 Okay, welcome back. Hope you had a good break. Thanks for joining back again. Alright, let's continue from where we left. We ended with the Prayer of Faith. Releasing a Prayer of Faith is one of the ways in how we can minister healing and deliverance. And through a word of command was the last one that we looked at. So we're going to go through some of the other points on how to minister healing and deliverance. Alright, let's quickly go through the four points that we learned. What's the first one? Through a personal? Through personal faith in God. Okay, second one. Prayer of agreement. Okay, so personal faith in God. The prayer of agreement and then prayer of faith. Word of command. Sorry, what? Word of command. Word of command. Thank you. Okay, and you know, most of the times it's not just once or twice, but most of the times all of these different methods, if I may say, you will use at least two of them at the same time. Okay, for example, you will release a prayer of faith and you will also have to release a prayer of agreement, isn't it? So it's not just one thing, you might end up using just one of it, but there will be an overlapping of multiple methods of ministering healing and deliverance or even receiving healing and deliverance, okay? Another method is through the laying on of hands. This is big, isn't it? Most of the times when we minister to people, even when we just pray with their permission, we lay hands on them and pray, isn't it? There are a lot of scriptures for that to back up that Matthew chapter 8 verse 3, we see that Jesus put out his hand and touched him. I am willing to be cleansed. Same chapter, chapter 8 verse 15. So he touched her hand and the fever left her. Then he touched their eyes saying, according to your faith, let it be to you. You see, an overlapping of two things here. Laying on of hands and faith, okay? The other person's faith. Matthew 2034, so Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes and immediately their eyes received sight and they followed him. And so there are many more scriptures that talks about the laying on of hands. In laying on of hands, you can also use, as we read in James chapter 5, verse 14 and 15, the elders were called and with the anointing oil as well, to use an anointing oil to pray and minister healing and deliverance, okay? Once again, I want to keep emphasizing that these are all, the power is not in the method, okay? The power is not in the method. It is in the person of Jesus Christ, okay? When you see lines or statements like, used anointing oil, anointing oil, is there an oil like that? Where do I get it? You know, whatever is available, you know, water is available, use that. It's just, it's a symbolic act of faith, isn't it? So don't get too caught up on which oil to use. A coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil. I wouldn't recommend an anointing oil. So in the next section or in the next page for you, you would see that some of the ways, how you can minister by laying on of hands. There are four points that's mentioned out, stated out. It says laying on of hands along with the prayer of faith in the name of Jesus. Okay, and laying on of hands and issuing a word of command in the name of Jesus. Laying on of hands along with the prayer of faith and anointing with oil. And laying on of hands and anointing of oil in the name of the Lord. No verbal prayer may necessarily be made. Okay, so there are so many other things that's overlapping. So many other methods that's overlapping as you lay your hands on the person and pray. Okay, I think it's in the next chapter we will cover, but one of the things that what we do or what we've thought to do at APC at least is, it's always better to ask permission of the person. Is it okay if I lay my hands on you? And especially if it is with the opposite sex. I think it's good to have that consent. Just say, okay, is it okay if I lay my hands on you and pray for you? Would that be okay with you? I think it's a good gesture. Yeah, it matters. Are you with me? Okay, so another method is laying on of hands, combining with the prayer of faith with anointing oil using God-given authority that is the name of Jesus, etc. Okay, let's move on. So there's a time when you will touch people and the Holy Spirit will flow through you and people will get healed and there will be times you never know when people will touch you and they will be healed. You believe in that, no? Okay, all right, some of you don't. But it is what happened in the Bible days can happen to us as well. It can happen with us and through us as well. We only simply got to believe that and we have to pursue that. You go back to the secret place. As you seek Lord, fill me with your anointing, with your presence. We need more of you so that you can use me. And you never know when people might touch you and get healed. So who am I to limit God from flowing in and through me? Okay, through the announcement of faith. We've looked at it briefly in the last point, but let's continue to look at it. Through the announcement of faith. What is announcement? Ding, ding, ding. This train has come in platform. You are declaring that simply what it is, isn't it? In the very first point we saw you believe and you speak and act. Yeah, you're acting on your faith. Okay, so that's exactly what it is. So through the announcement of faith, you may see a certain thing. Okay, in reality, it might look very bad, but you are announcing by faith that this is not the reality. Okay, you may see a crippled person, but you declare in the name of Jesus, you are healed. In the name of Jesus, every bone made straight. Every bone made strong. Every crooked bone come into alignment. What are you doing? You're announcing faith. You're declaring faith. Okay, and through acting on faith, we've spoken about that. And there are times when people act in faith. You know, in the previous point, through acting in faith, let's look at a couple of scriptures. In Matthew chapter 9 verse 6 to 7, it