These curses and sickness are authorized by God and implemented by Satan. James speaks to this type of life when he says, "But someone may say, You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works and I will show you my faith by my works." Verse Concepts. (MARK 11:24) Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them (Past tense). According to the Strongs concordance Pharmakeia means medication, witchcraft or sorcery. So here we have the blessings which cover all areas of life;blessings on your children, financial blessings, andprotection from your enemies. With this scriptural background let us now look to the Bible to see what God says about illness, disease and healing. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. Remember Gods way of healing is just for Gods true believers and not the whole world. Even today we are supposed to be doing and teaching everything which Jesus taught His disciples. Yes, our churches have taught that it is all passed away with the disciples but that is far from the truth. The Lord was not upset with the pagans worshiping false gods just as God is not upset today with non-Christians today relying on doctors for their healing. The following is the last in a five-part weekly series: The last form of healing in the name of Jesus that we want to explore in this series is the healing that God providentially provides for us through effective medical care. (JAMES 5:14) Is any one of you sick? Many Christians conclude that for healing we must rely on man with Gods help and not just God alone. It might be because of a relationship issue or a physical illness. Paul moved in the supernatural and in miraculous power (1 Corinthians 2:4). In this Scripture medicine, or sorcery, is called a work of the flesh and says that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. NO!!!! I believe He created medicine for the same reason, because healing is part of Who He is. The result was death. The two things (faith and medicine) can go hand in hand. Scripture gives a number of examples of this Do you trust God with your life or do you feel more comfortable trusting your life to a doctor? Have you ever read the side effects for some of these medications? Is He different then He was 2,000 years ago? What does God do away with that is? Your only escape is to believe Gods promises and accept that you were healed at the cross, not just eternally savedwith your soul going to heaven, but in complete salvation of your body too. The Lord says that cursed is the one who trusts in man instead of God! You canconfess your ignorance to what His Word says and repent, which simply means that you are now changingyour mind or your way of thinking. Day and night the devil holds God accountable to His Word and God must follow that Word. Look atthe followingheadlines in recent publications. If God is not part of these false gods of medicine then by default we are worshiping the devil to receive our healing. Gods way of healing is free! She got so thin that her arms literally looked like twigs covered by skin. Paul was an apostle who healed the sick and raised the dead. You cannot have it both ways and expect it to be pleasing to God. God loves us enough that He would rather turn you over to Satan for discipline than to see you live in your willful sin and go to hell for all eternity. As forbelievers,we have Gods Word and His ways of healing are clearly spelled out in Scripture. (MATTHEW 21:21) Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. Hezekiah responding by crying out to God and petitioning Him for his life. Once you believe Gods Word, then you have a legal right to come against the devil when sickness comes upon you. Pergamos was the religious center of the province. Now turn with me toinvestigatethe wonderful promises that our Lord has given us if we just choose to believe. Our skin and organs constantly refresh themselves by producing new cells to replace damaged ones. But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor." It may come as a surprise to some believers, but these type of healing resources are not the enemy of faith. You mean Jesus who is all powerful could notheal nor do many miracles? Jeremiah 17:14 (AMPC)Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise. We are the ones who have changed with following the strange teachings of what we call modern medicine. God Heals What does it mean to wait for the Lord? Those Whom God Uses to Heal - Institute For Faith, Work Those disciples were to make other disciples exactly imitating the pattern and teachings of Jesus. God uses the things that are not (faith) to bring to nothing the things that are (your sickness) that no flesh should glory before God. Sickness and disease will come against believers to test them, but if you understand Gods Word and believe it, this enemy (Satan) will flee from you in seven different ways! (Revelation 21:6) And he said to me, "It is done! These are all idols that we put before a holy God and He also includes sorceries, or Pharmakeia / Medicine that they did not repent of. Do we understand what this scripture means? Why? To help keep your account safe, please choose one of the methods below to verify that it's really you signing in. We should not advise people to go off their medicine unless God gives a prophetic direction to do so. Scripture says if you are not deserving of the curse it will not stay. In the Caduceus, used by physicians and the Military Medical Corp., the staff is winged and has two serpents intertwined. 1155, Col. San Juan de Guadalupe C.P. It says, But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and powerthey shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired (AMPC). Now that we have a better understanding of what the word "saved" really means, lets read that verse again and substitute saved for healed. Yes, God has certain personality traits, and He tells us about them in the Bible. