WHY I BELIEVE IN
DIVINE HEALING
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
PART 1
Divine healing emanates from Almighty God, because God
is Life! He is the sole creator of the world and giver of life. Beside 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 mankind: 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, 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 that worketh in us”. (Eph. 3:20). It is
NOT our power but the power of the Holy Spirit that works within us, for which
we are eternally grateful and praise Him continually!
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 through us as we serve Him with gladness and thanksgiving!
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 mankind 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 broken-hearted,
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! The Bible says, "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!
After God had created the heavens, the earth and everything else, He
declared it all "good". Adam was created in the very image and
likeness of God and He is perfectly well in every respect. 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. He is 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 difficult for Him to heal us and make us all 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 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." 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 literal 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.
ONLY IN HIM IS THERE LIFE!
He alone is Life and the Giver of Life for Time and for 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 for Eternity! May God deliver everyone reading these
lines, from the cursed doctrine of Mother Earth-GAIA 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 blasphemy! 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" (Ecc. 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.
"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 Gospel is the Good News
that Jesus Christ who died on the Cross for the sins of the entire world; past,
present and future arose from the dead and is alive today and forevermore!
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! By
receiving Jesus Christ, we are born again!
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)
The picture that St. Paul painted for us
is of a king leading a victory procession into his capital city after a great
victory. In his chariot is the armour of his enemy who is running behind the
chariot with hands tied to a leather tether. Behind him are the king’s
victorious soldiers, and the streets are lined with people shouting, ‘Long live
our king’!
That is the picture of King Jesus having
defeated Satan, death, hell and the grave, rising from the dead three days
after purchasing our eternal salvation! The angels in Heaven rejoiced, the
unrighteous dead heard and trembled in fear and God’s people rejoiced greatly!
"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 became enslaved and hell bound! Eve was the first to disobey
God and her sin soon contaminated her husband. Adam 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! 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. The Bible says: "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
died 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"!
In other words, the process of death would immediately begin in their
bodies and they would eventually die! From that day until 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 that came upon us
through Adam’s disobedience and sins we had done. Amen.
