Title: Prayer and Healing (Psalm 103:1-5)
Description Humans have more diseases that cannot be cured by human technology or the power of drugs, and most are dying or suffering without knowing the name of the disease. All of the diseases that Jesus healed in the Bible were of this type.
(EX) (1) Demon possessed epilepsy of Syria (2) Leprosy (3) Blind Bartimaeus (4) Blind and mute (5) Vicious demon-possessed of Tire and Sidon (6) Lamb of the Temple (7) The 38-year-old sick man (8) The withered hand (9) The woman with bleeding (10) The insane person in the Philippi Temple
《Caution》The causes of these diseases are all spiritual diseases, so unless you accept Jesus and receive salvation, it is impossible to cure them. They were healed in other ways for a while, but then they got worse. The healing sequence taught by the Bible in “The Healing of Jesus”
1. Spiritual therapy
(1) Faith “The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If you have committed any sins, they will be forgiven you. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. (James 5:15-16) “Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” Immediately he saw him and followed Jesus on the way (Mark 10:52). If you ask us today about how this man was saved, then you and all the people of Israel know that this man may be healed before you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and God raised from the dead. standing (Acts 4:9-10)”
(2) Reception of Jesus Christ “To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:12)” As they were going around preaching the gospel, Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to the people. The crowds heard Philip's words and saw the signs he performed, and they followed what he said with one accord. They went out, and many paralytics and lame people were healed, and there was great joy in the city. There was a man named Simon in the city from before, who practiced sorcery and astonished the people of Samaria, calling himself a great man. People say it is the power of God, which is called great (Acts 8:4-10).” “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God He was with them (Acts 10:38).
2. All spiritual, mental, and physical ailments enter through the mind.
(1) The spirit of delusion works in that heart.
(2) Regarding the spirit of delusion, “The LORD said, “Who will persuade Ahab to go up to Ramoth Gilead and kill him? And the LORD said to him, "What shall I do?" He said, "I will go out and become a lying spirit in the mouths of all their prophets." "You will deceive, and it will be done," said the LORD. He sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech (Judges 9:23).
(3) Characteristics of the spirit of delusion ① It follows me throughout my life ② It continues to increase ③ It eventually destroys the flesh “If a prophet is deceived and speaks, I, the LORD, have caused the prophet to be tempted; (Ezekiel 14:9) “Therefore, putting away falsehood, let each one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. (Ephesians 4:25-27) “All deceit of unrighteousness will come upon those who are perishing, for they have not received the love of the truth, that they may be saved. “He gave this man to Satan, that he might destroy the body, but that the spirit might be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus” (2 Thessalonians 2:10-11).