July 26, 2020

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Healing Pt. 1

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Pt.1

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Matthew 4:17 NKJV 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”… 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25 Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

”I believe revival will be sparked and marked by healing, but Not just God supernaturally healing everyone. Believers growing in and learning to receive their healing by the finished work of Jesus and in turn flowing in the power that is available to them to from the finished work to heal others. This will spark revival and lead to true awakening. When I say healing in this sense I’m talking about healing, deliverance, miracles, etc... The signs that Jesus said would follow believers who... well believed.”

Beyond a reasonable doubt is a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in our legal systems. It is a higher standard of proof than the balance of probabilities (commonly used in civil matters) and is usually reserved for criminal matters where what is at stake, someone’s liberty, is considered more serious and therefore deserving of a higher threshold.

This phrase kept coming to me over the last couple of weeks as I’ve been thinking on the subject of healing.

It is not that difficult to convince most believers that Jesus healed the sick while He was on the earth. The more difficult questions are; Does He still heal? Who does He heal? How does He heal? From what does He heal? Is divine healing for today?

This is what I am going to attempt to establish, from a biblical standpoint, prove the following beyond a reasonable doubt;

Healing is for today.

Healing is always God’s will.

The authority and power to heal has been given to every believer.

Today we are going to establish some foundation.

We must be willing to repent.

Metanoia: literally means to change your mind. Not just to think different thoughts, but to change your entire thought process by changing what you believe about reality.

For most believers, repentance is asking for forgiveness of sin because you are sorry for your actions. We were taught that to repent is to turn from sin. In reference to sin, repentance is thinking about the sin differently. Turning from sin is the fruit of repentance.

“Re” means to go back. “Pent” refers to top, like penthouse is the top floor of a building. Means to go back to the original way of thinking, to God’s perspective on reality.

Repentance means to go back to God’s perspective on reality. It means to return to our original way of thinking which was God’s way of thinking. (Adam)

It means come “up” to God’s original design for your way of thinking. Going back to God’s perspective on reality and living as if we really believe it.

Jesus said, “repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand”

The focus of repentance is to change our way of thinking until the reality of His Kingdom fills our thought process.

Romans 12:2 NKJV 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

AMP 2 And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be [a]transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind…

TPT 2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think….

Transformed; from the Greek word meaning “metamorphosis.” Refers to an internal transformation that leads to an external manifestation.

When we change the way we think about healing it opens us up to receive healing. Remember, Perception determines reality. Something can be completely and readily available to me, but if I don't perceive it to be true I can not receive it.

Perception vs Perspective.

Perception is what you interpret - it is your understanding of a given situation, person, or object. It is the meaning you assign to any given stimulus.

Perspective is your point of view - it's the lens you see the world through and determines how you view yourself, others, and everything else around you.

It’s fair to say, your perspective will determine your perception and your perception will determine your reality.

If my perspective on healing is based on my experience, lack of experience, negative experience, secular teaching, cessationist teaching, etc… my perception of healing may be that it is not for today or its only by God’s choice or… fill in the blank. Then I will not have the faith to pursue healing for myself or anyone else. Why? Because my perspective (the lens I'm looking through) is distorted so my perception (my personal understanding) of healing is it may or may not happen so my pursuit of healing is passive.

If my perspective (the lens looking through) has been transformed, not conformed to the world any longer, but in line with God’s perspective, then my perception of healing will be in agreement with His word which will cause faith to rise within me to actively and aggressively pursue healing for myself and others!

This is why it is important that from the beginning of our study we must be willing and open to allow Holy Spirit to identify why we believe what we believe, expose any lies we have believed and reveal truth to replace those lies. (STOP AND PRAY)

(In order to make sure our perspective is correct) We must establish a standard by which everything else will be judged.

Your experience can not form your belief system.

Jesus life and what He did and accomplished is the foundation for everything that we believe. It is where we must put our faith. No matter what we are talking about, Jesus is the reference point.

We can not lower the standard of Jesus to explain or justify our lack or results.

