Spirit Authority to heal

AUTHORITY FOR HEALING

The bible tells us that we are to go and heal the sick. The bible also tells us that if he calls us to do it he will see that it is done. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it 1 Thessalonians 5: 24

The bible tells us that we are to go and heal the sick. From this one would conclude that God wants the sick healed. The bible also tells us that if he calls us to do it he will see that it is done. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it 1 Thessalonians 5: 24

Jesus telles us to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:" (Mat 10:8 KJV)
Jesus sends us out "to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick."(Luke 9:2 KJV)
Jesus again tells us "And heal the sick that are therein," (Luke 10:9 KJV)
Jesus gave us power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases (Luke 9:1)

1. Sickness is a result of Sin and Satin: God created man with perfect bodies. Then sin and Satin (the evil one) entered the world. As one result of this we have sickness. But if sickness has its origin in "the Fall of Man" when sin entered into our existence and from the evil one, then we have authority over it. (Luke 10:19 NIV) I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

At the very heart of God is the desire to give and forgive. (Rom 8:1,2 NIV) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death

Jesus saw some diseases as "afflictions" of Satan and some the result of Sin that were to be overcome.
Others were opportunities to glorify God (Mark 3:10 NIV)
For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. (Luke 13:11-13 NIV)
and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. (Mat 9:2 NIV)
Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven."

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. (John 9:1-3 NIV)

2. It is God's will that His People are healthy: There are many passages in the Bible that teach this:

We pray "… Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven"
Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, (Exo 23:25 NIV)
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.(Isa 58:8 KJV)
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. (Jer 33:6 KJV)
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee : on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. (2 Ki 20:5 KJV)
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. (Isa 57:18 KJV)
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace,peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.(Isa 57:19 KJV)
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will bindus up. (Hosea 6:1 KJV)

3. God can heal but will He? The theological problem "If you are willing, are you able?" It is the uncertainty about God's will to heal that plagues man. There is no doubt that God has the power, but does he have the will?

In (Luke 5:12 NIV) While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." The leper was saying "Lord, I am uncertain if you wish to heal me, (but) you have the ability to cleanse me."

That it is God' will to heal can be seen from Jesus Response. (Luke 5:13 NIV) Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him

4. Imitate God: We know that it is God's will that we have health and that He will heal us. Then we should imitate Him and participate in the healing . (Eph 5:1,2 NIV) Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

5. God has delegated His Authority to His People: God gave His Son to save us from sin, and to save us also from the effects of sin - one of which is sickness, which defiles bodies made for a dwelling place of the All Highest.

God is the fountainhead of Healing Love, Jesus the Christ is the administrator of the Healing Grace, and the Holy Spirit is the power of God manifesting in our bodies and filling us with the abundant life of Christ.

God has all authority over the Earth. God gave Jesus His authority and Jesus has given that authority to us . And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, If Jesus sits at His right had and we are seated with him then we are at His right hand. (Eph 2:6 NIV)

6. Christ, our savior and example, commands us to heal. James 5:

(13) Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
(14) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
(15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him
(16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

7. Let us be Imitators of Christ . Let us boldly glorify God by demonstrating his Holy Power!

The Bible says that signs and wonders shall follow belief and they will definitely not be given simply so that a skeptics should see and believe.

Jesus healed all the sick who came to him in faith believing; and as He is the same today and forever, that healing power is still available to those (us) who will believe .

God is always glorified by healing . We must be most grateful to Him for such.

Healing is controversial and it will always be controversial. Jesus, our Lord, was a controversial healer. We can expect that when we begin to do what Jesus did, rather than just talk about what he talked about, we will be controversial too.