says, But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins. Then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take your bed and go to your house. Arise, take up your bed and go to your house. And he arose and departed to his house. How many times have you read that story? Okay, now put yourself in that place. If I was in that place, being the person that I am, I want to ask questions. I need to understand logical explanation. Okay, yeah, Jesus, do you know my condition? You're asking me to rise up. I hear what you're saying. But do you know I can't do this? The cripple did not have... See, one of the things that can go against logic and rationality doesn't always work in the kingdom of God. Okay, logic and rationality doesn't always work in the kingdom of God. That's why, for example, one of the things that, when we first start speaking in tongues, it's a wonderful gift to pursue. It's a gift of the Holy Spirit. It's one of the ways. It's not the only way or the sign where it shows that you're filled with the Holy Spirit. When I first started speaking in tongues, it's a different language, isn't it? But your mind is constantly fighting. It's saying, is the grammar right? Is the syntax right? Is the statement right? Because we are used to the language of this world. We think in those terms. We think in grammar. We think in question mark, exclamation, etc. Sentence construction, all of that. But this is the language of another world. And all of this rationality, this logic that works in this kingdom can't be applicable in his kingdom. Are you with me? Yes. And so very similarly, it might sound right. This guy can ask the very valid question saying, okay, Jesus, don't you know that I'm crippled? He's asking the right question. Genuine question. Is something wrong? If he had asked that question, are you going to blame him? No, right? Although he was like, what a sinful person. If I was there, you know, if I was in the boat with Jesus, I would not have been afraid even if the boat was sinking. But all he said is, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house. The next thing you know is that he is acting on his faith. That's all he did. And this line from the sermon, we have to learn to take God at his word. It comes back. We have to learn to take God at his word. Why? Simply because God does not lie. God, he does not lie. It's not that he cannot lie. Sorry, I think it's the other way around. Okay, next point, next section is through the gifts of the spirit. Through the gifts of the spirit, as mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12 or 7 to 11. But the manifestation of the spirit is given to each one of the prophet of all. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the spirit. And to another, the word of knowledge through the same spirit. To another, faith by the same spirit. To another, gifts of healings by the same spirit. To another, working of miracles. To another, prophecy. To another, discerning of spirits. To another, different kinds of tongues. To another, the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same spirit works all these things. Distributing to each one individually as he was. 1 Corinthians 12 verse 7 to 11. The gifts of the spirit, the very famous section. God works in healing and deliverance through the gifts of the spirit. It could be a word of wisdom or a word of knowledge. When you're ministering healing and deliverance, you might have a word or you might have a picture, a prophetic thing saying, okay, does anybody have a problem with their, in their back or in their spine? What is happening? You're having a prophetic release of the word of knowledge. And then it's, God's not giving you a prophetic word of knowledge or a word just so you can see it and not do anything about it, right? He gives you the word of knowledge so that you can act on it. So you can declare faith over the situation, right? For example, okay, is there anybody here whose right ankle is hurting? Someone puts their hands up. Okay, very nice. Good, thank you. Did you see? I heard. The point is for us to release healing over the person. Isn't it? But so the ministry of healing and deliverance is activated through the gifts of the spirit. So that's another way. That's another thing that we are encouraged to pursue is the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It's very important when we're ministering healing and deliverance. Why? Because we need to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Okay. Just a few points. Yes, Warren? I just wanted some clarification on this one. So basically, because in Corinthians when it talks about the gifts of the Spirit it says that there are people within the kingdom who have been given these specific gifts and I've seen this in my experience as well when you have some of the gifts of prophecy, some of the gifts of healing but at the same time there are also some like pastors who have seen who have all the gifts. So I mean, but what we have discussed before earlier in this topic is that we all have the power to do in Jesus' name what Jesus did. So where does this gifts of the Spirit to specific people come into play? Right. Thank you. Let's talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, right? And also in Romans chapter 12 we see a certain gifts of the Holy Spirit. We can look at that passage a little later. So there are very specific gifts that the Holy Spirit chooses to operate in a person and then there is this general gifts that's given for all. So for example, not everybody would have a gift of teaching, right? Not everybody's gift would be pastoring. And so that's why for some he gave apostles, pastors, teachers, evangelists, missionaries and it's like the gifts, their core strength would be manifested in that certain area of their life. However, there are these general gifts of the Holy Spirit that we are encouraged to pursue. Basically, it's what it is, Warren, is. I think it's in the same chapter that we are going to install if I'm not mistaken that we are encouraged to desire the gifts of prophecy and board of knowledge and