 Okay, wonderful people welcome back. I hope you had a good break. We've got some coffee and chai Great, let's go on. Let's continue from where we left The session will continue addressing some important questions, you know regarding healing and deliverance a very common questions that we tend to have Okay, so one classic question I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but I have heard of you know people asking me this question In fact that even I have asked this question is Since God is sovereign You know why won't he just? You know It's like Lord. There are so many unbelievers on earth. You are sovereign all powerful Why don't you just show up in all your glory and you know, everybody will just fall, you know Like it says, you know one day every knee will bow every tongue will confess let the day come now Listen just show, you know, if everybody sees your holiness and how you know how you know, magnificent you are Everybody will just you know, why won't you do that? Have you asked that question or is it just me? Okay, I guess it's just me but Right so since God is sovereign, won't he just heal people if and whenever he wants to Okay, so what do you understand by the word sovereign? So I've been mutilated Okay Sorry, someone said something all powerful all powerful. Yeah so Rain the second half of that word is rain are e I G and isn't it? I hope I spelt it right But so rain is what you are ruling. Okay, soft means single So we are saying single rain, that's what sovereign means, okay Single rain You are the king of all kings. His kingdom will have no end We say that isn't it God's kingdom will have no end. That means Single rain authority. So when we say that God is sovereign We actually we are saying like, you know, what was shared that he is all powerful He there is no end to his rain Okay, and so we understand that and it is from that place we ask, okay, Lord We understand that you are sovereign. Why can't you just show up and heal everybody? right and And that question the answer to that question is kind of we will address that in three different parts as mentioned in your notes Okay, I'm going to be just Going reading from the notes that we have so that we are all on the same page. Okay We will address this question in three parts one is the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man second one the sovereignty of God and the exercise of faith and Thirdly we walk by the truth that has been revealed and search out what is unknown Okay, so the first one is the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man Again, we are going back to those the word called commission co-partner co-mission right that something about God who Who doesn't have to partner with us? Why because he's sovereign. Yes or no He doesn't have to pick out a person called Noah He doesn't have to he didn't have to pick up a person called Abraham Right Abraham and God are having this dialogue Abraham is standing in the gap for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah Lord if there are 10 people will you spare this and there's a dialogue that is happening It is but just in that case the dialogue is between divinity and humanity It's like a conversation between an adult and a young child isn't I don't have to explain myself is like No But but God enjoys that he loves to have that dialogue with his children Isn't it and think about another instance where God is having the dialogue with Moses You know and saying God is saying these are stiff neck people I'm not going to come with you and Moses is having this conversation You know if you don't come we will not go ahead and by the way, they are not my people They are your people. I didn't deliver them you deliver them You know, it's it's so wonderful that he Inviting us into this partnership with him even though he doesn't have to He takes great joy in doing his work with you With us Does anybody feel honored by that? I feel immensely honored that he would invite me Into partner with him when he doesn't have to Right and so that's what the first point is all about is the sovereignty of God and the Responsibility of man that means there is a responsibility that we've been given to us Some hundred and fifteen verse three and verse sixteen verse three is my favorite verse Okay, some hundred and fifteen verse three. It's like it's an answer to a lot of questions when I don't know the answer Some hundred and fifteen verse three says but our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases Yeah, okay our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases Yeah You know when you don't have an answer to any question like he's in heaven. He is God He will do whatever he pleases what's your problem if you have a problem with that go deal with it Why are you worshiping a certain way, you know, why is he moving a certain way, you know? Hey, he's God. He'll do whatever. He you know pleases Think about it, verse 16 it says, the heaven, even the heavens are the Lord's but the earth He has given to the children of men. He's given it to us, that means you remember this command in Genesis chapter 1 where it says be fruitful and multiply, that we have taken it very seriously. Yes, Lord, thumbs up, be fruitful and multiply in thus. But again, we call it as selective listening. You