We must begin to see things through the finished work of Jesus and the example He gave us until our results are raised to His standard.

If Jesus is the example, the standard If what we believe does not line up with what He taught and what He demonstrated, then we have believed a lie. If we have believed a lie, we must identify it, reject it and replace it with truth.

Is healing a peripheral issue or a central issue to the Gospel of The Kingdom?

In 37 recorded “miracles” in the Gospels performed by Jesus, 28 of them were physical healing or deliverances! 76%!

There are a lot of things that Jesus taught and modeled that we for some reason exclude or dismiss from our lives today. Healing and deliverance chief among them.

Healing was a major part of the ministry of Jesus.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25 Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Why did Jesus heal?

To establish the dominance of the Kingdom of god.

Jesus taught the gospel of The Kingdom. That message releases the Kingdom through miracles!

The gospel of salvation is contained in the gospel of the Kingdom. The good news of the kingdom is the proclamation that God’s dominion is in effect now!

The message of he Kingdom is the message of the King’s domain that is in effect here and now. Whenever Jesus proclaimed this message message, miracles followed.

Jesus understood that there were two conflicting kingdoms at war on the earth; The Kingdom of God and the kingdom of satan.

Jesus came with a mandate to restore the dominion of The Kingdom of God.

1 John 3:8 …For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Acts 10:38 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

TPT 38 “Jesus of Nazareth was anointed by God with the Holy Spirit and with great power. He did wonderful things for others and divinely healed all who were under the tyranny of the devil,[a] for God had anointed him.

Practically speaking, God’s Kingdom advanced through healing and deliverance.

Luke 13:16 Jesus dealing with religious leaders (often its the “religious” that are opposed to the supernatural because it introduces people to a power greater than their own!) said; “So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” 17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

Matthew 12:28 28 “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”

TPT 28 “On the other hand, if I drive out demons by the power of the Spirit of God, then the end of Satan’s kingdom has come!”

To prove that he was the Messiah, the coming king.

Healing offers scriptural proof of Jesus’ clear identity as the Messiah. The Savior!

In Isaiah 61, the prophet describes the coming Messiah’s healing ministry.

Luke 4:18:19 NKJV “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Luke 4:18–19 TPT “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be hope for the poor, freedom for the brokenhearted, and new eyes for the blind, and to preach to prisoners, ‘You are set free!’ I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God’s great acceptance has begun.”

Luke 19-22 TPT “19 So John dispatched two of his disciples to go and inquire of Jesus. 20 When they came before the Master, they asked him, “Are you the coming Messiah we’ve been expecting, or are we to continue to look for someone else? John the prophet has sent us to you to seek your answer.” 21 Without answering, Jesus turned to the crowd and healed many of their incurable diseases. His miracle power freed many from their suffering. He restored the gift of sight to the blind, and he drove out demonic spirits from those who were tormented. 22 Only then did Jesus answer the question posed by John’s disciples. “Now go back and tell John what you have just seen and heard here today. The blind are now seeing. The crippled are now walking. Those who were lepers are now cured. Those who were deaf are now hearing. Those who were dead are now raised back to life. The poor and broken are given the hope of salvation.

John 14:11 TPT 11 Believe that I live as one with my Father and that my Father lives as one with me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.

John 10:38 TPT 38 But if you see me doing the beautiful works of God upon the earth, then you should at least believe the evidence of the miracles, even if you don’t believe my words! Then you would come to experience me and be convinced that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

SIDE NOTE; John 10:38 and Acts 10:38 point to the same thing!

Jesus, out of His own mouth, said believe because to the miracles you have seen! Healings, miracles, etc…. Proved Jesus was the savior… Correct? Jesus expects us to reveal to the lost He is the savior, correct?

Why would Jesus demonstrate one way of proving who He was and then send His followers out to win the lost without the same power can authority.

Why would miracles not be needed or used today too prove Jesus is who. He we say He is? “Now we have the Bible”. Why would an atheist believe what the Bible says?

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