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. It says, "Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Is that why they say that a doctor practices medicine? God didn't heal you, the doctors did. (Numbers 21:4) Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. By the late fourth century, there was a marked increase in claims of divine healing. Some of you are thinking, "Ok, God heals through medicine. Yes, the Christians in this world have been deceived into putting their trust into the false god of Pharmakeia and saying that it is blessed by God, and that modern medicine is from God when the Bible says exactly the opposite! There are many believers who consider divine healing and medicine to be mutually exclusive. Among the ancient Greeks the caduceus was carried by heralds and ambassadors as a badge of office and a mark of personal inviolability, because it was the symbol of Hermes, the messenger of the gods. I know many doctors who do what they do out of love and compassion. There certainly is and we will explore this topic to see what Gods word really says on the subject of healing. The Word of God and all these promises have absolute healing power but do you no good if you do not believe them. Later in his life, instead of trusting in God to heal him, he trusted in physicians and he died early because of this. We must honor and respect doctors and other members of the medical profession. It may come as a surprise to some believers, but these type of (13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." Does God change because we are now in the 21st century? All diseases will be healed, eventually. Yes, I will agree that medications (the things that are) often times seem to help, but they do not go straight to the root problem and heal. It is the story of King Hezekiah got a boil which made him sick and near to death. These promises in the Bible are just like blank checks. If God now heals by doctors instead of Salvation through Him, then we are now saying that God makes mistakes. By his wounds you have been healed. Bible Verses About Sickness Since you do not believe Gods Word, you will have to suffer from that curse. Art and literature were encouraged and it boasted a library of 200,000 volumes. Those who are His will listen while those who are not will disbelieve what we have learned about Gods method of healing. What if you really believed this scripture with all your heart and all your soul? (15) Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Abstract. The life Jesus and His disciples lived, we were to imitate this same life. (47) Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity (58) If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome namethe LORD your God- (59) the LORD will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. Do you have the faith to believe that you were already healed at the cross? (Jeremiah 30:17) O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You have healed me . (Psalm 30:2) He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds . Of course doctors can sometimes give you medicines to make you feel better for a short time, but who then usually gets the glory? We have not been taught what the Word says therefore we do not have the faith and do not receive the promised benefits. HE WAS NOT THE ONE ATTENDING TO YOU AND KEEPING YOU HEALTHY. Does it say "you will take your loved ones to the doctor?" We will go through those promises next, but first you must understand that when God tells us that "by his wounds you have been healed", that is a past tense promise"have been healed". If you see a curse/sickness come upon you that is not deserved, then pray to God that it be taken away. Gods begun a good work in you, so trust in Him to see it through! They just do not understand Gods way of healing verses the worlds. I have good news: Whatever your pain might be, wherever you are in life, God can make you whole. Did the Lord forget to list any of the diseases that affect us today? Why God Heals: Four Biblical Reasons Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16). It works because God, the creator of all things, created it to work that way. God has never used sorcery to heal in the past and Hedoes not use ittoday. And He said to them, No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself! Remember what we just read in Deuteronomy 28 about the curse? (28) The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind (34) The sights you see will drive you mad. Acts 20:8 records him healing Publius's father, who was deathly ill (probably with Malaria). By using another god(medications) you can neverdo away with the curse in which God has brought. A typical incident is recorded in Matthew 14:1314: When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Is it that Jesus is just not giving us what weask in prayeror is it us and our lack of belief in Gods promises? If God does not change we should be able to see what Gods plan is for healing His children, both then and now. Healing may not always come immediately, but it will come, so have faith in Him and His perfect timing. If you are not a professing Christian then you can disregard this article as God is only holding His people accountable to His Word. When you reach the same faith that you are healed (even though you cannot see it) with the same belief that you are eternally saved, (even though you cannot see it) then, and only then, do you really believe God and only then will you be healed by the Lord. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him (Jer 17:7). Can you see thatrelying on modern medicine and doctors for our healing constitutes a different and strange teaching compared to what Jesus taught? Jesus says "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed" (Matt 8:13). We respect your privacy. This doesnt mean we shouldnt ever see a doctor. We saw a manifestation of that when Jesus walked among us. (12) The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." Man, and our dependence on him, will always cost money; money with whichthe Lord has provided us. Rather than have this occur, Zeus slew Asclepius with a thunderbolt. But if we focus too much on doctors and medicines, we can begin to forget the true source of our healingGod. Questions/Feedback - email me: mark@heavenshelpers.org, Copyright. If all you believe is that Christ died so you will go to heaven, then that is all you will get. Does God heal through doctors and medicine? | Christian God is a healing God and it is His very nature to heal people, even those who don't know Him personally. My Personal Testimony of Healing 5: Modern Medicine, Healing Prayer Can Work You will receive only what you have faith for and that is why Christians are just as sick as non-Christians. Jesus the Divine Physician - PMC - National Center for 7. Medicine and Faith Can Both Bring Healing - Billy Graham You can rebuke the devil and say to him, I do not accept this sickness because I was healed at the cross". He did not condemn using doctors and 'earthly remedies'. You are takingsomething that God Himself has given you (your sickness), and you are asking someone or something to save you or take it away instead of God. Speaking Scripture over our lives does wonders for us, but only because it comes from God to begin with! Wail over her! He made us to be as resilient to sickness and self-healing as possible. This was the command and heres how it was supposed to have worked. It says, "Now Isaiah had said, 'Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.'" Can you see Jesus? God Heals Because He Has Compassion Jesus heals because he has compassion on the sick and hurting. What Jesus did on the cross healedyou! Jesus saw "the harvest as great and the laborers as few" (Mathew 9:37)so Jesus gave authority to others and sent them out to heal every disease and every affliction. This is our example. WebIf God is healing through medicine, then there are some that God can't do a thing. (Mark 9:23) All things are possible to him who believes. Allen - Does God Heal Through Medicine (Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Its important to remember that the Lord is our Healer, and that His Word is our medicine. You must believe for something you cannot see. Are we supposed to take them to the nearest doctor or pharmacy? Meditate on them. I searched the Bible for them, expecting to prove him wrong. Do you remember when and where Jesus said it is finished? It is not enough to havefaith with your lips, but you must have faith by what you do. Lord, you are the great Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals," the Great Physician! When medicine did not avail, they might still seek healing by prayer, but recognized that they were to submit patiently to God's will. God sent Isaiah to prophesy to him and instruct him to set his house in order because he was going to die. Jesus taught that it is your faith that heals you. All of us have been to doctors and have been deceived by man's ways compared to Gods ways in the Bible. Surgeon Michael Costanza, MD, tells about a new navigation tool for complex vascular procedures. He must obey His own word. If not, then maybe that is why you are not healed. It is estimated that America spends over TWO TRILLION dollars each year on healthcare, yet God charges nothing. (James 2:14) What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? I want to encourage you moving forwardno matter what kind of pain or illness youre dealing with, pray Gods Word over your life, do your part where God is leading you, and give the rest over to Him. (Proverbs 30:5) Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer". The staff has since come to represent medicine's only symbol. The only ones who are really seeing God heal are those who are seeking God to heal instead of doctors or medicine. (2 Chronicles 16:12) In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Healing always starts and ends with Him. Healing How much do you pay for medical insurance each year? Yet if you doubt and do not fully believe in your heart, then you will not receive your healing! What if, after you have searched the Bible, you find that it is exactly the opposite of everythingyou have believed your whole life? What was Gods way of healing then is Gods way even today! Is this really God's way? Is that what the Bible says to do? If you are a professing believer please take this article to heart. This opportunity to become a disciple of Jesus was to continued all the way to this present day. Do you believe the lack of healing that many Christians areexperiencing today is thevery same result as what happened back then in Jesus' hometown? Do you believe that Jesus bore your sins on the cross? God responded to Hezekiah's prayer. Both of those are pretty strong arguments that God heals through herbal medicine. Make our eyes alert, our hands skillful and sensitive, and fill our mental faculties with keenness to make righteous judgment so that others may live. Now after reading this study, you now understand and are now held accountable to whether you will trust in God and His Word,or trust inman. