WHY I BELIEVE IN
DIVINE HEALING
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Divine healing emanates from Almighty
God, because God is Life! He is the sole creator of the world and giver of
life. Besides Him, there is no one
capable of creating or granting anything.
And without Him, there is no life whatsoever. It is only natural for God
to heal, because He is the fountainhead of health and life!
Divine
healing emanates and flows from Him because He exudes love, peace, health and
Eternal Life! Like the warm rays emitted by the sun fall on those exposed to
its radiance, so it is with those who draw near to God! They become automatic
recipients of His grace, mercy, love, peace, forgiveness and health! Our Heavenly Father daily showers His
children with loving kindness and tender mercies (Ps. 103:1-6).
Because God
is Love and perfect love casts out fear, there is perfect Peace and Healing in
God. (1 John 4: 18). And since fear brings torment and disunity between God and
man and disharmony among men, God's love restores the harmony within the entire
human being; spirit, soul and body!
As the
healing process changes the recipient's attitude toward his Maker, the spin-off
effect touches those around him, bringing harmony out of discord. Because JESUS
IS OUR PEACE, we walk in healing and
health. When the fear, torment, unrest and uncertainty is gone, the
healing process starts functioning in the believer's life.
As we believe God's Word and appropriate
His promises for ourselves, we recognize His power actively operating, bringing
healing to ourselves and others!
St.
Paul stated, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened: that ye may know what is the
hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints.
"And
what is the exceeding greatness of His Power
to us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which
He wrought in Christ, when He Raised Him from the dead and set Him at His own
right hand in the heavenly places;
“Far above
all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is
named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come". (Eph.
1:17-21)
Then He
tells us how we may have these miracles...BY ALLOWING HIS POWER to operate in
us! "Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the Power according to the Power that worketh in
us”. (Eph. 3:20)
The key to
receiving God's power, is to invite the Blessed Holy Spirit into our lives to
work in us mightily, according to His own will. Praise the Lord! And since the
Joy of the Lord is our strength, Divine Healing continues to flow as we serve
Him with gladness
GOD IS AGAINST
SICKNESS!
God is
against sickness because God is good and sickness is the exact opposite of that
which is good. It is an evil,
destructive force which tears down God's perfect work! Sickness is a blight and
a scourge on the human race and a direct result of Adam's transgression and
disobedience to Almighty God!
Sickness and
disease is incipient death, which is a slow form of demise; or death on the
installment plan. For with sin came
fear, torment, sickness, disease and death!
When Jesus walked upon the earth, He took a
stand against six things: sin,
sickness, fear, demons, poverty and death! He preached the gospel to the poor,
so they could have their needs met for body, soul, mind and spirit! He forgave the sinner, healed the sick,
dispelled fear, cast out demons, fed the hungry and raised the dead!
In the Nazareth
synagogue, He openly challenged the powers of darkness by publicly reading the
words of Prophet Isaiah, concerning Himself.
"The
Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because he hath anointed Me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised. To preach the
acceptable year of the Lord." (Luke 4:18-19)
Then
He went out to the poor, sinful, sick, and the needy and liberated them by the
Almighty Power of the Holy Spirit!
"And Jesus went about
all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the
people". (Matt. 9:35-36)
EVERYTHING
GOD MADE WAS GOOD!
When God
created the heavens and the earth and everything that was created, He put His
stamp of approval on His handiwork by declaring it all "good"!
Adam was
created in the very image and likeness of God, and He is not sick! In Him, there is no blemish, frailty,
weakness, disease or death! He is
ageless, timeless, unchanging and the very epitome of perfection in every area
of His triune being - Father, Son and Holy Spirit!
In Him is
perfect soundness, perfect goodness, perfect purity, perfect love, perfect
peace, perfect righteousness and perfect health!
Adam was
made by the hand of God, out of the dust which He had previously spoken into
existence - out of nothing.
OUT OF
NOTHING - BERESHITH BARA - EX NIHILO! God created the worlds out of nothing. He made the atoms - the building blocks of
the universe, out of nothing.
And He still
specializes in doing the impossible! Hallelujah!
He is also
the world's only healer! And since He is
the healer, it isn't difficult for Him to HEAL us all. Our Creator
God made us in the first place, so it is not hard for Him to heal us and make
us well!
The Bible
states, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness. So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he
them". (Gen. 1:26-27). "And
the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul". (Gen. 2:7)
A study of
the original Hebrew texts teaches us how important we really are to Almighty
God.
The word man
is 'adahm' which literally means "the blood of God". The word image is 'damoot' and denotes
"an exact duplication in kind".
The Hebrew
word for dust is 'afar' which means "minute particles" and the word
ground is taken from the Hebrew 'adahmah' which has the literal
meaning "the totality of all that God is".
What does this
mean and how does it affect me? And why should I care about the literal meaning of
these Hebrew texts?
That may be
your attitude now, but after you have read what I have to share next, you will
rejoice with all true believers in Christ, for God's great plan for our lives!
"And
God said Let us (Elohim-triune God) make the blood of God (man) an exact duplication
in kind (in our image) of ourselves."
You see, God
took of Himself to make man. He took of
His own life (the life is in the blood), that is why we are so precious to Him!
He made us
triune (spirit, soul and body) just like Himself. He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit! We were created "an exact duplication in
kind" of God. He made man
out of minute particles (dust) of the totality of all that God is (ground).
Science has
recently discovered that everything is made out of minute particles, exactly as
the original Hebrew stated!
There was
nothing here in the beginning, so God took of Himself to make everything that
now exists! For God is all in all!
Without Him, there would be nothing and if He decided to take His hand
off this world, we would cease to exist.
FOR, ONLY IN
HIM IS THERE LIFE FOR NOW AND ETERNITY!