understanding and whatnot. So yeah, and it's the same spirit. A person might have multiple gifts, which is okay. But that's like the general gifts for any every Christian for them to minister and just to walk this walk of life. Yeah, that's what it is. Do you want to ask a follow up question on that, Warren? Yeah, just to get in my head. So basically, we all can ask and desire for these gifts. But then because of our special, each one has got a special commission. So those will be given those specific gifts as well in the sense will be given to them naturally without them asking. But we all can ask for all the gifts. Is that right? Absolutely, yes. William, thank you. You're welcome. Sorry? Yes. Yes, verse 11. He distributes as he wills. Yeah, I think it's also important that we recognize the gifts, the core gift that God has given to us. Some of us may call to, you know, we may have this gift of, say, singing or whatnot, in ministry. And it's very important that and if some of you, as if you do not have that gift or singing or leading worship or playing an instrument, it's fine because you will have a gift in another area. Will you, you know, it's like, no, no, no, I'm going to sing if you can't, you know, and is, yeah, what is the point is to serve one another, right? If my gift is stopping me from serving you well, then probably that's not that's not where I'm supposed to be serving. I have to very politely tell a certain people in the worship team that please explore different areas of church ministries where you can sell, you know, that's simply not the extent. So, yeah, thank you, Warren, for that question. And I hope that gives some clarity to others as well. Right. So through the gifts of the spirit is one thing and through the healing anointing which is a symbolic of the spirit of the Holy Spirit. And another point is through repentance and renunciation of sin. Through repentance and renunciation of sin. Okay. Very, very quick question is are all sickness due to sin? All sickness due to sin? Are you sure? Okay. All right. So again, in this very particular situation, actually not just particular situation, it's very important that we are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Right. It's absolutely wrong for us to come to a conclusion and have this judgmental attitude and say, okay, you are sick because of this. Okay. But maybe you are right, but it's very important how you communicate to that person, isn't it? If that person thinks that, okay, you know, you are so condescending, you are so rude. Hello. It's okay. You don't pray for me. I don't want. What has happened is you've just lost the opportunity to reveal the nature of God. Simply because you were not loving and kind. Maybe the Holy Spirit has spoken to you and said, okay, this person is struggling with this because of a certain sin. What, how am I going to respond? Again, depending on the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, I'm going to speak in love and kindness and in gentleness. If you claim that you have the Holy Spirit in you, the fruits of the Holy Spirit, love, patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control, all of that has to be put on display in this place. Are you with me? There will be a time when the Holy Spirit says, okay, this sickness is because of this. You address that, and this sickness is because of sin. Whatever it is, the key point here is again, you are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. If it gives you the prophetic word, you release the prophetic word. Sometimes it might be very crazy. I have a question. There was a person who was led to take a splash of water and throw it on a couple. How many of you would do that? But she was like, okay, so she went in front of this couple and she told them this is going to be absolutely weird and crazy but I'm just going to be obedient. She took a splash of water with her hand, she splashed it on them and she ran away. But eventually they caught up and they said when they did that, something released over their marriage which they were struggling. So this individual, this person who was obedient to the Holy Spirit did not know what they were struggling. We don't need to know all the big picture. We let God be God. We'll be his vessel. What is important is that we are obedient to his voice. Sometimes it would be very crazy, some of the things that he asks us to do. I remember there were times when word of knowledge or this images was when I started getting these prophetic images was very new to me and very strange like you would have this image of an x-ray with a crooked spine. I'm like, why am I seeing this? Are the lights visible? But then the Holy Spirit will also give you the words that you've never heard before and I remember especially with regards to having this picture of an x-ray of a crooked spine or a compressed disc. What is that word? Something to do with disc bulge or something like in their back and I did not know that but as he speaks you just listen to him and declare, I believe there is someone here who is struggling with a disc bulge and in Jesus' name I declare healing and so I think you get what I'm saying, it's very important for us to be sensitive to the healing of God's voice and we are obedient to him and continue to act on that faith and as you act on that faith you grow in your spirit. Are you all with me? Okay One other thing, a question that I wanted to ask you is what is your understanding of atonement? Give me your answer. What is your understanding It's not there in the notes. What is your understanding of atonement? Sacrifice? Warren go ahead. I think the atonement is to recognize your sin and to repent with all your heart. Thank you to recognize and to repent of our sins with all our hearts, okay. What is sacrifice? Lucy says sacrifice Akalol also said sacrifice, atonement atonement once and for all okay. Diksha, atonement okay, if you don't understand atonement no we need to have a discussion. Whose original idea was this idea of atonement? Heavenly Father, thank