Gateway DTS

For this session we met in Aunt Mary's living room in Federalsburg and Adam told stories, read Scripture, and prayed over Kate (praise God!).

God's will is seen in Jesus, there is a thief who came to steal, kill, and destroy, and Jesus has come to bring us LIFE. We have been given real kingdom responsibility (a badge and a gun - power and authority) and our involvement is far more significant than most of us realize.

1. Healing is in God’s nature (Ex 15:26)

2. The Messiah was to be recognized by healing (Is 53:3-6, Is 61:1-2, Luke 4:18-19, Luke 7:20-23)

3. Every Christian has been commissioned to heal (Matt 10:8, Mark 6:7, 12-13, Matt 28:19-20)

4. Redemption is about healing the whole person (Ps 103:2-3)

5. The covenant includes healing (Ex 34:10, Heb 2:3-4)

6. The atonement provides (not guarantees) healing (Is 53:4-5, Matt 8:16-17, 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 4:10)

7. The kingdom of God is clearly associated with healing in Jesus’ ministry (Luke 10:9, Luke 17:21)

A few more points about healing ministry…

1. We aren’t the healers, Jesus is! Humbly direct praise for any good that happens to him (Acts 4:9-10)

2. The flow of healing power may increase or decrease in a time/place due to a number of factors (Luke 5:17, Acts 19:11-12, Mark 6:4-6)

3. Not everyone is immediately healed (2 Tim 4:20), so persevere!

4. The goal of the healing ministry is to exalt the name of Jesus (Acts 4:30)

This recording includes a few testimonies, and then Tim telling stories about how he came to the place where praying for wholeness seems as rational as picking up litter, paying your bills, and doing your laundry. It's just the right thing to do.

This time for 12 weeks we'll be focusing on the subject of healing from the perspective of Jesus-followers. We are reading John Wimber's book, "Power Healing," together and setting a goal of praying for wholeness for two people per week, out loud and in their hearing.

God's plan A was to have face to face relationship with his people, but instead they opted for Moses to be a mediator, and ended up with a lesser form of covenant than God intended...

In so many ways, the New Covenant is prefigured, revealed, and fulfills God's covenant with Abraham and Sarah.

In the world of the old testament there were three major types of covenant: 

1.) kinship covenant

2.) suzerain-vassal

3.) grant

Tammi explains these and we also got as far as the Noahic covenant...

Tammi teaches an introduction and overview of how many contemporary Christians understand the whole sweep of Scripture. This is an effort to give a bit of definition to the three major frameworks through which differing traditions are reading the bible: Dispensationalism, Covenant Theology, and New Covenant Theology.

Some good time was also spend discussing the value of the concept of "progressive revelation" in our reading of the Bible.

Our view, Better Covenant Theology, will be unpacked in upcoming classes...

Crossing over is about fully leaving behind our old life of slavery to sin and entering into the promised land of grace.

Strongholds are the ways we are still bound because we still need the mop up operation of Jesus' truth setting us free.

Switching scripts is about The Truth and The Lie that are in conflict, and how God is inviting us to trade stories with Jesus...

Enjoy!

Tammi explains why the MBTI can be helpful in discovering your divine design and spends time explaining the four areas...

Frank and Tracey spoke about how our identity comes before our purpose or things get out of alignment, and our purpose is discovered as we first seek God's heart...