103 – • Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases

5. The Testimony of Jesus’ Ministry • Matt 4:23-24 - • And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. • Acts 10:38 – • how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

6. The 12 and 72… • Matt 10:1 – • And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. • Luke 10:9 – • Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

7. 2. The Father’s Will IS to Heal • Jesus only did and said what he saw and heard the Father doing and saying. - John 5:19-13 & John 8:28 - • Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. • So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.

8. 2. The Father’s Will IS to Heal • The Father IS willing to heal • A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. – Matt 8:2-3 • Everyone who every came to Jesus was healed – even when it was “inconvenient”.

9. Jesus healed them all • Jesus healed ALL who came to him • And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. – Matt: 4:23-24 • That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” – Matt: 8:16-17

10. Everywhere, he went healing • And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. – Matt 9:35 • Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all and ordered them not to make him known. – Matt 12:15

11. Jesus healed right there and then • God’s time is always NOW! • Jesus healed everyone right there and then! • Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven - Matt 6:10 • From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. – Matt 11:12 • Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” – John 6:29

12. He healed all, He healed NOW! • Summary: • If we know that it is always the Father’s will and the time is always now we will pray whenever and for whomever, for whatever, as the Lord leads • Faith needs to be in operation • If you don’t believe that it is God’s will to heal ALL and NOW, then you’ll likely not be able to pray the prayer of faith that James talks about.

13. 3. The Importance of Faith • Jesus always looked for faith • In the person needing healing (your faith has made you well) • Or their friends or family ( 4 friends lower paralytic through the roof; Syrophenician woman) • Or the minister (disciples not able to cast out demon from epileptic boy)

14. Issues That Hinder Healing • Is God willing? • Is it his time? • I don’t have enough faith • I don’t have enough anointing • Pride • Disobedience • Passivity • I am not worthy to be healed / too sinful • My sickness is too serious for God to heal • God gives sickness to make us better • Plain old unbelief

15. Things That Help Healing • Honesty • Humility – deal with pride • Vulnerability – dealing with fear of man • Desperation • Persistence • Compassion • Authority • Power • Prayer • FAITH!

16. 4. Authority and Power (Anointing) • Jesus gives his disciples authority and power • When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. – Luke 9:1-2 • Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover. – Mark 16:15-18

17. We’ve got what it takes!! • Jesus gives his disciples authority and power • I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. – John 14:12 • We are “little anoint-lings!” • The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour. – Luke 4:18-19 • And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. – Acts 11:26

18. 5. Practicalities for Healing the Sick • Treat sickness as an enemy! • The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. – John 10:10 • ¼ of all the sicknesses that Jesus dealt with were from demons • Be settled in your heart and mind that Father wants to heal the sick • Doubt your doubts! • Everything we do is based on the FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS • IF we are sweating and straining to make the healing happen then we are operating in a wrong spirit. It’s God’s work, our simple faith • You don’t have to have a word of knowledge to heal the sick – woman with issue of blood, just be obedient to what he has already called us to do

19. Be led by the Spirit • We have to persist – a sign of faith – unjust judge • You may have to pray more than once • Don’t have an all or nothing attitude – healing can come in increments • A 1% improvement is as much a miracle as 100% because it’s God who is doing it anyway! • Forgiveness may have to feature in the healing • Be bold! • You may have to control the circumstances if possible. Jesus kicked unbelief out • As with all things, BE LED BY THE SPIRIT

20. 5 step model for healing ministry • Five step healing model: • Interview • Prayer selection • Kingdom of God, Come. Will of God, Be done! • This healing belongs to me because of what Jesus did on the cross. I receive my healing now in Jesus name. • Prayer of faith, authority, laying on of hands, anointing with oil • Ask for any change in symptoms • Post prayer direction • If healed • If not healed

21. Words of Knowledge • See it • Hear it • Feel it • Read it • Know it • Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. – Luke 12:32

22. Persist… • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist • Persist

23. Heal the sick… • Heal the sick… • Recapture what the church has lost…