 Okay. Good morning. Good morning to everyone who was joining us online. Good to see you. Thanks for joining. I hope you all are doing well. Okay. Let's continue from where we left off in the last session. We looked at some of the basis for ministering in healing and deliverance, isn't it? Some of the basis for ministering in healing and deliverance. It's very quickly. Let me check if am I audible to everyone online? Is the audio clear? Okay. Great. Resounding. Yes. Awesome. Thank you. So we looked at some of the basis for ministering, healing and deliverance. Basis is what? Like the basics, the fundamentals. What are some of the things that you need to remember while you're ministering, healing and deliverance? So what's the first basis for ministering, healing and deliverance? It's the first basis. God's nature. Yeah. Thank you very much. God's nature. Second one, the cross. And in that cross, that section, we have the cross of Jesus and the blood of Jesus. Thank you. Okay. And what else? What's the next basis? Faster the name of Jesus. Word of God. The name of Jesus. Holy Spirit's power. Okay. What else? Faith. Kingdom of God. And the last one is commission. Okay. All of those points are from your notes. Everything. So that's what we discussed in the last class. It's all these different basis for ministering, healing and deliverance. Okay. This is something that we need to keep in mind. Once again, I want to re-emphasize that these are the basis. In other words, it's basics. If our basics is not strong, you can't build on it. Like if your foundation, if you all understand the importance of foundation. Yes or no? Yes. No. Maybe. Okay. We all understand the base, the importance of foundation, isn't it? So when we say that the basis for ministering, healing and deliverance, if you have a heart to minister healing and deliverance, pray for the sick, heal the sick, etc., etc. These are the fundamentals that you need to remember. First, you need to understand the nature of God. And what His word has to say about ministering and healing and deliverance. We have the name of Jesus, the cross, the power of the cross, the blood of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit's power has been given to us and the kingdom of God. And then finally, it's the commission. Commission is two different words. Co-mission. We use words like co-partner, isn't it? Co-founder. I am the co-founder of this company. So that way, commission is two different words. Co-mission. That means we have co-partners in this mission of God. So these are all the different bases we saw of ministering, healing and deliverance. Let's continue. We will go into addressing a few fundamental questions again in this session. Basic questions that people tend to have regarding healing and deliverance. Classic question, is it God's will to heal everyone? Okay, fantastic. Let's move on. You don't have to have any doubt that if it is heal everyone or not. So that's again the basic, the fundamental truth that has to be super strong in our hearts. So one more time, is it God's will to heal everyone? Is it God's will to heal everyone? Okay, thank you. Absolutely, it is God's will to heal everyone. Now in the Bible, we come across difficult passages. Like in today's mentoring, Pastor Jay Kumar spoke on suffering. Job suffered, why do we have to go through suffering? There are so many scriptures, difficult passages to understand. Why did they have to go through this? Why did they have to go through that? But a response to those difficult passages is very simple. If you don't understand the difficult passages, but if you understand Jesus, that is more than enough. Why? Because God's best, God's absolute best is seen through His Son, Jesus. Okay, God's absolute best is seen through His Son, Jesus. Are you with me? Okay, it sounds so simple. It sounds so basic, but that is so important. Like understanding the truth is key for us to minister. And not just minister, but there is a chapter in the later on in the subject where the truth has to be so strong in you to even receive healing and deliverance. It's not just about ministering healing and deliverance, but it's also about receiving healing and deliverance. So if Akhil is ministering to me, then I also need to, the one who's receiving healing and deliverance, I need to know for sure that it is the will of Jesus to heal me. Because God's best is seen in His Son, Jesus. Hebrews chapter one says He is the expressed image of the Father, right? Of the glory of God. Are you all with me? Okay, but let's look at a few scriptures, a lot of scriptures, which is going to help us understand this even better. Okay, Matthew chapter four was 23-24. I'm reading from your notebooks, page 56 in your PDFs. And yeah, I don't know which page number it is in your hard copies. It's different. Okay, for me it's 84 and 85, but okay. So Matthew chapter four was 23 and 24 says, And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Okay, healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Then his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments. And those who were demon possessed, epileptic and paralytic and he healed them all. Okay, this passage of scripture is not often shared as a memory verse, but I present to you that please memorize this passage of scripture. Okay, Matthew chapter eight verse 16. When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon possessed and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. Matthew 12 verse 15. When Jesus knew it, he withdrew from there and great multitudes followed him and he healed them all. Mark chapter six verse 56. Wherever he entered into villages, cities or the country, they laid the sick in the market places and begged him that they might just touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched him were made well. Luke chapter four verse 40. When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with the various diseases brought them to him and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. Are you with me? Are you following? Matthew chapter eight was one to three. Talks about the leper, right? It says in verse one, when he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him and behold, a leper came and worshiped him saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. Then Jesus put out his hand and touched him saying, I am willing to be cleansed. Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Okay, there are so many things that's happening in the chapter. Now, if you read through Matthew chapter eight, there are different scenarios where Jesus ministers healing and deliverance. It starts with this person who was healed from leprosy and then later on in the chapter you see a person is raised down from the roof and Jesus heals them. So Matthew chapter eight is another very important chapter about Jesus' ministering of healing and deliverance that we need to read. Okay, so let's look at that. Now, in the previous page we read five scripture passages, right? From Matthew chapter four, Matthew eight, Matthew 12, Mark six, Luke chapter four. What did you understand from those chapters? Sorry, okay? It was not like most or some of them, it was like all. That's something consistent that you see. Yeah, he was there for all. He healed all, right? Okay, thank you. Shani, I see you've raised your hand. Oh yeah, that's not going to say that he healed everybody. I'm not sorry. Can you say that again? Oh, I was just, I'm sorry, I was just going to say that he healed them all. He healed everybody in all those chapters. Sorry, Shani, just give us one moment, please. I'm not sure if something's wrong with that. Okay, Shani, do you mind speaking again, please? Yeah, I was just going to say that in those chapters, he healed them all. He healed everybody. Yes, yeah. Yeah, he healed everybody, yeah. There's not a single time where you see Jesus said, oh, he responds by saying, I'm too tired. I'm sure he was because he was also human. When the Bible says multitudes came, we don't know the number. What is multitudes? Right? Last year I went on a mission trip to Balorabazaar in Chattisgarh. We have one of the churches there, an outreach church there, and I went alone. And, you know, mission trips are kind of packed one after the other, one after the other. And, oh man, in one prayer meeting, there were more than 50 people, more than 50 people, and all of them wanted prayer. And by the end of the 50th person, I almost wanted to faint. You know, I was very tired because, see, it's not just one thing. It's not just energy, physical energy that, you know, we can play football and, you know, you'll have energy. But the thing is, there's a spiritual element to it, isn't it? There's a spiritual element to it. It's the spiritual warfare. You're going against the principalities on the powers of darkness. When you are ministering, healing and deliverance. And so it's not just, and I also tell the worship team members and worship leaders, especially, is, you know, if you're feeling tired after leading worship, you know, at the end of the service, second service, you know, at APC Central, it's not just physical tiredness. You're there upon stage declaring, proclaiming that Jesus' name above every other name. He is holy. He is good. He is wonderful. He is magnificent. And all of this, in a way, is waging a war against the principalities. And that will take a toll on us. Are you with me? But here, what I'm trying to say is it is very tiring. And I'm sure Jesus, you know, fully God, he was fully man as well. So we see that he got hungry. He slept. He was tired. And so it must have been tiring for Jesus. It would have been. But he never said, okay, go back. Come back tomorrow. He never said that. Or at least doesn't record in the scriptures, right? To everyone who came to him, he healed them all. He delivered them all. Isn't that wonderful? Matthew, Mark chapter 6, one of the scriptures that we read, it says, when he entered into villages, cities and all the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces. They laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might just touch the hem of his garment. That they might touch the hem of his garment. Where else is that word, those words used? The hem of his garment. The lady who was suffering for 12 years with the issue of blood, right? And so that's recorded previously. And so the news of that instant passed, spread to the other cities. Hey, there was this lady in the other village in another town where she touched the hem of his garment and she was healed. I'm sure it will happen again to us. See the faith? You see, right? See, one of the words, meaning for the word testimony, okay? One of the meaning for the word testimony, it simply means to do it again, right? Another meaning for the word testimony simply means to do it again. That means when we testify of what Jesus did, okay? So when, you know, those have come and say, like, you know, I had this thing, Jesus healed me. What is he doing? He's testifying, isn't it? And while he's testifying, there's so much of power because he's sharing about Jesus. And while he's testifying, there's an atmosphere that's being created for Jesus to do that miracle one more time. Are you with me? I hope you