20 Oct 2014 by Rev Dr Jai Kumar –
John 5:5-6
5One man was there who had been invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
This man did not answer the question Jesus asked. He was giving excuses. He was blaming others as to why he couldn’t be healed. 38 years he was unwell simply because he blamed his condition on others! He was giving excuses for his condition. An excuse is a reason you give because you want to stay in the same place and you refuse to move forward. Jesus overruled everything this man was saying. He simply said get up, pick your bed and walk and start moving on! Immediately he was made well! Later on when Jesus saw him in the temple he said to him “See you are healed! Stop sinning or something worst will happen to you!!” Here we can clearly understand in this situation 38 years he was invalid because sin held this invalid in bondage.
NATURAL HEALING AND DIVINE HEALING
Healing can take place in two ways in humans. Do you know that we are designed in such a way that our body has the capacity to heal itself naturally? No wonder it is said that time heals. Then, there is another way which is supernatural healing ( divine healing ) so to speak. So trust God for healing. Pray for the sick.
PHYSICIANS CAN ASSIST IN THE PROCESS OF HEALING
How many of us understand that medical doctors cannot heal you? Is that something new for you to accept? But on the other hand, they can only assist in the natural process of healing that we already possess in out body. Doctors can only intervene with diagnosis and medication to expedite the healing process. So do not withhold medicine to those who need it. Besides, when Jesus healed someone during His ministry He often sent them to the medical examiners for confirmation of the healing.
Luke 17:11-14
“Go and shew yourselves unto the priests……”
(Ref: Lev.13 God appointed priest to be medical examiners in Israel)
JESUS IS A MIRACLE HEALER
Having said all these, however that there is ONE who is an ultimate healer: “Jesus Christ the living God”. Jesus Christ the miracle working God. Who says: “To man it is impossible but to God all things are possible.”(Mark 10: 27)
The ONE who is greater than all the physicians of this world. He is the supernatural healer. He can call dead things to live again and bring healing to your sick bodies if you can only believe in Him. We have seen so far that SIN and LACK OF FAITH can hinder your breakthrough for healing.
SOUL SICKNESS CAN DESTROY YOUR BODY
Sickness of the soul is the subject that I wish to touch on today. Because if your soul is sick, your whole body will be sick. Whatever destroys the soul can finally destroy the body. A breakdown of your emotions and mind will lead to a breakdown of your body because the functions of our soul include our mind, emotions, imagination and our memories.
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY
The spirit relates upward to God. The soul relates inward to itself. The body relates outward to the world. We are spirit, soul, and flesh. Spirit is that area of your believing. Soul is the area of your mind, emotion and will, and flesh is that area of your feeling.
In order for the three parts of man to be collectively whole, each part needs to be in harmony with each other. Each part has a special role or function to play in the well-being of every person. Our bodies tend to follow the lead which is taken by our souls. Our soul in turn follow the path taken by our spirit.
Your spirit is the highest form of your personality that is God conscious and that only this part of your personality can be united with God. Your spirit is the only part of your personality that can connect to God, not your SOUL, not your BODY.
Paul says in 1 Cor.6:17 : He that is joined to The Lord is one spirit …the spirit deals with the soul and the soul deals with the body. Our present body is a soulish body and our heavenly body will be a spiritual body.
To get your whole personality in tune with God and responding to God as God desires, we need the spirit in us to work with the soul and the soul in turn to work with body. So in order to function as a born again believer in Christ, the born-again spirit in us needs the cooperation of the soul and the body to walk in fellowship with God.
Prov 23:7,
“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he”
Therefore the enemy will always try to infiltrate your soul and contaminate it with a different set of values which if he succeeds will foam a stronghold in you.
A stronghold is a faulty thinking pattern based on lies and deception out of line in God’s word. Deception is one of the primary weapons of the devil. Because it is the building blocks for a stronghold. What strongholds can do is cause us to think in ways which block us from God’s best. It will block you from walking in the blessings of God. You need to be reminded that satan’s battle ground is your mind. If he can manipulate and control your mind he can conquer your life, enslave you, and make you sick.
YOU CAN BE HELD IN BONDAGE AND SICKNESS DUE TO STRONGHOLDS
It is important to grow in God’s Word, because it is your primary weapon for tearing down the strongholds of deception that the enemy has been sowing into your soul.
The apostle Paul defines strongholds as speculations or lofty things raised up against the knowledge of God. It is any type of thinking that exalts itself above the knowledge of God, thereby giving the devil a secure place of influence in an individual’s thought-life. When you accommodate any thought that is not in line with God’s word the enemy will find you.
In John 8:31-36, Jesus tells us that we can be held in bondage and sickness due to strongholds in our lives. And His solution was to, “continue in my word… and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (v. 32-32). Strongholds are torn down as we meditate on God’s Word, which is the truth!!
This understanding of our makeup will give us a deeper insight of who we are and how preciously and carefully we have been created in the image and likeness of God. And this in turn will enable us to live and function in the ABUNDANT LIFE in the total wholeness and soundness of our inheritance from God.
If you want to be liberated today, deal with your sin; turn around and raise your faith to mountain moving level! You don’t have to lie there for 38 years as an invalid blaming your circumstances for your condition. You need to take authority over your life and break some strongholds that are keeping you imprisoned in sickness and defeat.
Don’t allow the negative voices of the enemy which tells you that God cannot heal you anymore because of your past. Those are the lies that can destroy your future. The more you dwell on the enemy’s lies, the more cabbage he will keep throwing at you.
Note: Rev Dr Jai Kumar is an ordained & licensed minister of Covenant Ministries International N.J. USA. He is also the representative of Faith International Bible School for Malaysia & Singapore. He is the founder and senior pastor of Full Gospel Outreach Ministry KL, a member of ECCM, Spiritual Adviser & overseer of Capstone Ministries/Capstone Community Church -C3 (Bangalore); Co-founder and adviser of Kingdom Christian Fellowship, Subang Jaya, he is also the author of a book entitled, ‘God’s Time Clock.’
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