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By Buddy Dawson

Knowing God’s will about healing

Week 12 of a multi-part series 

Once we discovered the truth about the “express image” we discussed last week from Hebrews 1:3, the will of the Father is exposed with every word and action that Jesus takes while on this earth. God’s Word reveals that Jesus Christ is the identical copy and perfect representation of His Father. He accredited every miracle, sign and wonder as His Fathers “good works.” Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”  If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me. but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him (John 10: 32,37,38 NKJV). Therefore, every interaction with Jesus and those around Him became a window into the perfect love of the Father.

Jesus not only used miracles, signs and wonders to draw people into the Kingdom but to expose the true nature of God. Raise the dead! (John 11: 43) O yea that is my Father’s love. Open blind eyes! (John 11: 37) O yea that is also my Father’s heart. Casting out demons! (Luke 11: 20) O yea the Father loves to set people free. Making provision where there is no provision! (John 6:9) He does that, too.

Jesus healed every sick person who would receive from Him and reached out for help! Keeping in mind He only did what the Father told him to do. How 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, for God was with Him (Acts 10: 38 NKJV). But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all (Matthew 12:15 NKJV). And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all (Luke 6:19 NKJV).

Under the complete leading of His Father, Jesus healed all of the sick in every place He ministered. The only exception was in His own hometown, where their inability to believe that He was who He said He was, hindered them from receiving (Mark 6: 3-5). How can one see all of this scriptural evidence and not believe that healing is God’s perfect will and “healing all” is His desire?

Healing is a part of the atonement for as many of us who will believe on and receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. He bore the stripes on His body that we deserved to endure, in order to make healing available to us, as assuredly as He died in our place, for the forgiveness of our sins.

Receiving the truth that healing is God’s will for every believer opens the door for faith to come which can cause seemingly hopeless situations to turn around for the glory of God. Not knowing His will causes us to be double minded and uncertain, unable to receive what is already rightfully ours. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.  For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord (James 1: 6,7 NKJV).

Buddy and Maude Dawson are the founders and directors of the River of Life Worship Center, 3504 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC. therolwc.org/[email protected]

 

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