really got that, okay? But very quickly, let's look at this scripture from Malachi chapter four, verse two. Malachi chapter four, verse two, it says, But for you who fear my name, The sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. The sun shall rise, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. Now, why did I bother reading the scripture from the Gospels like it seems no connection? Okay, so in their culture, right? When men, you know, they're attire on, they will have like, what we call, I can use the word, what is this, like a dupatta kind of thing, right? Yeah, so it's not exactly dupatta, but they would wear it around their waist and it would go down, go down to their feet, okay? And that in their language, in their culture was considered as wings. You understand where this is going? So in their culture, the piece of cloth which would hang down from their waist, which was used to tie things, was considered or called as a wing. So this woman who wanted to touch the hem of his garment, should have known the scriptures really well, that hey, the word of God says, the sun of righteousness will rise on healing in his wings. So what is it referring to is that piece of cloth that was actually hanging down? So let me just touch that piece of cloth, the hem of his garment. Are you with me? So this is just a little cultural context for us to understand what that is and what it already had said in Malachi. Okay, let's move on. Are you all with me alive? Yes? Okay, good. So again, looking at Matthew chapter 8 verse 1 to 3, it talks about, you know, the leper. When Jesus comes down from the mountain, great multitude followed him, and behold, a leper came down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. Look at the progression of that statement. Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. He's not talking, so please pay attention. He's not questioning the ability of God. He's not saying, if you can heal me, heal me. Can I say that again? He's not saying, if you can heal me, heal me. No. He's coming to Jesus knowing that Jesus can heal him. He's not questioning the ability of Jesus or the authority of Jesus. But he's coming to Jesus saying, Lord, I know you can heal me, but if you are willing, heal me. Isn't that wonderful? And then Jesus says, I am willing. Be cleansed. Immediately, his leprosy was cleansed. Now, we can talk about why is there words like cleansed used instead of healing for leprosy? Because leprosy was originally a curse. It was not a disease. The first time leprosy is recorded in the Bible is in Numbers 12, where Moses' brother and sister, Aaron and Miriam, comes before the Lord when they had complained against Moses, and you should read the chapter. But that's where it's first recorded. And so it was really a judgment of God. And so there was no healing for it. They had to be cleansed. But like I said, it's a very different topic altogether. We will not get into that today. All right. Let's move on. So why do we continue to minister healing and deliverance for everyone? Because the second point is the cross is for everyone. The cross is for everyone. Let's look at 1 John chapter 2 verse 2. 1 John chapter 2 verse 2. I'll post this in the chat section just in case. It says, he is the preparation of our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And 1 John chapter 3 verse 8. Let's look at another scripture. 1 John chapter 3 verse 8. So it says, whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. I'm reading from the ESV. The translations will sound different. But the reason Jesus came was to destroy the works of the devil. And one of the ways how we did that is through the cross. So it says, he is, in other words, what we will call it as a substitutionary sacrifice, he is the preparation of our sins and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. The point is just to reiterate that the cross is for everyone. Healing and deliverance are not only for Christians, but the cross is for everyone. And that's why we minister healing and deliverance for everyone. Are you with me? So now let's look at another important point. God's promise of salvation is for everyone. God's promise of salvation is for everyone. The promise of the gift of salvation is for everyone. The Greek word for salvation is so though. I'm just reading from your notes. So is the Greek word found more than 110 times and is the most commonly used Greek word for salvation in the New Testament. The Greek word so is used at least 110 times in the New Testament. And then it goes on to say in the notes, so so is a verb, an action word, something that is done, something that happens because of a work of God. It's a verb. A verb is what? An action when you're doing something, isn't it? That's what it's considered to be a verb. So what is the Greek word for salvation? So so. Please remember that. Now this word, this four letter word called so so is packed. It's packed with so many other meaning to it. And that's what we're going to look at. So the same word so so is translated as forgiveness, healed, preserved, and depending on the context. So it goes on to say so so means forgiveness of sins. Please feel free to highlight those sections in your text books. The reason I'm going through from your notes is so that you'll be able to just highlight them in your notes. So when we think of salvation, most of the time we only think of praying us in prayer. Jesus, I make you the Lord and Savior of my life come into my heart. I give you my life, et cetera, et cetera. But that's all we believe there is to salvation, but there's so much more to it. So so so means