These notes are from the series Receiving and Ministering Healing by Keith Moore. This is pt 1: The Leper
Healing of the Leper
Matthew 8:1-4
Luke 5:12-14
Mark 1:40-45
There are 19 INDIVIDUAL healings in the gospel accounts, 10 of which their Individual Faith was mentioned!
It’s sad people have more faith in Job’s boils and Paul’s thorn than Jesus’ stripes!
The ministry of Jesus-if you have seen me you have seen the Father-meaning everything Jesus ever said and did is the direct revelation of the will of God for all men(mankind)for all time
Leviticus 13 & 14 talk about what leprosy is
In Genesis God created Adam and Eve and they were perfect, they didn’t have any leprosy or deformities. You don’t look at cancer or a sickness and say “very good” it’s evil.
We were created in the image of God…does God have leprosy, does God have deformities? You say no emphatically because you cannot fathom God that way then why are you saying God uses sickness to “teach” a person something? For something to be Biblical you first need scriptures!
Sickness is not an improvement on God’s original creation!
Sickness came into the world as a result of the fall and sin; death, sin, poverty, all forms of bondage-all products of the enemy and sin. Thank God there’s an answer: Jesus!!
Mark 1-he came and kneeled before Jesus. Kneeling is a sign of humility- he humbled himself before Jesus
We do not grovel and beg! Faith is NOT a beggar!
Faith is not INDEPENDENT!
Faith IS DEPENDENT on GOD and knows He’s My source, My healer, My creator and worships!
You don’t tell God how to heal you; 2 Kings 5:11 Namaan thought Elisha would come out to him, wave his hands and call on God but instead Elisha sent his servant with a message: dip seven times in the River Jordan and you shall be restored. In a fit of rage Namaan left: in pride. However, one of Namaans servants came and talked sense into him. Namaan almost missed out on his healing because of his pride!
We don’t tell God how to heal us! If He says go dip seven times, you go dip seven times. If God says stand up and shout you stand up and shout! If God says to lay hands then lay hands but it’s all led by the Spirit!
Pride is the enemy of faith.
Faith=humility
If is the badge of doubt
Faith is not just Faith; you can have strong faith in one area and be in complete unbelief in another area: we must walk our faith out for healing, prosperity, deliverance, guidance, ascension, the gifts of the Spirit etc- that’s why reading scripture everyday is a must!
You can go down the tubes, perish, completely convinced God can heal you. Believing God can heal is not faith to receive healing
Some are healed and some are not-why?
If you’re questioning God’s will to heal you’re not on stable ground
Mark 11:23-24
BELIEVE YOU RECEIVE is the KEY! You can receive healing right now through your phone or your computer just as easily as you can being in the presence of a five fold minister! Faith destroys all time and distance! Healing is not always a feeling. You can get healed and not “feel” God or His healing power
Healing is not always immediate- sometimes it’s a process!
Healing literally means recovery