 All right, welcome once again, and let's pray anyway. Father, we thank you for this new day. We thank you for your mercies that are new every morning. Lord, even as we start studying about ministering and healing and deliverance, Holy Spirit, I pray that you would help us understand, pour out your wisdom over us, help us to grasp things of your kingdom. Holy Spirit, you are our best teacher. So minister to us as we learn from your word. We surrender our mind to you. You come and take complete control. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. All right. Great. So again, good to see you. I hope you all got the book. Very good. I hope you were able to download the PDF from the classroom section. We will be looking at or using this APC publication called ministering, healing and deliverance. All right. So we'll use this as a kind of a manual on how to, how we can minister in healing and deliverance. All right. So great. Is ministering, healing and deliverance important? Is it important for us to minister in healing and deliverance? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So I think, you know, when we go, when we read through the gospels, like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and when we see the life of Jesus itself, we see he emphasized quite a lot on healing and deliverance. So we'll look at a few scriptures. And what did it look? You know, how was evangelism? I know there's a subject called lifestyle evangelism. Did you have it last year? Last semester? Okay. And I'm sure you would have touched, learned about how Jesus did evangelism. You know, so once again, just to reiterate, to recap a little bit about how did Jesus do evangelism? Right. And we'll just look at a few scriptures for us. So if you look at Matthew chapter four was 23. It's in the notes. You just follow along with me or yeah, you can actually, it's good for you to turn in your Bibles or you can just make a note of it. And I'll read it for us. Okay. So you can just make a note of it in your notebooks. And then you can read it. So Matthew four 23. It says he went about who's the he Jesus, right? Jesus went about teaching, reaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Okay. So there are three things that's involved. So Jesus went about not only teaching. Right. He taught Jesus taught. It would have been amazing to sit in his classroom. Isn't it? I mean, imagine getting a session from Jesus. Right. So Jesus taught and Jesus preached. We know that thousands of people followed Jesus into the desert. Right. If Jill had to feed 5000 and more, that means that many people follow him. So Jesus taught Jesus preached. It doesn't stop there. And he was healing. He healed all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Okay. So it says all kinds of feelings. So Jesus taught preached and healed. And then once he was done, it was the end in Matthew chapter in Matthew 10 and Luke 10. Just write it down. Okay. He also commissioned people. Now what is the meaning of commission? It's not that extra money we get, you know, give me commission. So commission, if you split it into two different words is co-mission. Co. So co-mission. That means you are co-partnering. Okay. Co-partners. We say that, right? Co-founders. So when Jesus said, I'm commissioning you, so you are on my mission. We are going to commission. We are going to be partners in this, in this ministry. So as you go out, this is what he says. I'm just going to read from Matthew 10, 7, 8. It says preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. So Jesus is saying, when you go out, when you do this ministry, preach saying the kingdom is of God is at hand. It doesn't stop there. Then he says, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons, or freely you have received, freely give. Okay. So this is not a suggestion. This is a command. Okay. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Okay. So Jesus was very clear that he was not again, I'm going to be repeating a lot of the things that I might say. So please forgive me in advance for sounding very redundant. Okay. So Jesus preached, taught, and healed people. He just didn't do that. He also commissioned people, his disciples. He said, when you go out, preach, but don't just preach, heal the sick. Okay. So Jesus is giving a very clear emphasis on the importance of the healing ministry and deliverance. Okay. And now remember, this is the first class and we're just laying down the foundation of it. So we just looked at Jesus's importance of his way of evangelism and the importance that he gave for healing. But what we need to understand as the foundation of this whole ministry and healing and deliverance is that it is the success is not in the methods. Okay. Success is not in the methods. What is the meaning of method? Okay. Only if I lay my hands on you, you'll get healed. That's a method. Isn't it? Yes or no? Okay. There are so many methods like pouring oil on a person is a method, right? Keeping a cloth or whatever. It's a method. So, but what we have to remember and be very clear about is that the success or the result is not in the method. It is in the person of Jesus Christ. Okay. He is our healer and he is the source of our healing. Okay. So we need to understand that and be very clear about it from the beginning. Are you all with me? Yes. Okay. So that's the number one foundation is that the result is in the person of Jesus, not in the methods. Okay. Write it down, make a frame of it and put it in your... Okay. And the other foundation that's very important is seen in John chapter 14 verse 12. John chapter 14 verse 12. I'll read it for us. You can just write it down. It says, truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do and greater works than these will he do because I am going to the Father. So truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes. Okay. So how many believers do we have? Okay. How many of you believe in Jesus Christ? Okay. Only two people, one person from online. Okay. All right. Okay, guys, we'll have an