will only listen what you want to hear and leave out the rest. In that command he goes on to say that have dominion. That means you have the responsibility, I have given you authority to reign over the creation. Are you with me? And so he's given us this command. He said, the earth I have given it to you. You reign over it. It's your responsibility. And so God even in His sovereignty, He did not interfere when Adam and Eve were about to partake in the fruit. He could have, isn't it or not? He could have prevented from everything that happened. It's like, oh no, no, no, I'm not going to send my son to die for your sins. I'm going to step in right now and stop you from me. No, He did not do that, although He could have. You understand the power of this responsibility He's been given to us? Yes or no? I mean, this is a classic example of a house owner and a tenant. So you are a tenant in someone's house. So Joseph is, I keep using Joseph as an example because he's sitting right in front of me. Joseph is the house owner. I want to rent your house. It's like, okay, sure, no problem. So as a tenant, it is my responsibility to close the door at night. It is my responsibility as a tenant because I'm living in that house to clean the house, to vacuum, to mop the floor, to dust the fans. It is my responsibility as a tenant. Now, just because I don't clean, I don't keep my house clean. I forgot to close the door in the night because of which a thief came and robbed all my belongings and went, am I going to blame Joseph? Or is it right for me to blame Joseph? Hey, Joseph, owner, it's your house. Why you didn't do anything? Why you didn't come and clean my fan? Yes or no? Although the owner has a certain power, authority, right? But then there's a certain responsibility that has been given to the tenant. Isn't it? Yes or no? Okay. Now, there are so many accidents that happen on the highways of India, all over the world. Yes or no? But do you still have to drive carefully and responsibly? Yeah, you can't drink alcohol and then choose to drive and then blame the minister of transport. You can't fail in your exam and then blame, you know, saying, you know, we can, like, no, this teacher, I did not understand, you know, whatever this, you know, this ocean is teaching is like, that's why I failed. I did that when I failed in Hindi. But you see, there's an element of responsibility that we have to take as people of God, isn't it? So he is sovereign, but we take responsibility with him. We co-partner with him. That's why we say yes to his call, isn't it? Right? Let's move on. And the second point it talks about is the sovereignty of God and the exercise of faith. Now, while we are being responsible, while taking responsibility, it is also an expression of faith when you minister healing and deliverance, you are taking the step of faith. Why? Because you are not the healer. Right? I am not the healer. I'm just a vessel or tool that is like, yes, Lord, I want, I'm willing to co-partner with you. I'm willing to, you know, be on this mission with you. So let me be the vessel. You be the healer and you minister through me, in and through me. What is that? That is an expression of faith. Are you following? There's a chapter much later, like I just said, everything that applies to minister healing and deliverance, the same things apply to receive healing and deliverance. Okay? It's as important, but we'll get to that much later. So sovereignty of God and exercise of faith. And then we walk by truth that has been revealed and search out what is unknown. Deuteronomy chapter 29 verse 29. Deuteronomy chapter 29 verse 29 says, the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and our children forever, that we may dwell, that we may do all the words of this law. Okay? The secret things belongs to the Lord. In Proverbs 25 verse 2 it says, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. That's such a beautiful verse. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. That means again, this is God inviting us to play hide-and-seek with him. Has anyone played hide-and-seek with kids? Yes? I mean, you can be very mean to the kids and completely hide yourself, or if you're playing hide-and-seek or peek-a-boo, with children or with babies, you will hide in a way that they can see you. Isn't it? Okay, go hide behind this pillow and it's very easy for them to see that they can look at you. So it's that God has not hidden things from us. He has hidden things for us. I'll say that again. God has not hidden things from us. He has hidden for us. That means he wants us to come into this game and play, to search, to go after him, to pursue him, to seek that intimate relationship with him. He's like, hey, come, draw near to me, and I will draw near to you. Are you following? He wants us to go on this journey to search, to pursue him, his presence. Hence this point that says, we walk by truth that has been revealed. What has been revealed to us? We know Jesus is our healer. We know it is God's will to heal everyone. We know the crosses for everyone. We know the basis of this. It is God's nature to heal everyone. Yes or no? Holy Spirit has been given to us. Jesus said, it is better for me that I go away so that the helper will come. Why is all of that? All