 Okay, welcome everyone once again to the divine ministering divine healing course. I hope you've been learning something new and I hope it's been encouraging you to step out in faith and to take the risk and praying for people who are in need of healing and miracles. Right, so let's just continue before we go ahead, can I request one of us to lead us with a word of prayer please. Anyone just feel free to go ahead. Hello, halleluyah, halleluyah, halleluyah, halleluyah father of the Wacom, Lord Christ, thank you for this day and the new day you have given us, Lord, as we are going to learn from the word, Lord, may strength healing and deliver us, Lord, your ministering, Lord, your ministering power, Lord guide us and we should, Lord, accomplish the Lord's compliment as Lord, whatever the infusion, whatever the ministry Lord, all of the one of us are going to do Lord, we need your power, Lord, we need your companionship, Lord, we need you to guide us, Lord, we need to protect the Lord, Lord, we need your fear, Lord, we need your wisdom, Lord, Lord guide us so that we can understand your each and every word, Lord, whatever we speak, Lord, it should just not kept in our heart, but it should be practiced in our daily life, Lord. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Amen, thank you, Sid. Okay, alright guys, so let's just start it and you know, just want to start off with this question, you know, a simple question which we've addressed before. Why according to you is ministering in divine healing important or necessary? Feel free to unmute your mic and share it. Okay, very few of us do this. Why do you think it's important? You've addressed this before, so yeah, is it necessary? Islavika, please go ahead. I think it's also part of the great commission God gave to us. He really said that those who go in my name, whatever you will, whatever you will speak in my name will be done, you will touch the sick, you will heal the, it was a long statement, so I think it's part of the divine mission. Awesome, thank you. Yeah, anybody else? There's no right or wrong answer, so just go for it. Okay, Zalitoli, why do you think? Okay, can I say something? Okay, go ahead. Yeah, I think it's necessary because even in this age of technology, there are diseases that maybe medicine cannot heal or medicine cannot be available, but divine healing is always available because according to what we have learned, it is a power that we have received or will get through the commission of Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit, so it is necessary. Awesome, okay, thank you. Okay, so the question was why do you think that ministering in divine healing important and necessary? That was the question. Okay, thank you so much, Buster, for the question. Like according to me, it's part of the great commission and Jesus has given us the authority to do so. So we are to exercise our, you know, authority and dominion on earth because God has given us the authority, yeah. Awesome, thank you, Zalitoli. Okay, so guys, please understand that I'm not asking the question to test your knowledge or anything that is for you to voice out on what you think. Because most of us, if not all of us, we're quite familiar with the topic of healing and we know that God heals, which is helping us, I think. So why is it important in ministries? John, why do you think it's important? It's important, as we mentioned earlier, the great commission and also it also manifests the power of God to people. And so as we continue to minister healing and deliverance, it attracts people to know Jesus and it's not to boost anyone personally, but it's to represent Jesus. Okay, all right. Sorry, Zalitoli. Hey, Niki. So I mean, I hope you've got the questions. Do you think it's important for us to move into mind healing? Is it necessary for the today's church? Yeah, I think they've already covered the reasons so I would say for all those reasons and it's just like so many times when you go out and sometimes you pray for people, they get healed and you're just like, okay, that was Jesus following you so it just makes life a lot easier to share the gospel also. Yeah, awesome. Okay, yeah, thanks. All right, thanks guys. Thank you all. So I think, I mean, we're all on the same page and one of the things that we've been addressing from the beginning is that God loves people and the introduction of, you know, itself is a living life in Jesus' way or evangelism in Jesus' way, right? In everything that Jesus did and every miracle that he performed, he drew people to himself and then come to the love of God and in all the different strategies that we can come up with for evangelism, which I'm sure are all great. And I think this is just ministering in divine healing is evangelism in Jesus' way, so to say, right? So let's just do a quick recap and I'll go ahead and share my screen. So we'll do a quick recap of chapter 2 and what we've covered so far. Okay, the chapter title, God's Word on Healing. Okay, there we are. And I hope everybody can see the screen. Yes. Great, God's Word on Healing. So we quickly, let's do a quick recap. We looked at the point of the source of sickness, disease and ailments and we see how God created the world perfectly. In his design, there was no flaw, right? There was absolutely no flaw in the design but the fall or when sin came, it deviated us. Like the dislocated shoulder, we were separated from the spirit of God and when that happened, everything, you know, because of man's disobedience, the decay stepped in, corruption in our flesh stepped in, right? And we see that every creation was subject as slaves and every creation is longing to be delivered and so that's one of the things we saw and we see Satan's activity and direct involvement of demonic spirits as a result and as the consequence of the fall. We see that as the Satan, the devil inflicts certain sickness, such as incurable diseases, defects, both defects, deformities, et cetera, et cetera. And the natural causes for