altar call at the end. Maybe you can, you know, great. Right. So we are all believers, right? We all believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is a Lord and Savior. We believe that he died and he rose again from the dead. And right now he's seated on the right hand side of the Father. Yeah. So whoever believes, the scripture is so beautiful. Whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he doesn't stop there and greater works than these will he do. Okay. So the second foundation, the first foundation is what? The result is dependent on the person of Jesus and not on the methods or the process. Okay. The process and the methods doesn't matter. At that moment, God will tell you to use a certain method. We just have to be obedient and just do that. Right. But he's the source. He's our healer. And the second foundation is that all of us can do it. Everyone can do it. Whoever believes can do. You believe in Jesus. You can lay your hands. You can pray for the sick. You can heal the sick. Right. Jesus is moving in a place of anointing or in such place of power. He's saying, don't pray for the sick. He said, heal the sick. Are you with me? Right. Jesus is walking in such power and authority and intimacy with his Father. He's commanding us. He didn't say pray for the sick. He said, heal the sick. But, you know, that's a place that we all, you know, want to get at, you know, where we will come to a place and we would just, you know, in Jesus' name be healed. Right. But there's absolutely nothing wrong in praying. Okay. So don't get me wrong. Okay. We pursue, we pray for the sick. We, you know, we heal the sick. We all, we do all of that in Jesus' name. Amen. Okay. So are you all with me? How's it going? The first 10 minutes? First 10, 15 minutes? Still alive? Okay. They say the start to anything is very important. No. So the start isn't great and the whole semester is gone, guys. I know there's a lot of responsibility on me. So, okay. This is a very important subject and I've learned to really embrace it over the last four years of teaching this. Because this is a topic that I did not focus on very naturally. Like, although I grew up in a Christian family and whatnot and I've seen people pray for the sick and heal the sick, I did not understand the importance that Jesus gave to this. It's not just about feeling sorry for the person. Let me go pray for the person and get better. It's not that. It's Jesus wants to see the person well. Are you with me? Right. And as we journey through the subject, we are going to learn a lot about, you know, even points like why is there sickness in this world? It's very fundamental points like that, to which we all, I'm sure we all know the answer. Okay. So you all answered saying that, okay, ministry of healing and deliverance is important. Although we have, in this day and age, we have advanced medical systems. Medicine is very advanced. We have all these very advanced X-ray machines, scanning machines, whatever. And I'm just saying it's so advanced, but still science can't help everyone. It's still not able to help everyone and make everyone better, right? Or completely heal and restore, isn't it? And so even though we, and we are so grateful to all the doctors, you know, during the pandemic, we know, and also even otherwise, but they were in the frontline, you know, helping people all around the world. So we are very grateful for them. And while we are very grateful for all our doctors and nurses and whatnot, we still have to remember that science cannot do everything. Right. And that's why it's very important for you and for me to minister in healing and deliverance. It's very important. It's a command. It's not just, okay, you think about it, you know, ponder over it, do fast, you know, 40-day fasting. You see, you know, no, God has spoken. He's very clear, right? We all long for, you know, we somewhere in life, we say, Lord, what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do? Speak to me. Speak to me. He said, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. Lord, should I get married or should I not get married? What do you want to do? I want to get married, Lord. Okay. So get married, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. Okay. Do you want to, like, Lord, should I do engineering or architect? Well, I'll do engineering and then halfway through, I'll decide to do architecture. Very good. So do that and then heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, you know. So he has spoken. Okay. He has, he is very clear. He is spoken, said, heal the sick. This is my command, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. I want to emphasize one more time is that it is not just a suggestion from Jesus. Do you want to do this? You know, he's not suggesting. I'm sure we all have friends that are like, hey, that car is nice. Do you want to think about this car? That guitar is nice, but this brand is amazing. It's 50% of, you know, it's not a suggestion. It's a command. We need to get, you know, that's the core of this. It needs to get very deep into our hearts. Understood? Okay. Good. So why miracles, healing and deliverance? Let's look at eight biblical reasons as to why we have to minister in healing and deliverance. Are you ready? Let's go a little deeper. Why do we minister healing and deliverance? So in your art copy, I am in page 16 in your PDFs. I don't know where I am. So anyways, I'm okay. Thank you. As long as we are all on the same page. Thanks. Okay. So we are looking at a few biblical reasons as to why we must minister in supernatural healing and deliverance. Why? So the number one reason is miracles, healing and deliverance reveal the reality and the nature of God. Miracles. Okay. Three things there are miracles, healing and deliverance. They all reveal that that small word there is very important. Okay. Reveal the reality and the nature of God. So it is from the word reveal. We get revelation. Okay. So it also means you would have heard this word called unveiling veil. So veil V E I