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Did God really do away with the Old Testament and the Old Covenant? God can and does heal miraculously but he also heals through the wisdom of doctors and in this case by speeding my way through the NHS maze to get paxlovid. (11) Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." Along comes a One day at choir rehearsal, she shocked me by telling us, "I used to have cancer, but God healed me.". I remember this one lady from a church I attended. Now if you believe that Jesus took away your sins, then by taking away your sin, He took away that penalty for every sin which is described in Deuteronomy 28. Microbiologist Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, goes over the risks of the tick-borne Powassan virus.Librarian Sarah Lawler tells about the family resource center in the Upstate Cancer Center. (13) And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. WebGod does heal through doctors and medicine but it takes the supernatural power of God to break all the power of the devil who brings on sickness and disease as explained in Luke It is important to notethat even when you are under the blessings of God, He never says that enemies will stop rising up against you. (37) Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; (38) therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Supposedly Asclepius learned the art of healing from the centaur Cheron; but Zeus - king of the gods, was fearful that because of the Asclepius knowledge, all men might be rendered immortal. Another is truth--God cannot lie. Instead going right to the source of where that sickness came from (God) we try and take another way, an easier way that bypasses God. God Heals All Our Diseases Really? | Desiring God Let's start with herbal medicine, since that was the subject that sent me on My Bible search. He mentioned fellow surgeons, radiologists, nurses, and anesthesiologists, to name a few. (13) And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. How about in the early Church that we see in the book of Acts, did they use doctors? when God sent him back to Hezekiah with an "Ok, since you ask Me, I will heal you" word. One day a visiting preacher told me that the Bible said that God used herbal medicine to heal people. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery (Pharmacy/Medication) I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19,20). Doctors and Nurses Serve God with Their Healing Skills Today we will study howhealing took place throughout the Scriptures and how it is that God heals today. Do you only believe that Jesus died for your sins and because of that you will get to go to heaven some day? NOT SOME IMAGINARY FRIEND THAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. Can that faith save him? But the doctor was so sure there wasnt anything that could be done to correct it, he only charged my folks for six treatments even though he administered somewhere between 50 and 60. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but sought help from physicians. Can you see that this is not God's way of healing for His people? But God does NOT heal through. Just recall the curses in Deuteronomy 28 to see where this sickness and disease come from. Sin is the reason for the curse and without sin there is no curse! This time with the Lord can do more to restore our body, mind and emotions than anything else we can do. Yet, there ARE some that Jesus COULD NOT heal. (MATTHEW 13:57 ) And they took offense at him. What does that mean to us when we pray for the sick?". Thats how we release Gods power to healby speaking His Word and trusting His ability and His willingness to heal. I believe all medical knowledge comes from God and that He works through doctors hands to do great things. We see whatever illness or sickness we have and we get scared and think that the only way to save ourselves is to hedge our bets; to seek the doctors and then pray that God will heal us. (9) The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.. (11) The LORD will grant you abundant prosperityin the fruit of your womb (12) The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty (14) Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. Prayer for Doctors Wisdom. Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed" (Jeremiah 51:8) God is being a bit sarcastic in this prophecy. Is what you have too big for God? Many peoplebelieve God gives blessings to His children, but very few understand that it is also God who has set forth the curses too. WebGod heals today through things like doctors, medicine, hospitals, physical therapy, vitamins, operations and the like. 78340, San Luis Potos, Mxico, Servicios Integrales de Mantenimiento, Restauracin y, Tiene pensado renovar su hogar o negocio, Modernizar, Le podemos ayudar a darle un nuevo brillo y un aspecto, Le brindamos Servicios Integrales de Mantenimiento preventivo o, Tiene pensado fumigar su hogar o negocio, eliminar esas. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. (33) Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? (34) And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. If it is God who brings the curse on you, does it not make sense to seek God to take that curse away? I used to think that if you went to a doctor, then God was not involved in healing you, and the doctor did it all on his own. Your actions will speak louder than your mouth! Perhaps you cannot see God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit physically but you can see them spiritually. WebGod Works Through Doctors to Bring Healing Answers By Billy Graham July 23, 2015 Topics: Health, Prayer Home My husband had successful open heart surgery a few months ago. (18) For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. God We are no different than Gods children who were saved out of Egypt, only to later die in the wilderness because they did not believe God. (If you doubt the existence of hell, just read about what Jesus said about a rich man and Lazarus, a poor man, in Luke 16:19-31.). This is past tense. (8) Then the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live. (9) So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

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