some of the sicknesses like using substances or alcohol that ruins our body, right? And that can lead to one thing to another. And so in all these three points, we see that how a human body undergoes decay and corruption and we saw a couple of scriptures that even in the first Corinthians 15, 53-54, it says that the corruption should put on and corrupt, right? And then mortality will put on immortality. So there is coming a time and a day where this body is decaying day after day, day by day. But usually for everyone, those of you who chooses this mortal body will put on immortality, a body that will not decay, a body that doesn't know corruption, yeah? So those are the points I would address with this. So and one very important foundational truth that we all need to get in our hearts and in our minds, in our, you know, in us is this question that the response to the question does God send sickness and it has to be an emphatic, you know? So this course is about ministering divine healing, right? That means all of us will be ministering in divine healing to anyone, someone. And it's so crucial for us to move in the knowledge that, hey, God did not send this, right? This back pain or this chronic arthritis, whatever the condition is, diabetes, et cetera, et cetera, the list can go on. We don't care. But what we must know is that God is not the source of sickness and he does not send sickness. And when we minister from that place, the level of conviction and authority is very different, right? So that's a very important question for us to understand. You know, get in our hearts and we did that. And a few passages on understanding difficult passages. You know, there are conflicting passages in the scriptures that, you know, makes us wonder, okay, why is this verse talking about, you know, on all these chapters versus a mention? And in short, the only thing that you and I need to know is that God's best is revealed to us in Jesus, right? And I think one of the statements that was made was if you don't understand the most difficult passages, but understand Jesus, you've got it right. That's the quote from Pastor Akhish. If you don't understand the most difficult passages, but you understand Jesus, the way he lived his life, the way he loved people, the way he went around ministering divine healing, if you understand that, you've got it, right? And so who God is, is perfectly revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus healed all who came to him in faith. Amen. And then we see the next point was God permitting the consequences of sin and the works of Satan to continue for a certain time. And this example of the landlord and the tenant. What happens in a rented house, living in the family, the landlord is not always responsible, right? We use, you can use all the electricity you want and then you finally get the bill. You can't give the bill to the owner to pay for the electricity that you use, right? That's just another example. So you remember this in a... And so in a quick summary, we saw that demonic works and man's actions God cannot give or bless people with something he does not have. And so the source of sickness is not wrong, right? He does not send sickness. And every time he did, he would use some of the natural elements of the world to get people's attention or communicate something or bring divine judgment, right? And so, and then we started with this thing on the basis for ministering healing and deliverance. The basis again, more foundational proofs for us to minister in healing and deliverance, okay? Now the first one is, it's his nature. God, it's in God's nature to heal everyone. That's in his covenant name, Jehovah Rafa. We see in Exodus 1526, right? Our view of sickness, disease and demonic oppression must come from the understanding that God is healer and deliverer. That is the first basis of ministering healing and deliverance. That it is in his nature to heal everyone. It is he wants to see his children be whole and live life the way he intended originally, right? To walk in fullness of health and everything, right? Then the next basis is the cross. The cross is God's remedy for the fall. And we see that in Isaiah 53, 4 and 5, verse 5, he says, he was wounded for our transgressions. He was buried for our inequities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed. By his stripes we are healed, right? And he bore our sins, he bore our sorrows, our shame, our pain, our sickness, our transgressions, our inequities, everything on him. And he took it to the cross and was nailed to the cross, right? I think it doesn't end there. I can see this verse, Romans chapter 4. Romans chapter 4. You don't have to turn your phone for us. Romans chapter 4 was 25, the last verse of that chapter. It says he was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. He was raised to life for our justification, okay? I'm reading from NIV. Does anybody have an NKJV? New King James Version. Romans 4, 25. Romans 4, 25. NKJV says who was delivered up because of our offenses and was raised because of our justification. Yes, who was raised because of our justification, right? He was delivered to death for our offenses, for our sins and he was raised after we were justified. Once we were justified, you know, Jesus first raised. And you learn more about this when you do the course on Romans. I think next year, I think finally, yes, but anyways. Let's see how we are justified by the cross, what Jesus did on the cross, amen. So moving on from there, we saw multiple verses on the cross. It talks about Matthew 8, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying that he himself took our infirmities and our offenses. And there's multiple scriptures mentioned on that. Okay, and I think we ended here. Healing is the children's bread. Jesus came to heal the people in the covenant that were the Jews but he also healed those who were not in the covenant, kind of like women, the Romans and children. And another example mentioned here is