of that has been revealed to us, isn't it? In the Word of God. Yes or no? Yes. And so we function based on the truth that has been revealed to us and then continue to search out what is unknown for his wisdom. Like Proverbs 25 verse 2 says, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter but the glory of the kings is to search out a matter. Yeah? Okay, let's move on. I hope everybody is doing all right. So going to this next question, why doesn't everyone get healed? Why doesn't everyone get healed? Now as ministers, we have to be very quick to admit that everyone we pray for doesn't get healed. Yes or no? Everyone that I have prayed for has not gotten healed. And so we very quickly admit that, yes, everyone that I have prayed for has not gotten healed. But what should be your response to that? I mean, what should be your response to that? I mean, there could be a lot of reasons why people don't get healed. But what should your response be? Should your response be that, okay, I prayed for 10 people, so I'm going to stop praying. Is that going to be our response? No, so you're sure. Everybody that you pray for, minister healing and deliverance for may not get healed. But that's the reality and we admit to that. We are not going to fabricate things as like, I'm not going to go on a church pulpit and say, I prayed for 10 people, all 10, if it really happened, great. I prayed for 10 people, all 10 of them were healed. But I'm not going to go on the pulpit and lie. I prayed for 10 people. When no one got healed, I'm not going to go and say for 10, all of them were. What's happening? I am fabricating, isn't it? And so it's okay as ministers of God, as leaders, as pastors, as elders, to admit that not everybody, every time we pray for is getting healed. But that should not stop us from continuing to minister healing and deliverance. Are you with me? Right? And we do not compromise the truth. And we don't compromise the truth. That means it's simply saying that you don't change your understanding of God. Just because everyone that you prayed for did not get healed. Like then you don't, from the next Sunday, you don't start changing, okay, Jesus is, it's not His will to heal everyone. I don't think so. What I said last Sunday was different. You know, this Sunday I learned something because I prayed for 10 people, nobody got healed. I think there's, you don't change the theology, the doctrine. And who is the perfect theology? Jesus. You don't change the truth. We do not compromise the truth. Okay, you have a question? Yeah, sure, okay. So, as you say, the right thing to do is to continue praying for the other people who would come and the person who you already prayed. Yes. But where would you, how would you actually draw a line or conclude why the healing was not done for XYZ? Sure, why the healing was not done for XYZ. Okay, thanks for that question. So again, if you did not, if this question was not clear, Akhil's question was, where do we draw the line? And when do we, how do we, or when do we arrive at a conclusion saying, both with an answer, why this person was not healed? Now, there's nothing wrong in God's end of the equation. There's nothing wrong in his end of the equation. Right? We know what an equation is, right? A plus B the whole square. That's one side of the equation. Is equal to? Okay, whatever it is. A plus B the whole square is equal to A plus B plus two, something, two AB. That's the other side of the equation, right? God's side of the equation is never wrong. He's accomplished everything what he had to do. He's given us this covenant name. He's a Jehovah Rafa. He's our healer. He's shed his blood on the cross. By his stripes, we are healed. It's all been established, right? It now, it all just comes down to us. Okay, so, you know, I've ministered healing and deliverance. This person did not get healed. I go back into the secret place. I seek the Lord for more of his anointing, for more of his presence to flow through me. I make myself, I invite him. That is it. I continue to work on my end of the equation, right? While understanding with humility that he is the healer, I am the vessel. I work for him. He doesn't work for me. That means he may choose to give an explanation sometimes, but he never owes us an explanation. It's a very important people that we understand that. He doesn't work for us. We work for him. Sometimes he may choose to give us an explanation, saying, okay, the reason that you're going through this is I have something big planned for you. He may choose to give you an explanation, but he never owes us an explanation, right? So where we begin to kind of fall is when we think, as Christians, that God owes us an explanation. So I'm 115 verse 3. He is God. He will choose whatever he pleases, right? So that's like the fundamental thing. I hope that kind of answers your question. So we don't compromise the truth. We simply admit, I don't know why everybody gets healed, but we're going to continue to pursue his presence. Shani, I have a question. Yeah. Is it fair to say because everything has been done, everything we want from God has already been done? Healing was already done across before the foundation of the world. So if we pray for ourselves so we don't get healed, we pray for somebody else to