not veil, you know, see veil where V E I L a few. So you've seen my wife does this all the time, which is riding the bike, you know, some of the, you know, would they take on Dupatta or something? And then how will they face fully? What they've done is they've put a veil over their face, right? And so when you're removing, it's an unveiling, right? So there's some kind of an unveiling happening. So miracles, healing and deliverance is unveiling, right? Unveiling the reality and the nature of God. One of the questions that atheists ask a lot is if there is a God, why is there sickness? Why is there, why are kids dying in cancer? Why are kids, you know, why is there sickness in this world? Why is, why do we have to struggle? Why is there evil in this world? Isn't it? And so ministering and healing and deliverance is us unveiling them to the reality of who God is. He is our Father. He loves us. He wants us to be whole. Are you with me? Okay. So Exodus chapter 15 verse 26, Exodus 15 verse 26. It says, and I'm just reading from the notes. If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord, your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commands and keep all His statues. I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have brought on the Egyptians for I am the Lord who heals. I am the Lord who heals. So that is His covenant name, which is Jehovah Rafa. Okay. I am the Lord. So it is not just another, again, like a title or something, but it's this covenant name. So this is not the subject of the course to go through the covenants or what it means. But when God makes a covenant. Okay. So, you know, when God makes a covenant with Abraham in those days, what he used to do is they would bring, if I'm making a covenant with Joseph and we are living in the Middle East, some 3000, 4000 years ago, right? We want to make a transaction and we've agreed on a deal. And so what we would do is we would bring an animal, right? They would bring an animal. They would cut it in three different halves or four, whatever, how many are depending on the size of the animal. Okay. They would cut it and the blood everywhere. And both the parties will walk between the pieces. Okay. It sounds too gory, but this is reality. This is what used to happen. Okay. Vegans. I'm sorry. I don't mean to offend you. So me and Joseph would walk between the pieces of the animal. So what is that saying is, if I don't keep my word, what happened to this animal? Let it happen to me. And you know when God makes a covenant with Abraham, only if you read it from Genesis 12 onwards, it says only God went through that. Abraham didn't have to go through that because what God is saying is, my covenant with you is not based on your end of faithfulness. Are you with me? My covenant with you is not based on how good you are. Or how, you know, so I am giving you my word. I mean, and so when you understand that, and when you, when you know that this is his covenant name, that he is our Jehovah Rafa. You know that he is our Healer. And I don't think we need anything more than that. It's just so beautiful, isn't it? Right. So many scriptures that's mentioned in your notes, which I'd like to go through for us to just, you know, understand the weight of this whole thing. It's beautiful. Psalm 105 was 37. It says, he also brought them out with silver and gold. And there was none feeble among his tribes. Okay. It would be page seven in your notes. In your textbooks, that is. Psalm 105 was 37. None was feeble among his tribes. It says that their sandals didn't wear out after walking for 40 years in the desert. Nehemiah chapter nine was 21. 40 years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. One more scripture for us to just look into this is Psalm 103 verse one to five. You know this, bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me. Bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives all your inequities? Who heals all your diseases? Who redeems your life from destruction? Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies? Who satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles? It's beautiful, right? Time and time again scripture says that he is a Jehovah Rafa. He heals. He is the Lord our healer. Most of the scriptures what we read is from the Old Testament. And Jesus came to display exactly that. He came to reveal the Father to an orphan world. In everything that Jesus did, Jesus came to do a lot of things. He came to die for us since he came to take the power back from the enemy. But in doing all of that, there was an unveiling that was happening. There was an unveiling that was happening. So the number one reason, so what miracles healing and deliverance does is it reveals the reality and the nature of God. And we see that in the New Covenant, in the New Testament, that it happened through the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is perfect theology. And we look into that point in much more deeper sense as we go a little bit more deeper into the Course. Are you all with me? This is just the first point. The second point, the second biblical reason is miracles reveal God's greatness. Miracles reveal God's greatness. This beginning of science, Jesus did in Canna of Galilee and manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him. So the important three words there is, manifested His glory. Okay, manifested His glory. So what is happening in John chapter two, by the way? You turn the water into, that's, you know, as we believe that it's supposed to be the first recorded miracle of what Jesus did, right? Turning the water into wine, right? I mean, guys, just that, we can study on it for like, I don't know how many hours. He turned the water into wine and the waters that was filled, the vessels that was filled, it was called as the stone jars, right? And the water that was filled in the stone jars was used for the cleansing of the priests for entering the temple, water, used for cleansing. It was turned into wine, which symbolizes the blood. So it just didn't turn any