the seraphimotion of women. Which is also the same example. The scripture Matthew 15, 21, 28 is also in Mark chapter 7, 24 and 30. In this context, there's a lot of things that we can speak about but then one of the things that Jesus refers to is when he says in verse 26, it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. He's referring in this to the healing as well. And then when the woman persists and perseveres, she gets healed. And so now that we are in the new covenant, now that we all believe what Jesus has done for us on the cross, we are the people of the covenant. It means healing is for us. It's there for us. The table is set for us. It's our bread. We have the right to it. It's our privilege to reach out to the table. We just don't have one loaf. I'm sure there are loads and loads of bread set for us on the table. We just need to walk in that identity knowing that we are the sons and daughters of the most high blood. So that's where we stop at. Let's move on understanding the basis of ministering and deliverance. More examples. The basis for ministering, healing and deliverance, the word of God. The word of God. God works through his word. God creates through his word. God carries out his work through his word. And we see that in Psalm 33, 6, and 9. By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made. Interesting, right? It's not plural there. Not words. It's just by the word of the Lord, the heavens were made. And all the hosts of them, by the breath of his mind. For he spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast. Right? And he said it came to be. So God works through his word. God creates through his word and he carries out his work through his word. Hebrews 11, 13. Let's do a second here. Okay. Hebrews 11, chapter 11 verse 3 says, by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. So that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Right? By the word of God we're made. There's another scripture. I mean, if you look into it, it's Psalm 138 verse 2. Psalm 138 verse 2. Anyone read that for me please. Psalm 138 verse 2. Psalm 138 verse 2. Anyone read that for me please. 138 verses 2. I will bow down towards your holy temple and we praise your name. For your love and your faithfulness. For you have exalted above all things your name and your word. There is another translation that says, you have exalted your word above your name. And you know, we all know these scriptures. It says heaven and earth will pass away, but his word will never pass away. Right? The power of God is resident in his word. Okay? The power of God. This has to mean something to us. The power of God. Who he is. He is power, isn't it? He's a resident in his word. And then we think about what John 1.1 says. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. He is the word. He is power. And it's no wonder it says the power of God is resident in his word. He is the word. And as Hebrews 4, 12 states, for the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged soul, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and the intense of the heart. Okay? We can talk about the power of God. We can do an entire semester's course or something just to understand this. For the word of God is living and powerful. I guess. Just think about it. And I love it. This is living. The fact that it's living makes it supernatural and prophetic in nature. Amen? And the fact that you and I can hold a Bible today. It's so much because there's so many wars that's been fought over this book. So many rulers in the past have tried to destroy this book. Burn it to ashes. Burn the Christians who are involved with this. So many, so much of blood has been shed. But God preserved his word so that for a day like this, it's like, okay, you know, someday in the future, my son or my daughter needs to hear my voice. And for that person, for that sake, I'm going to preserve my own word. Amen? And what a privilege it is today we have so many different translations, so many different versions. We are spoiled for choices, really, isn't it? So this word is supernatural. It's prophetic, right? And so we need to let that sink in. And we read this verse. It says, for the word of God is living and powerful. So this is one of the basis of foundational truths for ministering in divine healing. Knowing that this word, a word of God, in the word of God is God's power and He lives in it and He works and He creates through His word, okay? God's word carries God's healing power. His word carries His healing power, right? Psalm 107 was 20. He says, He sent forth His word and healed them, right? He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions. The word is healing or medicine to our entire bodies, okay? Listen, look at this beautiful verse in Proverbs chapter 4 verse 20 and 22. It says, my son, give attention to my words. Give attention. Listen to my words. Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, okay? Find what? The word of God, okay? The word of God is life to those who find them. And help to all their flesh. Isn't that wonderful, right? So, God, the word is healing or medicine to our entire bodies. You know, some of my young people always ask me or tell me if it comes to reading the word. I get bored reading the word because I don't understand it all the time what I read. And I don't remember what I read. And my answer is, it's okay, right? How many of you remember the breakfast that you had last Tuesday? I mean, if you remember, that's great. But how many of you first remember the breakfast that you had for last week, Tuesday or Wednesday, whichever? I don't. But it still gave you the strength to endure the day, at least the first half of the day, isn't it? I don't always understand the food I eat because I don't cook a lot. I don't need to understand every ingredient that's going to make me a dish. But all I need to do is eat, isn't it? So, the word of God is a bird of life, isn't it? That's what the Bible says. And it's okay if you don't understand it. It's okay, you know, if you don't remember the next day or whatnot, ask God for us to help us remember. But it gives us the strength. It makes that day possible, isn't it? So, let's see, look at this scripture in 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 13. 