Healing is the Fruit of the Word of God in Your Heart
God is the Word and the Word is God. All things were made by the Word. The Word is alive and active. It’s in your heart to bear fruits and gifts. Today we’ll discuss the power of the Word in your heart to see healing.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.”
God has nothing else to give you because he has already given you Christ, who is everything.
It’s an illusion to think you have to convince God to give you something if you have Christ. But we still live in physical bodies, in a realm where sin and death are still active, and we have to overcome that dimension to experience those things that God has given us in Christ.
We do that by faith. But faith isn’t your power to believe; faith is your response to what God has already done in Christ. Faith is a response to God’s description of himself. Faith hears God say, “I am the Lord God, your healer,” and believes that it becomes your reality over and above any other reality, not by force but by fruit.
The spiritual things that pertain to life and godliness become realities in our lives as the fruit grows on a tree. The tree already has the genetics to bear the fruit, and given enough time, the fruit will grow without being hindered. You can take any fruit tree and plant its seeds, and those seeds will become a tree that grows more of the same fruit - UNLESS - something acts on it to make the tree unfruitful.
This is also true of the Word of God in us. It’s the way of the Kingdom that is in us, kingdom seeds bear fruit after their own kind.
Christ has been planted in you. Christ is the Word, and the Word is in you. What kind of fruit will the Word grow into you and through you if it is allowed to grow? All the fruits of the spirit and all the gifts of the spirit.
So why don’t they always grow? Because the Word gets choked out in our hearts, and our heart's capacity to bear fruit becomes unfruitful. The Word is trying to grow, but the soil/heart might be choking and disallowing it to grow.
This is why some people are healed, and some aren’t. It is why things seem to work for people in strength, not those in fear.
It’s not because some people have more faith; it’s because some people are more convinced of the capacity of that Word in their lives that they keep their hearts in a receptive state, which allows them to grow into fruit. Your faith doesn’t make the Word grow or move God. The role of your faith is to persuade your heart of God’s truth so it stays open and allows the Word/Kingdom in you to grow, and it will unless you stop it.
The Word is Alive in You
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was and is God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Everything made was made by him, for him, and through him. Who? Jesus, the living Word of God. And now Christ is in you, so the Word is in you. The Word, which was and is God and made everything, is in you. It lives where your spirit and soul meet. It lives in your joints and bone marrow. It’s in the deepest aspects of your being, spirit, soul, and body.
What’s it doing in there?
It’s seeking to grow and bear fruit. Your role is to agree with its/his intent and believe. The fruit of the Word of God, the fruit of Christ in you, will grow on its own. You just have to make sure you don’t choke it from growing into your physical body and life by worrying, caring too much about the things of the world, lusting after other things, and being deceived by money.
The absence of those things don’t convince God to do things for you, it’s a matter of the heart. The heart is the governor that allows the Word to bear fruit or chokes it.
Between Two Realms
We live where the carnal and spiritual realms overlap. We have physical bodies, but we are spirits by nature. We experience the realities of the physical dimension, but we can also experience the spiritual realities that Jesus came to give us. He said that he came so we could have abundant life. Life is spiritual.
Like an airplane that weighs tons can fly through the air because the law of lift superseded the law of gravity, we can experience spiritual realities as they supersede physical laws. Jesus didn’t break natural law of the surface tension of water as it relates to a human body, he walked in a spiritual reality in which the created material particles of this world rearranged themselves to serve the will of the creator.
We can experience spiritual realities because the spirit of the living, all-powerful God has joined himself to our spirit. We have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. We are in the realm of God’s spiritual kingdom, while at the same time, we’re in the realm of physical creation.
God is the Word, and the Word is God. All things were made by the Word. The Word is alive and active. It’s in your heart to bear fruits and gifts.
Things you can do to ensure your heart stays sensitive to His Word
Put on the new man in your mind
Hold the Word of God in your heart until it’s possible
Repentance (turn from sin and get your thoughts and actions in alignment with God’s ways). Repentance is the acknowledgment of what Christ has done for you.
from my God Our Healer series
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You Can Heal People
Jesus healed people and he gave us his power to heal people. This should be the end of the story but we still live in bodies where sin is having an effect. Thankfully, we also have God’s spirit in us, giving life to our bodies. We’re not in a dualistic battle between the power of God and the power of sin, we have a belief issue that determines which one will bear fruit in our lives. Join us today as we continue our discussion on healing.
“Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases”
Do you believe in Jesus?
If you believe that God sent Jesus to save you and that he raised you from the dead, then you have God's spirit living in you. God has joined himself to you, placed his spirit in you, and given you a new heart. AND… Jesus shares his authority on earth with you. That means you can do what he did.
John 14:12 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Med for anything in My name, I will do it.
You might say, "Clint, I can barely stay out of sin and be nice to people, I can't possibly heal people, I'm too messed up."
Let me remind you…
Acts 19:11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
It’s not about you!