water into blood. Okay, and so, and he began to manifest His glory by doing that. And it's revealing the God's greatness, isn't it? So let's, one more aspect of looking at it is this, and I think I've shared with us in the last semester, but I want to remind us again is, he's showing that he is outside of time in doing this, right? We all live in time, you know, within this dimension of time. It's 9.30 here. It can be 12.30 somewhere else in the world, etc., etc., right? So he turned the water into wine. Now, just, I am not a farmer, but I know it, you know, for you to grow a wine or make a wine industry. First, you have to buy a land, right? You have to till the land and then, you know, make grape plants grow, right? Have a vineyard and the right season wait for the grapes to come grow. And then once it's ripe, take it and then, you know, stomp it. That I've seen, okay? Stomp the grapes, extract the juice and then the fermentation process begins. I don't know how many months, sometimes years, right? They ferment it. So just making wine takes a long time. It's rhyming, wine and time. It takes a long time, isn't it? In the natural. But you see the miracle, because it's outside of time, it's like everything is done, you know? During the vineyard, everything, you know, whatever, what do you need? God's like, what do you need? I'm outside of time. I don't need to wait. What is that? He's displaying His glory. He's manifesting His glory. He's showing off His greatness. Are you with me? Right? So miracles reveal God's greatness in ways that we can't even imagine. He's just too good. All right, let's move on. Point number three. Any questions at this point? Are you all okay? How are you guys doing online? Okay, awesome, awesome. Miracles demonstrate God's compassion. Miracles demonstrate God's compassion. Psalm 145 verse 8 to 9 is written in your notes. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. So low to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all and His tender mercies are over all His works. His tender mercies are over all His works. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. Full of compassion. Again, you know, any time you see the word, come across words like beautiful, it simply means full of beauty. Wonderful, full of wonder, right? That's what it is. And so here it's just not saying compassion full because it's not an English word. But when you say it's full of compassion, right? Full, we use that word when, okay, when you're filling a water bottle. Okay, so I'm filling this water. So in this flask, there's right now water up till here, right? And I would say, is that full? So if the water was up to this level, is that full? Not really. So a vessel is really not full until it overflows. That's the only way you can measure and say the fullness. Okay, the only way you can confidently say that the vessel is full is if it's overflowing, right? When God says, be filled with the Spirit, we are not filled unless we overflow. That is how fullness is measured in the Kingdom. Is your life overflowing? That's the question, right? If your life is overflowing with the things of God, with everything that's related to the God's Kingdom, then that means you're full. If you're not overflowing, that means you're not quiet. But here, the scripture says that he's full of compassion. That means, again, Psalm 23 we remember, my cup overflows, he says. So this is this endless, endless source and supply of compassion. That's who our God is, right? You know we sing that worship song, you're the living water, never dying fountain. Yeah. So miracles demonstrate God's compassion. When he healed the sick, when Jesus stooped down and healed the blind person, what was he doing? He was moving in compassion. There are scriptures, we're going to read a lot of scriptures that says that Jesus had compassion. Are you ready? Everything is in the notes, just follow along with me. Matthew 14, 14. And when Jesus went out, he saw a great multitude and he was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick. You see, his ministry of healing preceded with compassion. So if you don't have compassion for people, I'm not talking about sympathy, okay? Sympathy is different, compassion is different, okay? We'll let the dictionary define that, go back and read it, okay? Okay, one more scriptures, 1532. Now Jesus called his disciples to himself and said, I have compassion on the multitude because they have now continued with me for three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry lest they faint on the way. I have compassion on the multitude. Matthew 20, 34. So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. Mark 141, let's read some more, it's okay. Then Jesus moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I am willing to be cleansed. Mark 5, 1819, and when he got into the boat, he who had been demon possessed begged him that he might be with him. However, Jesus did not permit him but said to him, go home to your friends and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you. Again, we haven't come to the main point here, but he says, tell your friends what great things. In the previous point, we see it displays the greatness of God, isn't it? The Lord has done for you and how he has had compassion on you. Yeah, I think that's enough. So do you have compassion? It's a question you need to answer yourself. Are you in ministry for what? Do you love God and not love people? We can't say that we love God and not love people. It's contradictory, it doesn't work. If you love God, you ought to love people and that shows that you are full of compassion. And out of that compassion, you want to minister to them in healing and deliverance. What would Jesus do? There was a very famous thing in early 2000s, WWJD. We used to have the wristbands and T-shirts, everything WWJD. What would Jesus do? I would also annoy friends. Just irritate them and say, what would Jesus do? What would Jesus do? We put ourselves in his shoes, isn't it? And minister to people with healing and