you. Where is it being introduced the first time? What was being introduced? How was it introduced? What were the instructions? You are very close, yes. Pastor, atonement could be reconciliation with God. Reconciliation with God, okay. All your online people, don't google, okay. I am not saying that you google, I am just generally saying okay. Chat GPT What is the meaning of atonement? Who introduced it? Thanks, Sanjay, sacrifice in the book of Leviticus. Is atonement important? I think I framed that question very positively. Yes, it is very important. Is atonement important? Right, so we see the very first time when Adam and Eve sinned. They covered themselves with leaves. Yes or no? God comes and walks and asks Adam where are thou? And then it says that they covered God covered them with an animal skin. It's there in Genesis, you should read that. He covered them with the skin of an animal. Where did that skin come from? What happened? It doesn't go into the details. It doesn't go into the details. Wages of sin is death. Without the shedding of the blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. Hebrew says that. Without the shedding of the blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. Why? Because the wages of sin is death. Sin commands are death. Are you with me? Sin commands are death. It's the just thing to do. And in Exodus chapter 12, I think it talks about the Passover lamb. When God tells Moses, command the people of Israel to take the blood of the lamb and mark on the doorposts. And when I see the blood, I will pass over. God is not saying I am going to open the door and check if everybody is inside only Israelites, Jewish people. If there are any Egyptians, I am going to kill them. Now he didn't say that. It didn't matter who was behind the door. Anyone could have been behind the door. It didn't matter. But what God says is when I see the blood, I will pass over the power of atonement, the power of blood. Right? Why are we saying all of these things? Today we celebrate the Lord's table. Isn't it? The Passover. It's the origin. In Exodus 12, but it all goes all the way back to Genesis. And Jesus is our Passover lamb. Paul writes in Corinthians. Jesus is our Passover lamb. And Isaiah in Isaiah 53 writes extensively. Let's go to Isaiah 53. We know that passage of scripture so well. But let's pause and read it some more. We read the scripture but let's look at it. But he was verse 5 or let's read from verse 4. Isaiah 53 verse 4. Surely, he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. Yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our inequities. The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. And by his wounds we are healed. By his wounds we are healed. By his stripes we are healed. Isaiah is prophesying this almost 750 or 800 years before the birth of Jesus. Okay. Think about that. Why are we saying why is it important for us to understand all of these things? You know that the last line it says that by his wounds we are healed or very popularly known as by his stripes we are healed. So we're talking about his atonement is sacrifice in theologically speaking is substitutionary sacrifice in Christology you would learn that. And that is the act of reconciliation as Gettred mentioned. It's the act of atonement and it was not just for saving us. Why does it say by his stripes we are healed? Why does not it say by his stripes we are saved? Why does not it say by his stripes we are saved? But it says we are healed. See the sacrificial death of Jesus was not just to save us. If you wanted to just save us in salvation wise to save us from the state of sin you could have just died on the cross without being bruised. His stripes and his bruise was for our healing. Are you following? The stripes that he bore was for our healing. If he just wanted to save us and make us just before God Romans chapter 5 verse 1 says we are all justified by faith. If he just wanted to justify us he could have just died on the cross. He didn't have to be bruised for our inequities. So his stripes was for our healing and what the scripture is encouraging us is when we partaking of the Lord's table claim the victory of the cross over us as well. Declare healing of the finished work of the cross as well is what Paul is saying in 1 Corinthians 11, 26 and in that whole passage when you read he says why some of you are sick in the Corinthian churches because they were not honoring the Lord's table as they were partaking. Are you all with me guys? Okay. I know it's a lot of content for us to absorb but yeah. In Acts chapter 19 verse 11 and 12 we see cloths being used as another method for minister healing and deliverance through the use of prayer cloths. It's very important again we keep saying don't get fixated on methods especially on something like this if I don't have a prayer cloth I can't minister healing and deliverance. It's a method. If the Holy Spirit leads you to minister healing and deliverance through by using a prayer cloth by all means go for it. If you don't have a prayer cloth don't say I'm not going to minister I'm not going to come go by your own handkerchief and come don't do all that. Just be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and continue to minister. Okay. You know what the rest of the chapter I leave it to you guys forward to read because I feel like we've covered a lot of content and the rest of the chapter is pretty explanatory self-explanatory. I want you to read and go through them. Just one last verse talking about healing in the Atonement can someone read Psalm 103 verse 3 Psalm 103 verse 3 and we kind of close with that. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. Thank you Anusha. He forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases. You see that it goes in hand in hand. He's a redeemer yet he's also our healer. In the redemption of his work there is also healing that is provided. Are you all with me? So what were some of the things that we looked at today in chapter 7? The personal faith prayer of agreement acting on faith, prayer of faith the word of command and laying on of hands using oils So these are also some of the ways in how we can minister healing and deliverance and how we can also receive healing and deliverance. If I were to summarize this whole thing into just one point for me which is very important is to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. It is to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. That's the key in all of these things. Any questions that you want to ask? Any questions that you have? Very quickly I want to do something that we've never done but if there is a prayer request if there's an area in your life that you've been praying for healing and deliverance or if it's for someone else and why don't you put it in the chat section for those online and here why don't you write it in a piece of paper or in a book and we are going to take time to pray. Is that okay? Yeah, very quickly let's go ahead and do that if you have any prayer requests regarding our personal healing and deliverance let's keep it to that let's not be too general in our prayer request we are going to be focused only on healing and deliverance if you've been praying for healing for yourself or for any of your loved ones your friend or family members let's put it in the chat section or write it down and we will agree okay and believe for healing alright let's go for it alright thank you Shekhar I'm just going to give a minute or two for us to just write it down and then we'll pray and as you write it down I want you to write it and you begin to pray or whatever it is we are going to come in agreement we are going to come with a united heart okay we are going to you know as I mentioned we keep the prayer request very focused towards healing and deliverance and not get too general or broad we will do that okay let's let's pray alright we are going to come in agreement we are going to remember everything that we've learned so far all the bases okay all the bases that we've learned and we'll use those scriptures and believe in the Lord is that fine shall we pray or agree with me in prayer as we declare prayer we declare healing and deliverance alright let's pray further right now we come before you to your throne of grace Lord we boldly come to your throne of grace Lord you are our healer you are the Jehovah Rafa Jesus by your stripes we are healing the word says that Father and we believe in your word Lord we want to pause right now we want to just acknowledge and be grateful for the price that you paid for us on the cross that you bore our inequities our infirmities Jesus we thank you we thank you for taking our place on the cross we thank you for taking and bearing our punishment Lord the stripes that we deserved you bore it we want to acknowledge and we want to be grateful for the price that you paid Lord you did not have to but yet you did you stooped down Lord and so right now Jesus we want to acknowledge the fact that you are our king you are our saviour you alone are our healer and so Lord in realization of that truth in the wonder of that truth we come before you with these requests Father we pray over everyone who is struggling with cancer Father we really don't want to be impressed with the disease we don't want to be overwhelmed by the name of any disease but we know a name that is higher than every other name and that is the name of Jesus that is the name of Jesus the name of Jesus that is high above every other name Lord right now we declare healing over Shaker's mother Lord we don't we don't care about the stage of cancer person is in but nothing is too difficult for you nothing is impossible with you your word says by your stripes we are healed and we just declare we claim that healing and we release it over her right now Jesus we release it over every single individual who is battling cancer Lord we release your healing Father we release your healing we thank you Lord as your word says by your stripes we are healed and you sent your word and we are healed and so we thank you Jesus we pray for healing of typhoid or prarthana we pray for warren's friend Lord who is suffering from cancer Lord I thank you Jesus for and I pray for Anusha Sinusitis and the disc bulge Jesus and Lord we just come in agreement and we lay our hands over every request right now over every request that has been written and on paper Lord we declare your healing nothing is impossible with you nothing is too difficult for you Jesus you are our healer and so we release Holy Spirit we ask for you to come and release and manifest the wonder working power of Jesus over every request over every healing that is necessary Jesus we thank you that your healing has been released we praise you for the healing that has been released Jesus Lord the situation of the circumstance may seem hopeless but Lord our hope is in you we take you at your word we choose to act in faith Jesus we believe and we speak it Father we believe and we act on faith Jesus and we thank you Jesus we thank you that Lord every sickness is fleeing from your presence as we plead the blood of Jesus from the crown of their head to the soles of their feet over every single individual that requires healing and breakthrough Jesus we plead the blood of the Lamb Jesus I pray that your blood will flow through every single vein in their body bringing every dead cell to life Lord we glory in your name we honor your name Father we thank you for what you are doing in this place Jesus we thank you for the your blood we thank you for your cross we thank you for your word we thank you for the Holy Spirit that ministers and releases your power Lord we give you all the glory and honor and praise in this place in Jesus name Amen I said he is beautiful he is our healer we will continue to contend and persist in prayer for healing and believe for healing because Jesus is our healer Amen awesome thank you for sharing your request we will continue to pray for you guys thank you God bless you thank you for joining in I will see you all next week alright see you guys