“What is God’s will concerning healing in
the church? Is healing still relevant today? Is
healing a part of the atonement? Is it God’s
will to heal every time? Why we don’t always
receive being healed? These are just some of the questions
that come up when the topic of being healed comes up.
This is just a sample, abbreviated
Outline.
You can download the entire Outline by clicking on the links below in
either
PDF or Word formats:
Healing in the Bible - PDF - Word
Related Online Message on Being Healed
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The purpose of this study is to show
you that healing is a part of God’s divine nature
that is being poured into the hearts of His people. It
is also a part of the great covenants that God has established
with His people throughout the ages. Being healed
was a part of the Old Covenant under the law and is also
a part of the New Covenant under grace that was established
through the blood of Jesus Christ.
A Historical & Biblical
Example of Healing
- The Passover Lamb, The Exodus And Healing –
Exodus 12:1-14.
- The Passover Lamb was for the healing of the
nation of Israel.
- God made a covenant with them saying, “I am the
Lord who heals you.”
This privilege is provided for by the atonement (as we shall see later
in the message). The prophet Isaiah prophesies concerning Christ
and His work of atonement when he says, “Surely He has borne our griefs
(sicknesses), and carried our sorrows (pain).”
This was the first covenant God gave to the children of Israel after
crossing the Red Sea. It was a covenant of healing, which is
typical of our redemption as well.
The Passover lamb that Israel partook of was a type of Jesus Christ,
who is the Lamb of God, our Passover Lamb. Jesus, who is our
Passover Lamb has come to heal the whole nation of spiritual Israel.
Being Healed and the
Atonement
The Prophecy of
Isaiah - Isaiah 53:1-10.
The prophet Isaiah gives us a wonderful glimpse into the life and
ministry of the coming Messiah. This is a prophetic passage concerning
the atoning work of Christ, the Messiah. In this prophecy he prophesies
many things concerning the Messiah’s ministry and all that He would go
through on behalf of God’s people, of which we find healing being very
much a part of the atoning work of Christ.
As we can see there are three very bold affirmative statements in this
passage of Scripture that refer to healing being a part of the atoning
work of Christ.
- Verse four: He
has borne our griefs - The word griefs means sicknesses,
weaknesses and diseases.
- Verse five: by
His stripes we are healed - this includes emotional
and being physically healed as well.
- Verse ten: He
has put Him to grief - The Amplified version says, “He has put
Him to grief and made Him sick.”
The Testimony of
Jesus Fulfilling the Atonement.
Matthew 8:16-17 very plainly illustrates to us that Jesus
fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 53 when He healed all
who came unto Him. It says, “He took our infirmities
and bore our sicknesses.”
- Jesus was committed to healing all because of the covenant.
- In Jesus’ mind, healing and forgiveness were
equal.
- Peter sees being healed as something that has already
been accomplished.
Being healed is simply the salvation
of Jesus Christ having its divine action in a man’s
body the same as it had its divine action in a man’s
soul.
The Greek words for
salvation or saved show that healing is a part of the atonement.
“Sozo” (verb) and “Soteria” (noun) are the two Greek words that are
used for the term salvation or saved. They are also translated healed,
healing, made whole, preserved, etc.
An Important Point to Consider when looking at Healing and the Atonement.
In the same way that we still deal with
sin, even though Christ provided the perfect atonement
, we still deal with sickness even though it has been
provided for in the atonement. When I sin, I don't say,
"It must be God's will that I continue to sin just
because I haven't got the victory over a particular
sin." "I do what the apostle paul exhorted
in Philippians. I continue to press towards the mark
of the high calling in Jesus Christ, apprehending what
He has already aprehended for me." Because I am
not perfected in my salvation, I don't get under condemnation
because of my imperfections. I simply keep pressing
forward. And because I keep pressing forward, I eventually
get the victory. It should be the same way in our healing.
If we don't receive our healing right away, don't draw
back and say, "It must be God's will for me to
be sick." You should rather say, "I am continuing
to believe God for my healing. I'm going to press towards
the high calling of Jesus in this area as well."
Being healed is simply a part of our salvation that
we have not been perfected in. 1 John 1:8 says, "If
we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us." You could also say, "if
we say he have no sickness in us, we deceive ourselves
and the truth is not in us."
(c) Ken Birks
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