Is Healing God's Will?
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What is the Will of God Concerning Healing?
What is the Will of God Concerning Healing?
says, “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove…” Prove means “test and find out.” What are you going to find out? “…what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”
says “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may dprove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Prove means “test and find out.” What are you going to find out? “…what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”
Now, if everything that happens is the will of God, why do you need this “renewal and testing and proving”? You wouldn’t need any of that because everything is the will of God. He’s saying you’ve got to get your mind renewed so that you think right. You’ve got to learn some things and be taught and understand some things so that you can test everything that’s around you and decide: Will of God? No, that’s not the will of God. Or that’s good; that’s the will of God.
Are we supposed to learn how to discern, prove, test, and find the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God? Who’s supposed to find out what the will of God is? You are. I am. Is it going to take a little doing? Yes, it is. You’re going to have to make some changes in your thinking. Your mind needs to be renewed; it’s kind of like being reprogrammed. “Renewed” indicates something was in there, and we need it renewed. We need something else to go over it. There are going to be some changes in how you think. We need some mind renewal.
. “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Is everyone doing that—giving thanks all the time and in everything?
Is there any griping and complaining going on? Is that the will of God? How did we find out it wasn’t the will of God? We find it right here in the verse.
If giving thanks is the will of God in every situation, then griping cannot be the will of God. If being healed is the will of God, then being sick can’t be the will of God.
There are a lot of folks with degrees and initials at the end of their name who think it’s more complicated than this. Of course, they don’t have a scripture for it, and what they say they believe is inconsistent with other areas of their life. Besides that, they’re hypocritical about it. If you do not believe in healing, then don’t try to get healed—at least be honest about it. Don’t go to the doctor. If you believe you’re supposed to be sick, but you’re trying to get better, then you’re trying to get out of the will of God.
Now I know this sounds simplistic, but I’m telling you, people have all kinds of places they go to find the will of God except the Bible. What is our final authority? I’ve had people say, “Well, I just believe… This is what I think...” That doesn’t matter. “I’ve got just as much right to what I believe as you do.” No, you don’t, nor do I. “Well, everyone is free to believe what they want to believe, and if that’s what I believe, that’s what I believe.” If you are a Christian, you’ve already been told what to believe, and it’s not okay for you to just say, “Well, this is what I believe about it.” Is it based on Scripture? Based on what Word?
just believe… This is what I think...” That doesn’t matter. “I’ve got just as much right to what I believe as you do.” No, you don’t, nor do I. “Well, everyone is free to believe what they want to believe, and if that’s what I believe, that’s what I believe.” If you are a Christian, you’ve already been told what to believe, and it’s not okay for you to just say, “Well, this is what I believe about it.” Is it based on Scripture? Based on what Word?
Men are confused. The enemy tries to confuse people through ministers, through preachers, and through people writing books. They have confused and muddied the issues through the years and centuries. If you’ll read this Gospel without your religious-colored glasses on, you will see that everyone who ever came to Jesus to be healed left healed.
Every one of them. There was no one who was told that God was working something out in their life, and He told them they had to wait, or that it wasn’t time. It’s not there. These are familiar phrases, but they’re not in the Bible. They are men’s fabrications trying to explain why something didn’t happen. They are proud men and women’s explanations trying to get all of the responsibility off of themselves for anything.
It’s mighty convenient. The problem is, people stay sick, and they die young and prematurely. People say, “It was the will of God, and God needed another angel in the choir. He took them, and we don’t know why.” But that’s not true. None of it is true. Now, if they were saved, glory to God, they’re in heaven. That’s great. But you don’t have to be robbed of years in this life—of good service and bearing fruit.
Let me give you three reasons why Christians are sick and stay sick. These are Christians now, not non-Christians.
The first one is what we’re already talking about. Millions of Christians don’t know that it is His will for them to be healed. They still question it and debate it. They don’t know that healing is bought and paid for, or that it belongs to them, just like the forgiveness of sins. If they don’t know it, they’re not going to claim it. As long as you question His will on it, you cannot have faith.
Brother F. F. Bosworth, author of the book Christ The Healer, said, “Faith begins where the will of God is known.”
This is true concerning being born again. When you knew God loved You, you knew He paid the price for you, and you knew it was His will to save you, you had faith to be born again. Well, you also have to know that God’s power can heal you, it is His will to heal you, and the price has already been paid. Many, many do not know that, or if they heard it, they didn’t accept it.
We know that is the case with salvation. What if someone says, “Well, do you believe in Jesus as your Lord and Savior?” and the person answers, “Uh, well, not really. Does it make any difference if I believe it or not?” Yes!
Does it make any difference in what you believe about healing? Yes.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Psalm 103
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;
3 Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases;
Notice first of all the word benefits. It is plural. Are there many benefits of serving God. Yes. The pardoning of our iniquities is one of the benefits. It is not the only benefit. If it were the only benefit it would definitely be worth it.
But he names several benefits and in the same breath, he names one that many people discount.
We’ve not combined these like we should. People, in their minds, have forgiveness of sins in one category and healing in another, but they should not be separated. They are part of the same redemption, and they go together. As Christians, we’re supposed to be healthy. “Normal” for us is righteous and healed and rich. That’s normal for us as victorious children of God. If we’re not living in that righteousness, something is wrong, and it’s not God’s fault. If we’re not living in that healing or in that richness and prosperity, something is not right, it’s not God’s fault, and it’s not God’s will.
So many times we need to make adjustments. One might ask, “Are you saying I’ve sinned? Well, “sin” covers a lot. Are you saying you never have?
What is sin? Sin is the transgression of the Law. Sin can be “to him that knows to do good and doesn’t do it.” ()
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
The Bible says that is sin. Sin can be what you didn’t do.
says that whatever is not of faith is sin.
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.
Sin covers a lot of ground. It can be what you did, and it can be what you didn’t do. It basically has to do with your heart and doing what you know in your heart. Sin is a violation of the light you have.
But whether it’s ignorance, or we missed it, or it’s something we didn’t know, aren’t you glad we can get it right? If we didn’t know it, we can confess it and get forgiven, and if we have a problem in our life, we can get healed, too. It all flows together.
Do you remember that more than one time, when people came to Jesus to be healed, He linked the two together? He began to talk to the man about being healed and said, “Your sins are forgiven.” They said, “How can He say that?” and He would say, “Which is easier—to say ‘your sins are forgiven’ or to say ‘rise up and walk’? so that you know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sin.” He said to the sick of the palsy, “Get up! Rise up, take your bed and go!” and he did. He was healed. His healing proved he had been forgiven.
Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
“Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
“But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.”
Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
Well, which is easier: to get your sins forgiven or to get healed? What do a lot of folks say? To get your sins forgiven. But no, they’re the same. They’re received exactly the same way, and they’re part of the same redemption.
Why then do we think that it’s easier to get a sin forgiven? Because we’ve heard that, and our parents heard that, and our grandparents heard that. For generations we’ve heard it is God’s will for all to be saved. It’s always God’s will to forgive you. We’ve heard it, and our faith is there. But with many people, this is the first generation in several that have even heard that it was God’s will for them to be healed. So we have centuries and generations of unbelief to overcome, and serious mind-renewal needs to take place.
that have even heard that it was God’s will for them to be healed. So we have centuries and generations of unbelief to overcome, and serious mind-renewal needs to take place.
Another problem we have is sometimes our body doesn’t feel healed. Let me ask a question…do you always feel like you are the righteousness in Christ Jesus. Do you always feel like a new creature?
How do you know you are? Do you look in the mirror? Do you go based on how you feel?
You better not. You have to base it on the Word.