That is why
St. Paul stated, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being".
(Acts 17:28)
God took of
Himself to make the earth, but He took of His own BLOOD (life) to make man!
That is why
God "will destroy them that destroy (corrupt) the earth". (Rev.
11:18) And why He is angry with those
who worship mere men!
And that is
why God will judge those who worship the earth, instead of worshipping Him and
His Son Jesus Christ, who died for the sins of the world in order to purchase
our redemption
CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER SATAN HAS PURCHASED
OUR LIBERTY FROM THE EVIL ONE, FOR TIME AND ETERNITY. MAY GOD DELIVER EVERYONE
READING THESE LINES, FROM THE CURSED DOCTRINE OF GAIA-MOTHER EARTH WORSHIP!
Those who do
not turn from the occult New Age Movement and their deceptive teachings, will
discover - possibly too late - that they have been deceived, and are in fact,
worshipping Lucifer (Satan) who is the architect of GODDESS and Mother
Earth-GAIA worship!
There are
those who say that the earth has a soul and we must worship the earth.
This is sacrilegious and blasphemous!
St. Paul
tells of the terrible judgment of God upon those who worship created beings or
creatures rather than the Living God and His Son Jesus Christ. (Rom 1:18-26)
Moses wrote,
"And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life (nephish); and man became a living
soul". (Gen. 2:7)
The word
nephish means "spirit". God
breathed His own ETERNAL SPIRIT into Adam!
That is why St. Paul speaks of the "law of God in our
members", referring to our conscience.
And the
Bible speaks of God placing "eternity in our hearts" (Eccl. 3:11),
again alluding to our God given conscience!
WHY DID
JESUS HAVE TO DIE?
What was the
real reason for sending His Son to die on the cross? St. Paul calls Jesus
Christ, "the second Adam" and "the last Adam". "For as
in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
"And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not the first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual.
"And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not the first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual.
"The
first man is of the earth earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven."
(1 Cor. 15:22,45,47) The first Adam (blood of God) disobeyed, betrayed His
trust and sold out to God's enemy (Satan), plunging the entire human race into
sin, death and destruction!
That is why
God sent His own Son as the second Adam (blood of God), to shed His pure and
holy Blood through His vicarious death on the cursed tree, thereby meeting the
righteous demands of Divine Justice in the courts of Heaven, paying the penalty
for our sins. The sacrificial death of the Jewish Messiah destroyed Satan's
power over mankind who would embrace the Gospel of Christ!
The precious
blood of our Saviour has redeemed us from the Curse of the Law and the power of
Satanic Bondage! It has freed us from the slavery of sin, fear, sickness,
disease and death!
St. Paul
writes: "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,
He also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."
(Heb. 2:14-15)
"Blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to
us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them
in it." (Col. 2:14-15)
"But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
"Wherefore
God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every
name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Phil.
2:7-11)
And St. John
wrote, "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil." (1 John 3:8)
ADAM WAS A
PERFECT SPECIMEN!
After God
had made Adam in His own image, He was very pleased. The Bible states: "And God saw
everything that he had made, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD." (Gen. 1:31).
Evidently, Adam was a perfect specimen.
God made him according to His own will; perfect in all respects.
And he was perfectly healthy; spiritually, mentally and physically!
Adam had
everything he could ask for. A beautiful
young wife, a good job with full fringe benefits, perfect health and no bills
to pay! And perfect fellowship with his Creator and God, and a guarantee that
if he kept some simple rules, he could stay in this idyllic place forever!
Into this
beautiful picture enters the world's greatest liar, deceiver and thief - Satan
himself! And after his subtle con job
had beguiled Eve, the entire human race was enslaved and hell bound!
Eve was the first to disobey God and her sin soon contaminated Adam. He was a quick study and also transgressed against the Almighty. Apparently he understood the gravity of the situation, but didn't want to lose his wife!
Eve was the first to disobey God and her sin soon contaminated Adam. He was a quick study and also transgressed against the Almighty. Apparently he understood the gravity of the situation, but didn't want to lose his wife!
WORLD'S GREATEST
TRAGEDY!
Their act of
disobedience, rebellion and high treason soon infected their son Cain who
became the world's first murderer! And
since that infamous day in the Garden of Eden, the human race has been
contaminated with Sin! And the results have been disastrous - bringing guilt,
condemnation, fear, doubt, sickness, disease and death upon the entire human
race!
But the good
news is that God foresaw it all, and had prepared "a way of escape"
for fallen man. Through Jesus Christ, His Son, Almighty God made a way for
mankind to be reconciled and restored to fellowship and communion with Himself.
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ dies for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ dies for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
"Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him. For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the atonement.
“Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned: For as by one man's disobedience many
were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made
righteous." (Rom. 5:1, 6-12, 19)
IN DYING
THOU SHALT DIE!
"And
the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and
keep it". God warned Adam, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat. But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, Thou shalt not eat of it.”
The literal Hebrew says, "For in the day that thou eatest of it, in dying shalt thou die"!
The literal Hebrew says, "For in the day that thou eatest of it, in dying shalt thou die"!
In other
words, the process of death would immediately begin in their bodies and they
would eventually die! From that day til this, death has reigned supreme over
the human race. Everyone eventually
dies, and the process of death works from the day an infant is born until he
finally expires!
The
Good News is that Jesus Christ – the Second Adam – overcame death, Hades and
the Grave for us when He conqoured Satan by shedding His pure and perfect Blood
for our total Freedom from the curse of sin and eternal death.
We are saved from our sins through His vicarious death for us and justified or made righteous through His resurrection from the dead.
The Holy Bible states
We are saved from our sins through His vicarious death for us and justified or made righteous through His resurrection from the dead.
The Holy Bible states