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 13, it says, For this reason, we also thank God without seizing. Because when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of man. This is so encouraging, isn't it? You welcomed it not as word of man, but as it is in truth. The word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. Right? They all know the word. They welcomed it. You can find this video on YouTube of a tribe. I don't know which island, I forget. Oh man, I forget, okay. But it's a very remote island and a village and a tribe. And they are receiving a copy of the Bible in their language for the first time in their life. And you know, when you see the video, the aircraft is coming. It's beautifully documented. The aircraft is coming and landing into the village. The entire village, everyone, right? From young and old, everyone is there to receive. And the chief of the village says, you know, again, he calls John 11, he says, he is the word. And we want to welcome him. And for the first time, we get to touch the living word and get to read it in our own language. And I'm pretty sure this is how this must be. And I'm pretty sure this is how this must be. That must have been the state of the people, you know, in Thessalonica. For this reason, we also thank God Without Seizing. Because when you receive the word of God, which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in the truth, the word of God. And the point is, it effectively works in you who believe, right? The word of God is alive. Like we read in Hebrew chapter four, it's alive and living, right? It effectively works in you who believe. Okay? So the word must be mixed with faith in our hearts for it to produce through reading, meditation and the practice of what God instructs us. In probes 422, as we just read, probes 422, my son, your attention to my words, incline your ears to my sayings. Okay? Through reading through meditation and the practice of what God instructs us, we receive healing and wholeness for our bodies through the word of God. Amen? Romans chapter 10 verse 17. Let's, again, a very familiar scripture. Can someone read that please? Romans 10, 17. If I get there first, I will read it. So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. Thank you. A very familiar passage. Faith comes by hearing by the word of Christ. Okay? The ministry of the word builds our faith. When we preach or teach the word of God, it builds faith. And we see that as an example in Acts chapter 14 verse 8 and 10 as mentioned here. As Paul was preaching, it says, And in Lystra, a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother's womb who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking, all observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed. Said with a loud voice, stand up straight on your feet. And he leaped and walked. Paul observing him intently. I mean, there was, as Paul was preaching the word of God, it created a hunger and a thirst in this person. It stirred up the faith in his heart. And he was like, almost like gravity is, okay, no, I want that. I want that. I want that. I want that. Paul observing him intently, seeing him that he had faith to be healed, releases the word and he is healed. Amen. So let's not take God's word for granted. I know we don't, but this is cherished in the ministry. One of the key foundations in moving in divine healing and ministry and healing is teaching and releasing the word of God. The word of God is also the sword of the spirit, which we are to use as a weapon against the enemy. Efficiency up to 676 where 17 teaches us, take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Okay. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God as we speak and declare the word of God that what God has done concerning our health, healing, deliverance, freedom, authority and victory over sickness, disease and demons. God's power will be released on our behalf. Amen. Okay. I hope you guys are with me. I hope you guys are able to follow and learn and encouraged. Okay. So I guess maybe. Okay. Thank you. So we also see the promise of renewed strength and longevity, something very important here for us to learn about as well as stewards of what God has given to us. We must take care of our physical bodies and health through proper diet, exercise and rest. We must obey natural laws. God has sent in place for proper care of our bodies. In God's word, we see God's heart revealed. He promises to renew our strength and vitality. He promises to renew our strength and vitality. Right. Let's see in Genesis 6 verse 3 and the Lord said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh, yet his days shall be 120 years. Exodus 23, 25, 26, it says, I will fulfill the number of your days. The last part of verse 26, I will fulfill the number of your days. And Deuteronomy 33, 25 says, and your sandals shall be iron and brass. As your days, so shall be your strength be. Psalm 103 verse 5. Who satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the new goods. Right. He's a renewer. He restores. He's a restorer. Amen. And so many scriptures where God's heart for us, his intention for us is to live out all the days of our lives in strength and vitality. Okay. Another basis for ministering healing and deliverance is the spirit's power, the Holy Spirit. You know, we've read in previous chapters, in the last chapter, how everything what Jesus did, he did in the power of the Holy Spirit. Right. And Luke chapter four verse 17 and 19 says that he was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. That's one. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to set liberty to those who are oppressed. Okay. So we see that Jesus is declaring that the spirit of the Lord is upon me and he has anointed. And so many scriptures like that. In Luke five 17, just now it happened on a certain day as he was teaching that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Acts 1038 says 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. Okay. And so we see that, I mean, time and time again, we all know that everything in everything that Jesus did, he did it in the power of the Holy Ghost that was on him because he was anointed. And there's some more scriptures. It just didn't end with that. Even those who touched his clothes were healed. Mark five 30 says, and Jesus immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out of him, turned around in the crown and said, Who touched my clothes? Luke six 19. And the month and the month, the whole multitude sought to touch him for power went out from him and healed them all. Okay. It's like, like the real substance that went out from him and healed them all. Right. It's something that's more real like this glass of water. It's so real because I'm holding it, isn't it? And the way scriptures are quoting what Jesus did says the power went out from him. It's like, there was actual substance that he was carrying because he was anointed. Amen. And the Lord Jesus also confronted and cast out demonic spirits by the power of the Holy Spirit upon him. So let's pause here for a second and see everything that he's done with the power of the Holy Ghost. Right. First he says, the spirit of the Lord is upon me and anointed me to preach, to release the word of God, to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted. He's come to set the captives free. To recovery of sight to the blind, to set a liberty, those who are oppressed. And we see that he healed everybody who came to him. There are so many scriptures and we've read them so many times so far that he had compassion on all those who came to him and he healed them all. Once again, we see in Acts 10 38 that he was anointed with the Holy Spirit and power and he went about healing and delivered everyone who were oppressed by the devil. And as if that was not enough, you know, people touched him and they were healed. And as if that was not enough by the spirit of God, he cast out demons. Amen. So the power of the Holy Spirit is far greater than the powers of darkness. It's no comparison. We don't need to have a debate about it. Okay. This wasn't this. There is no equal, right? It is the anointing that destroys the yoke of oppression and removes burden, setting people free. As I attend 27, just end with this for the session. It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. The presence of God's spirit stops demonic works. Okay. The presence of God's spirit stops demonic work. How many of you know of a place or an area in another person's life or wherever in the atmosphere of your city or your village or your town or your nation, wherever you're from. And if you believe that there is this atmosphere of darkness, this is, you know, the influence of the demonic in this area, et cetera, et cetera. We don't need to be impressed, but we know there's someone greater who is with us, right? The presence of God's spirit stops demonic works, period. There's no discussion. There's no ifs and buts. Oh, maybe. No. No, no, no. Amen. You guys are with me. In all of this, we are anointed to minister just like Jesus. We covered all of this. We saw that Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit and saw everything what he did for us to know that the same Holy Spirit is made available to you and me. Amen. The same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead and lives in me. Right. There's a couple of scriptures that's mentioned here. It says the Lord Jesus promised that we will do the works he did and even greater works. Okay. Now we have to just come to terms and believe first of all that we will do the works that Jesus did. Okay. Most of us or some of us don't go beyond this point. Hey guys, you with me? We need to believe that we will do the works that Jesus did and then even greater works because I go to my father. That's what the scripture says. And Luke chapter 24 verse 49 says, Behold I send the promise of my father upon you. But tally in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with the power from on high. Acts 1.8 says, But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem. And in Judea and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. Okay. I just stop the screen here and as a conclusion of this session. I want to encourage or remind us and again, you know, it's like teaching slash reaching to the choir here. Because we are all familiar. Just want to remind us that it's the same Holy Spirit that's made available to you and me. Amen. I'm reminded of this story because it's thought about this in doing Christmas. You know, in the in the Old Testament, there are hundreds of prophecies about Jesus is coming his birth. Right. And that's God's master plan. That was God's master plan since the fall, isn't it? That in Stiles and Genesis chapter three that he will send his seed. And it all came down to a point where Mary had to say yes. Now imagine this grand plan of God. The whole plan was it was dependent. I'm God is God. He will have plenty. But it's amazing to see how humble God is that he was wanting to hear that absolute surrender from Mary. See, yes, be unto me as you will. And in so many cases, I think it's a story. It's true in us that the Holy Spirit wants to come over us and move in us and through us. But it just comes down to that simple. Yes, I surrender. I give you complete control for you to come and move in me and through me. So as we conclude this session, I want to encourage us to just surrender every area. If you like to him and only you know the areas that is partially surrendered and not fully. All for him to move in you and through. Amen. Okay, I hope you guys are all still alive. I'm going to stop the recording now and then go for a break.