forgiveness of sins. So so also means physical healing. It means deliverance from demonic powers. There's a scripture passages for all of those points. I want you to refer to it when you can. So so means forgiveness of sins. It means physical healing. It means deliverance from demonic powers. It means rescue and preservation from danger. Have you thought of salvation like that? I didn't until I came across this word. I didn't know that this is what salvation meant, but there's so many things to it. So salvation is for everyone, Matthew 1811. So so is received by grace through faith. And so so happens when you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth. Okay, what does Romans 10 9 and 10 say exactly what we just read? Romans 10 verse 9 and 10. Let's look at that. It says, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Okay. Last week, there was a sermon that we preached. That was that was preached church about the importance of declaring the word of God or the spoken word. If you so verse 9 says, if you confess with your mouth, that means if you declare with your mouth and believe in your heart, for you to meditate on it, God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Verse 10, for with heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. With the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. So what does justification mean? Justice? Just as if you have not sinned. Right. Okay. What else? Justice justified. So you've been falsely accused. Yes. Go ahead. That's it. You've been made right. I know that makes sense. So if you have to go, let's say try giving a proper definition to it, justification or justified. It simply means a change in legal status. Right. A change in your legal status. Okay. That means so you were falsely accused for murder. Right. That means you are a murderer now. You've been labeled as a murderer. But then you hire a lawyer to fight, fight your case and then going through the evidences and proof and eyewitnesses and whatnot. You've said you've been proven innocent. So what has happened? You've gone from the state of being sinful or a murderer. You've legally become an innocent. That means you've been justified. Justice has been served as they say. Isn't it? Yes or no? So that's what salvation, a part of salvation simply means that you have been justified. That means we were once sinners. We are no longer sinners. Are you with me? Right. You deserved death. We deserve death. But because of what Jesus did, we are no longer. Right. And so that's what the Romans is as emphasizing in Romans chapter 10 verse 9 and 10. Okay. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. God raised him from the dead. Remember that words. Okay. You will be saved with the hard one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Let's read one more scripture from the book of Romans. Chapter four was 25. The last verse of that chapter. Chapter four. Okay. Again, I'm reading from the ESV. Romans chapter four was 25. It says who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification and raised for our justification. The New King James Version says it very nicely. It says that he was raised. Jesus was raised from the dead after we were justified. Are you with me? Okay. I'm just want us to understand the power of salvation. Okay. Sozo in that we see, you know, most of the Christians believe that we have been forgiven of our sins. Yeah. Do you believe that? Most of them, every, you know, let's say, 95% believe that we've been forgiven. Right. If you ask why Jesus came to earth, you would say, okay, he came to die on the cross to forgive our sins, to forgive our sins, to forgive my sin, to forgive my sin, to forgive my sin. While we believe that we have been forgiven. We miss the point of understanding that we have not just been forgiven, but we have also been given. Right. We have been forgiven from our sins and iniquities, but we have also been given his righteousness. We miss that a lot. We easily oversee that. Okay. You know, we only we believe that we've been forgiven 100%. Yes, pastor. You know, but we miss the point that he's also given us his righteousness and he's given us, you know, his authority, his, his word, his name. He gave to us, isn't it? Like in the basis of healing and deliverance, he said, we have his word, we have his name. Right. We've been given the Holy Spirit. We missed the mark of what we've been given and we only focus on that we have been forgiven, which is important. Right. But we don't have to stay there. We have to also look at what we've been given. Right. So one more time just to quickly go through the gift of salvation. Sozo means. That's one forgiveness of sins. Also means physical healing. It also means delivered from demonic powers means rescue preservation from danger. Sozo is for everyone. Sozo is received by grace through faith. And Sozo happens when you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth. Okay. So that means everything else also happens if you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth. Right. You need physical healing. You believe in your heart. Jesus is my Jehovah Rafa. He's my healer. And so in the name of Jesus, I confess, I declare, I proclaim that I am healed. Right. So if you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth is not just for salvation prayer. When you say salvation prayer, all of this is included. Yes. No. Maybe. Yeah. Okay. Okay. And so when you look at. So as a pastor, or, you know, let's say, let's assume all of us here in this classroom here and all those online are pastors. Right. Now, if someone came to you and