get healed, shouldn't we say that partly it's our kind of fault because we just have to receive it from him. It's already been done. So is that fair to say that that is something dealing with us? Because it's not God because it's already been done. Is that fair to say that? Yes. So it again comes down to us, isn't it? So we learn to receive what's been given. We learn to receive what's been given to us. And that's the journey we are all on. How do we learn to encash this blank check that's been given to us? How do we learn to encash this blank? God's given us this blank check with a signature on it. Whatever you want, whatever you want, it's yours. I can take that blank check and keep it in the bank locker and lock it. Is there any use of it? No. So I'm going to take the check. Sozo, that means healing, physical healing, this, that everything I'm going to put in it because it's been given to us. And so we continue to express and act on our faith. So yes. Okay, thank you. Okay. Let's continue. So we are kind of in a place where we know that, okay, we simply just because everyone doesn't get healed, that shouldn't stop you from ministering healing and deliverance. Yes. And that shouldn't cause you to change the truth or start preaching something else. Are you with me? Or don't even try to speculate as it says in your notes or simply admit, I don't know why, you know, this didn't happen. But we'll continue to present as a church, as a family, as a friend, as a minister. Let's continue praying for this. Let's seek him, right? Pray through to breakthrough. How's that? We pray through till breakthrough. Okay, if you haven't already listened to the song, please go and listen to the APC Music song, a lot of breakthrough. It's really cool. Okay. This next point is ask God for insight and keep on ministering to the individual, right? Like we've just addressed that. Ask God for insight. What is another word for insight? Wisdom. Wisdom, yes. Another word for wisdom is insight. Another word for insight is wisdom. Okay, so we ask God for wisdom. We can do an entire semester on the topic of wisdom, guys. Actually, that would still not be enough because that is so profound. It's so deep. It's not just knowing how to do a certain thing, right? It's... Proverbs talks about wisdom in such a deep manner, right? It says, with wisdom, God laid the foundations of the earth. With wisdom, he created, you know, the universe that we see. And then we see in Proverbs chapter 8 that wisdom was present. Now, suddenly, wisdom is not just used as a... What do I say? It's something that you can possess. Wisdom in Proverbs 8 is suddenly referring to a person. Wisdom is a person. And in Isaiah chapter 11 and verse 2 onwards, we see that Holy Spirit is the spirit of wisdom. That's one of the things, right? It's the spirit of understanding. It's the spirit of wisdom. It's the spirit of knowledge. It's the spirit of counsel. And suddenly, we see wisdom is not just a thing that you can have. As in, you know, like a skill. It is a person. So when this point says, ask God for insight or for wisdom, it's saying, pursue me. Because it is with me, you know, I have all the answers. Are you all with me? Okay. Yes, any questions? Any thoughts? Are you learning something? So we continue asking God for insight and wisdom. And we continue pursuing His presence. And there's a point that says glorify God and not the condition. Glorify God and not the condition. So we never magnify the sickness. Magnify is what? Making it big. Magnification. Isn't it? Oh, look, oh, cancer. No chance. Stage four or anything, whatever, you know, we do not magnify the sickness. Right. Whatever name that a sickness has, whatever disease a name has, we know a name that is higher. Yes or no? Right. The name of Jesus that is high above every other name. That means His name is higher about any name of any cancer that is ever present. Do we believe that? Do you believe that? Yes, that His name is high above every other name. Right. And so again, if that fundamental truth is deep in our hearts, we will never magnify a sickness. But you will not be impressed by the sickness. You don't have to be. Are you with me? Okay. And another misconception that people have, that Christians will have is that God is using the sickness, you know, to teach us something. God is using the sickness to teach us something like a lesson. Right. I'm sure you've heard people say like, you know, brother, I think I'm going through this because God is trying to teach me something. You know, brother, I have this disease in me because I think God is trying to, God is teaching something to me. But that same brother or sister will also go to the doctor and hospital to get better. Now, if you think that God is teaching you something, why do you want to get better? You can allow God to teach you. Why do you want to go to the doctor? You know, no. God will use you in spite of your sickness, not because of it. Can I say that again? God will use you in spite. Now, in spite I might have, for example, like let's say I have chronic migraine. Right. By the way, I do have chronic migraines. So God will use me in spite of that. Are you with me? So look at that section. It's very important. I'll say that I'm just reading it for us. God can use a person