Handkerchiefs can heal people; it's not about you but about God's word and spirit. Why can a handkerchief heal someone? Because God’s spirit was on it, and when God's spirit touches things, they become whole and function the way God originally designed them to function. God’s spirit touches a person, they get saved, healed and delivered. God spirit touches fish and bread, it multiplies to feed thousands. God’s spirit touches a storm, it calms down. God’s spirit touches disease, healing happens. That’s just what happens when God’s spirit touches anything.
This spiritual power is in you!!
It's not about your anointing or lack thereof, your obedience or lack thereof, or your anything! It's about the spirit of God and the will of God for people to be whole and healed - every time!
Well, then why doesn't it work every time? Watch #4 in this series for more on that answer.
Power and Authority
Luke 9:1 Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases. 2 And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 6 So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
Jesus gave his followers this power, which means the ability to do it. He also gave them the authority to enforce this power. Authority signifies the power and responsibility to enforce something. What is being enforced in this case? The Gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Jesus went around enforcing the law and will of his Father's kingdom. The will of Heaven is healing and deliverance.
In the same way, you are tasked with the responsibility of enforcing God's power. You are like the "police" of Heaven, enforcing the laws of God's Kingdom. The primary law regarding health in God's Kingdom is the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans 8). You have the power AND authority to enforce this law because Jesus gave you the power AND authority, it’s that simple.
For more on this idea, watch this video from 34 minutes and 49 seconds into the video.
Circumstantial Theology
Most Christians base their beliefs on their circumstances. Most Christians think God is controlling everything that happens.
Tell me if this sounds familiar; "I prayed, and they weren't healed, and since God is in control, God must not want them healed for some reason that we'll never know but will bring him glory."
Let me just tell you, disease and death DO NOT bring God glory. I understand that you glorify God by remaining faithful to him amid hardships and persecution, but not because you passed some test from God. God is glorified by your faithfulness in challenging times because it shows that he's worthy of praise regardless of circumstances. If you go through tragedy and remain faithful to God, this becomes a testimony to yourself and others that God is greater than that tragedy.
Unfortunately, we come to the erroneous conclusion that since God was glorified as you went through it, he's allowing it so that he'll be glorified. You can't prove that in scripture anywhere. Before you mention Job, read the whole book, especially chapters 38 through the end, and see where Job repented for blaming God for his hardships.
We should base our beliefs on Jesus' life, death, burial, and resurrection. The evidence from Jesus overwhelmingly shows a desire for healing and deliverance.
So pray. Expect to be healed. Expect others to be healed when you pray for them. Don't stop using the power that's in you. Grow in it. Become more confident. Fast and get the doubt out of your heart if you need to, but don't back down from enforcing the power that God placed in you to accomplish his will!
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You Can Be Healed Because You Are Forgiven
Jesus suffered all the effects of your sin on the cross.
I mean, can we just pause and be thankful about that for a moment.
Because he suffered the penalty for your sin, this is true for you.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. - Romans 8:2
Now, before I get too far into this, let me make the clear statement that if you continue in sin, you will experience all sorts of death because you will reap what you sow, and if you continue to sow sin to the flesh, you will experience death.
BUT!!!
It’s NOT from God!!!
“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.”
Jesus suffered all the effects of your sin on the cross. Including sickness, disease, God’s judgment, and death.
I mean, can we just pause and be thankful about that for a moment!!!
In addition, because he suffered the penalty for your sin, this is true for you… “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” - Romans 8:2
Thank you Lord for what you have done for me!!!
Before I get too far into this, let me make the clear statement that if you continue in sin, you will experience all sorts of death because you will reap what you sow, and if you continue to sow sin to the flesh, you will experience various kinds of death in this life.
BUT!!!
It’s NOT from God!!!
Because in Christ YOU ARE FORGIVEN!!
It’s a bit of a paradox that we’re in. Our sin has been paid for. We are no longer subject to the law of sin and death as far as God is concerned, but we still live in unregenerated bodies, so we need to stay out of sin to keep death out of our lives.
I’m not saying you can only be healed if you stay out of sin. And I’m not saying if you aren’t healed it’s because you have sin in your life. I’m saying it’s a lot easier to receive it if you don’t have all that guilt and doubt in your heart from continual sinful behavior. You have healing in you because Christ is in you, but you must understand you’re already qualified because you’re forgiven and then be bold to expect healing because it’s your birthright as a child of God in Christ.
In fact, the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is giving life to your physical body right now, in this very moment!! (Romans 8:11)
You Can Expect Healing
Because Jesus was judged for your sin and paid the full price for your rebellion against God’s law, you are forgiven and, as far as God is concerned, qualified for healing because he’s not holding your sin against you.
Jesus shows us what this looks like practically here:
Mark 2:10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Jesus explained that the healing of a paralytic proved that he had the power to forgive sins. Forgiveness produces healing. Do you see the connection? You are forgiven, you can expect healing too.
It’s a legal issue, you actually have a right to expect healing. Romans 8 gives us insight into how this works. In this clip about Romans 8 I explain how forgiveness leads to healing.
This was only 60 seconds, but you can watch this full section here. The full section on this point runs about 4 minutes. Click to watch more of this section.
The full sermon goes into much more detail about why you can expect healing. I pray it’s a blessing to you. Click to watch the full message.
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