compassion. All good? Alright, fourth point. Miracles have a powerful effect on people, especially on those who do not believe. Miracles have a powerful effect on people, especially on those who do not believe. Luke chapter 5 verse 15. However, the report went around concerning him all the more and great multitudes came to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. So the report went around. Miracles get people's attention. Miracles get people's attention. Some of it is good, most of it can be bad. So what Jesus was doing, the report went around. What he did in this city, people in the other city heard about it. And then there were those who were sick people who would come to say, I heard you did this, heal me too. That's a good thing. And then there were those, all the Pharisees and the Sadducees. I heard what he did. Let's go see this guy. How can he do this? Who is he? What's happening? Miracles caught the attention. Good, bad. It's like, you know, when an accident happens on the road, helping or not, we all want to go see the person who's fallen down. It's the sad state of it. You want to help? What happened? It fell down. Is this something you're riding the bike? Yeah, let's look at one more scripture. Acts chapter 8 verse 6. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. Let's just look at it in our modern day context as well. I remember in 2005 there was a huge crusade that happened in Bangalore. Huge crusade where it happened in a scale like it had never happened before. A huge ground was taken. This is 2005, guys. Huge crowd. People came from all over, not just India, all over the world to this crusade because they had heard of this person who was coming and about his ministry. And back then, there was this Christian channel called I think TBN and God TV was not yet there. And so, you know, morning eight o'clock. So the word of his ministry went around and so they came. So that's just one example. And there have been so many men of God who've come to our land and who wanted to flock to the crusades simply because they heard the report. So they wanted to go see. So miracles, signs and wonders get the attention of people. Good and bad. That's fine. The second part of that point is miracles act as signposts to point people to God and cause people to glorify God. Look at the statement very clearly. Miracles act as signposts, underline that. Miracles act as signposts to point people to the pastor or the evangelist, to my ministry, your ministry. To God. Yes, thank you. And cause people to glorify God. It's very important that we understand that. So miracle acts as a signpost. What is a signpost? The board is over there. It shows you the direction. We've all gone on some road trip. Short road trip, long road trip doesn't matter. So you're on the road trip in the highway. There's a board that says Ananda Bhavan. McDonald's for all you guys who don't know what Ananda Bhavan is. Is 20 kilometers away. That's a what? It's a signpost that says, I'm hungry. Where do we stop? It says McDonald's is just 20 kilometers away. Nobody will stop at the signpost and be satisfied. Yes, that doesn't happen, isn't it? If you've done that, we need to go to the doctor. Nobody will stop at a signpost. The signpost will say, okay, a thousand kilometers to your destination. Again, you don't just stand at the signpost and say, I have arrived. A signpost leads you to the destination, isn't it? Same thing with miracles, signs and wonders. It is a signpost just to point it back to God. You are healed, amen. He is your healer, Jesus. He is the Jehovah Rafa. By his stripes, we are healed. You shouldn't take long for us to give glory to God. Even if in a split second, you think this is happening because of you? Oh boy, danger, danger, danger. Even if it's a split second, you think this is happening because I'm anointed to know that. What is happening is from what God did, you're trying to take the credit. When all glory belongs to God. Are you with me? Okay, all good so far? Okay, thanks guys. You guys are amazing listeners. One more thing. What miracles does in page 12, it brings conviction of sin. I'm just going to go a little faster because we'll cover all of this later point. Miracles, healing and wonders brings conviction of sin, brings people to a decision point. Brings people to a decision point. Miracles are essential to see transformation of the sin cities of the world. Miracles are essential to see the transformation of the sin cities of the world. And this is the point I want to give a little bit more emphasis on in your textbook, I'm in page 15, is the importance Jesus gave to miracles. This is the number fifth point, fifth biblical reason. Jesus gave to miracles. For me, again, of all the eight biblical reasons that we are looking at, this is my favorite one. I think this is the most important one in my opinion. So as mentioned in Jesus's earthly ministry, he gave a lot of importance to healing ministry. So let's look at it. John chapter 20 verse 30 and 31. John chapter 20 verse 30 and 31. And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus Christ, Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. Okay, let's turn the page. Let's go through. Let's look at John chapter five verse 31 to 36. Let's go to the scriptures now. John chapter five verse 31 to 36. So let me read it for us. If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who bears witness about me. And I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. Verse 33. You sent to John and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. But as a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in His light. Verse 36. The testimony I have is greater than that of John. Okay, the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing bear witness about me, the Father has sent me. Okay, I heard the bell go. This is a very important point that I'd like to dwell on, and I'll just stop here for the session. We'll take a break and we'll continue from where we left. Okay, thanks guys. I'll see you all in 10 minutes.