said, pastor, pastor, so-and-so, pastor, Anusha, Siddhu, Shami, Warren, say, someone comes to you and says, pastor, I want to give my life to Jesus. Right. Someone comes up to you guys and say, you know, pastor, I want to give my life to Jesus. I say, I come to you and I say, I want to give my life to Jesus. What will your response be? Go to Ray, come tomorrow. What will it be? What will your response be to me, guys? I'm beginning to make me feel very bad now. You're in more of a position of, you know, you're happy, the instinctive reaction. And you pray, you would definitely use the salvation prayer. And you. So you will be happy to lead me in prayer and in the process of giving my life to Jesus. Yes. Right. Yes. Okay. You understand that's what salvation is, isn't it? Should that change when someone comes to you for healing? Should your response change? No. Is it? Right. We will never respond to anyone who comes to for healing saying, okay, you know, today is not the right time. You know, I think the sun is a little bit off on the, you know, 45 degrees off. I don't think it's the right sign. It's full moon day today. You know, it might turn red in colors. I don't think today is the right time. Why don't you go and sleep over it and come back tomorrow? We don't respond like that. We shouldn't. I hope not. Right. We minister healing and deliverance to anyone who comes to us just like we would lead them to Christ in a salvation prayer. Isn't it? Jesus did not do that to anyone. He's our standard guys. Jesus is our standard. Are you with me? Yes. We do everything what he did. We are called to do that. We are called to commission, commission, co-partner. That is a privilege. Isn't it? I need to say that I am a co-partner. You know who my co-partner is? Jesus. If that doesn't excite you, I don't know what will. Okay. And so having understood all of this, we go to the next important question. Is it right to pray? If it be thy will when ministering healing and deliverance? If it is your will, Lord, please heal this person. We've kind of addressed this question, but just to move on. Is it right to pray or make a statement saying, okay Lord, if it is your will, please heal this person? No. Yeah. Because it's very clearly established. In chapter one and chapter two. Okay. We've established very well that it is the will of God to heal everyone. Why? Because the cross is for everyone. His blood was for everyone. Yes or no? And so it's really pointless for us to pray saying, Lord, if it is your will, heal this person. No. We minister healing and deliverance from a place knowing that it is the will of God, our Father, to minister healing and deliverance, to set this person free. And so we don't have to make those statements when you pray. Understood? I hope there is no doubt about it. We're not even going to have a debate about it. Okay. Yes. No. Understood. Hindi, what is it? Okay. Let's look at another section. Are you all learning something today? Okay. Thank you. Yes. Do you would like to use the mic please for the benefit of everybody online? So where can we use this word if it's your will? We don't have to use the word if. How did Jesus teach us to pray? Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. If it is your will, let your kingdom come, let it be done. No, he didn't teach us. He says, let your kingdom come, let your will be done. The Lord's prayer is key, isn't it? It's not the Lord's prayer, it's the sinner's prayer. Jesus is teaching us to pray. The first half of that prayer is what? Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. That is an address. We are addressing our God. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. That means let your name be holy. That's what hallowed is. Let your name be glorified. We hallow your name. And then from the address, we think that the second half is also address. It's not an address. It's a petition. It is like an intercession. It's a prayer request. That's what we call it as a petition, isn't it? So first part is we are addressing our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, let your will be done. And so his will is perfectly displayed in Jesus. And it is also displayed in his kingdom. Again, why? Because kingdom is two different words. King and dominion. So when the king comes, he always comes with his dominion. Isn't it? And in his kingdom, there is no shame. There is no tear. There is no pain. There is no sorrow. That's what Revelation talks about, isn't it? And so it is God's will. It's established from the beginning till the end that he wants his children to be awesome. Are you with me? Yeah, okay. Another subtle point in that prayer. It's not a subtle point, but Jesus says hallowed be your name and let your kingdom come. Praise and worship are so important and how we honor his name and how we rubber his name is so important because where his name is not hallowed, his kingdom will not come. Where his name is not honored as holy, his kingdom will not come. His kingdom will come where his name is hallowed and honored and worshiped as holy. Okay. All right. Okay. Cool. Let's move on very quickly. Since God is sovereign, won't he just heal people and if and when he wants to? This is a very important question, right? Since God is sovereign, won't he just heal people if and when he wants to? Okay. This is a huge section that we want to take it slowly, but we're almost coming to the end of the session one. So you know what? We kind of pause a little early so that we don't have to break the flow. Okay. So we'll pause here this session and we will resume in the next class after the break. Okay. All right. Have a good break. Enjoy.