in spite of sickness, bodily ailments and any physical problem. However, this does not automatically mean that the condition they are in is in God's best interest for them. God is not using them because of their sickness or ailment. Okay, very important guys. Look at that. God is not using them because of their sickness or ailment. God works in spite of the situation. He is not limited by our limitations. Amen. God is not limited by our limitations. He works because of his purpose and grace given to us in Jesus Christ. Okay, so he will choose to work in spite of our sickness, not because of our sickness. Are you all with me? So we keep pressing him for more. Okay. I'm going to skip. This is the next section that says why are some healings gradual? Why are some healings gradual? I will pair that with the next question as well. Why are some healings partial and not complete? Okay, why are some healings gradual? If you were to ask me that question, we can go through the entire section. What is there in the textbook? But if I have to summarize the entire section, why are some healings gradual and why are some healings partial and not complete? I would say I don't know. That's the summary of the whole section is that I don't know. We don't know why some healings are gradual. But again, it comes down to that question, will you stop ministering healing and deliverance? No. What is our response? We continue pursuing, right? We continue to minister healing and deliverance until we see a complete breakthrough, full healing. You continue to press him. Partial healing or not? You continue to press him. Are you with me? Okay. Warren, I see your hands are raised. Yeah, you know, really we're talking about gradual healing. I think there was one instance in the Bible where Jesus was, you know, for the blind man, he made a, with a spittle, he made something and put it on his eyes. And it wasn't the first time he couldn't see straight away. Little by little, he got complete vision. So, I mean, I think, isn't that something that is even Jesus encountered as well? A gradual healing. Warren, I want to apologize because this speaker is something really off with this. It's breaking. I think there's some technical error, Warren. But do you mind just typing out the question in a brief way if that possible? So sorry, guys. Okay. Apologies. But yeah, I'll wait for you to type out the question. Okay. But yeah, until a warrant type of that question, let's look at that section that says, why are some healings partial and not complete? Okay. Can everybody look at that section, please? Why are some healings partial and not complete? Right. Another thing we may observe when ministering healing is that sometimes people with multiple problems get healed of some conditions and continue to have their ailments persist in their bodies. Okay. So what does that mean? You've prayed for someone, they've been healed partially, but then they continue to have, you know, some issues, some ailments in their bodies. Here again, we will not have all the reasons why complete healing did not occur. That means we don't know. We simply do not know. But we must thank the Lord for every small progress in recovery that we see. Okay. You know, if a person came in a wheelchair, you know, is now able to stand, but not able to fully walk freely or run, because that's the full healing that we're looking for, isn't it? A person came in a wheelchair. We want the person to get up and run and jump and walk and, you know, we want to do that, isn't it? But if a person is able to just stand up from the wheelchair, we give thanks to God. Lord, we thank you for this. And we continue to pray for complete healing. Are you with me? Right? So we keep praising God. We keep pressing in to see complete healing and deliverance. Continue to encourage the individual and not in any way shame or condemn the person. We do not make statements like, okay, I think you are not fully healed because of you. I think there's some pride in you. What are you doing? You are shaming the person. You are condemning the person. Right? Nowhere you see where Jesus condemned someone. Yes or no? Okay. All right. Okay. So Matthew, Mark 8 was 20 to 26. Let's go through that. Yes. So let's see the Mark 8 was 20 to 26. Oops. Are you able to see me because my laptop just went blank? All right. Let's read this. Okay. Mark 8 was 22 to 26. A classic example of partial healing. Okay. And they came to Bethsaida and some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him for 23. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. And when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, do you see anything? And he looked up and said, I see people, but they looked like trees walking. Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again and he opened his eyes and his sight was restored. And he saw everything clearly. And he sent to his home saying, do not even enter the village. Okay. So yeah, that's a classic example. One of the examples where we see that Jesus prayed twice. Okay. So, yeah, so, and it's fine, isn't it? What we were trying to address in partial healing or gradual healing is that with every step of the way we continue to give thanks to God. We continue to give praise to God, right? Warren, I, yeah, I'm not sure if I've answered your question, but then what I'm trying to say is it's okay. You know, we continue to press in for full healing. Yeah. Okay. Let's go towards the latter part of the chapter. Three heart attitudes that allow God to work miracles. And I'll end with this section and let you guys go through the last part of the chapter, just read through it. Okay. Three heart attitudes that allow God to work miracles. And first one is faith. When ministering to people, we must walk in faith, expectancy and intense desire. We minister healing and deliverance with faith in our hearts. Our unbelief can be a hindrance to the power of God flowing through us. Faith is simple. Faith is what's spelled what? How do you spell faith? I would spell faith as RISK. Risk. Okay. You take that step. You take that risk and praying for people. That's what it is all about, right? We in some of our young people, youth pastor, youth pastor, they take them out. Which we've done before is we take them out. We ask for people in the streets, like, hey, is there anything that we can pray for you? It's a step of faith. It's a huge risk. You just don't know how people will react, isn't it? But it's what we are called to do. We are called to take that step of faith, to take that risk and pray, isn't it? Sometimes we act like the whole healing and deliverance depends on us. It's Jesus. He's the one, again, coming back to the fundamental root thing. He's the one who's going to minister, who's going to flow through you. You just allow that to happen. We walk in faith. We minister in faith. At the same time, we also learn to receive in faith. Second one is expectancy. What does that mean? You have an attitude of expectancy. Expecting for it to be answered, yeah. Shani, go ahead. I was going to say you know what's going to happen. Yeah, thank you. Expectant. Have you heard of this word called hope? Hope, yeah, H-O-P-E. And I'm sorry if I've used this before. But in our context, when we use the word hope, it is more of a wishful thinking, okay? In earthly context, hope equals wishful thinking. That means I hope it rains today. I hope it doesn't rain today so that we can play. I hope there's no traffic jam because I have a flight to catch and the airport is so far away. I hope we don't have this class today so I can sleep extra. What is that? It's all wishful thinking, isn't it? But biblical hope is, it simply means, joyful anticipation of what is good. Okay, biblical hope is joyful anticipation, expectation of what is good. Okay, so our hope, when we say our hope is in the Lord, we know that, okay, the end of the story, our hope in Jesus is rock solid. It's not wishful thinking. It's not may or may not. It is 100% certain. Are you with me? And so when we are praying for healing or ministering healing and deliverance, we go with an expectant heart. It's a joyful anticipation of what is good. We put our hope in Him. That means, okay, He may heal, He may not heal. We don't go with that attitude. Like, I'm going to go just like the leper went, just like the centurion went, just say your word. I know the power in your word. Just say it. And so we go with that expectation, yes? And then finally, intense desire. It's not just desire but intense desire. That means to have a burning desire for more, okay? We need to have a faith, expectancy and intense desire. Okay, so those are the three hard attitudes that allow God to work miracles. And finally, hindrances to receiving healing. Let's go through those points. Some of the hindrances to receiving healing. We never criticize or condemn or blame or shame the individual when ministering. It's a big no-no. Okay, as a minister of God, as a leader, we never criticize. Say, okay, your sickness is because of this. You don't shame the person. And some of them do that with an intention to put another person down. We don't do that. We remember very carefully that we don't minister and don't work that way. Okay, so some of the hindrances, again, lack of knowledge, lack of faith, considering the ailment as the will of God, lack of persistent desire to get well. Lack of persistent desire to get well. That means you've just given up. This is the will of God for me to be sick. I'm going to just, you know, I give up. This is how I'm going to be. I don't want prayers from anybody. I'm not going to go for any prayer meetings. You know, I'm not going to even let anybody pray for me. It's what it is. I will die like this. Okay. Being passive and resisting sickness, wrong postures. God will heal in this time. Whenever happens, whatever happens, it's God's will and so on. Okay, so there's a bunch of pointers that's given out to us that will cause as hindrances to receive healing. Okay, that's the second chapter where we've addressed a lot of questions, fundamental questions, fundamental truths, and I hope that this has been helpful or an eye-opener in how we minister healing and deliverance. Right? Are you guys all okay? You guys online? All good? Okay. All right. Thank you for your questions as well, Shani, Warren, everybody. Yeah, awesome. So the next class, we move into chapter three. It's one of my favorite chapters. Cool. All right. Thanks for joining in, guys. God bless you. Have a wonderful day ahead. I'll see you next week. Take care. Bye.