You must establish for yourself what the will of God is for you as it is written in God’s Word.
Until we know what God’s will is, there is nothing on which to base our faith. This is true of any of the things God has provided for us, including the New Birth.
One can receive salvation when we are sure that it is God’s will to save us.
- Faith begins where the will of God is known. – Smith Wigglesworth
It is not enough to know that God is able to heal someone, you must know that it is God’s will for you to be healed.
- Your faith will never go beyond your highest question mark.
- To see what God is like, all you have to do is look at Jesus.
John 14:9-10 NKJV Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? (10) Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
- To know what the will of God is, you just have to look at Jesus.
John 6:38 NKJV For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 5:19-21 NKJV Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. (20) For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. (21) For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
John 8:28-29 NKJV Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. (29) And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
Most of the laws governing the earth today came into being through the fall of man – when Adam sinned and the curse came upon the earth.
Because people do not understand this they accuse and blame God for accidents, sickness, and the death of loved ones. People also blame God for storms, catastrophes, earthquakes, and floods that occur. These are not acts of God. They are acts of Satan our adversary.
If Jesus perfectly represented the Father, and He did, we don’t see Jesus bringing storms on people. We see Him rebuking and calming the storms.
Acts 10:38 NKJV 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.
- God is the One that anointed Jesus to heal ALL who were oppressed by the devil.
Peter called sickness an oppression from the devil.
Mark 16:15-18 NKJV And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. (16) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (17) And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; (18) they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Which sick people did Jesus say to lay hands on and they would recover? The implication is ALL of them. If it were God’s will for some to remain sick, Jesus would have had to have said something like, “Lay hands on those that it is God’s will to heal, and they shall recover. And those whom it isn’t God’s will to heal, they won’t recover.”
James 5:14-15 NKJV Is anyone among you (the Church) sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. (15) And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
- It must be God’s will to heal ANY of the sick in the Church, therefore, it can’t be the will of God for ANY in the Church to stay sick.
Let’s See Jesus in Action:
Luke 5:12 NKJV (12) And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Leprosy was a living death. He was “full of leprosy.”
Notice he said, “Lord if you are willing, You can make me clean.”
There are millions of people that believe in God but are in the same place that this man was. They know that God is ABLE but are unsure if He is WILLING.
Luke 5:13 NKJV (13) Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
Notice Jesus put out His hand to touch the man. Jesus was willing to touch the untouchable. This was Jesus’ response to the man when he said what he said in verse 12.
Hebrews 13:8 NKJV Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- This is not a fairy tale. It really happened and Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
If Jesus is not willing to do the same thing today, then He is not the same and that He is a respecter of persons.
Jesus never said, “I won’t…” or “I don’t want to” in the Bible when ministering healing.
There are those that believe that it may not be the will of God. Where do they find that in the Bible?
- If He was saying, “I will” then, then He is saying, “I will” now.
How can we know the will of God?
There are those that believe that everything that happens is the will of God, both good and bad. Then there are those that find out by praying and determining the will of God by the results or lack of results.
What if we did that with people getting Born Again?
“Well, we’ll believe in the will of God for people to be saved based on what we find out when we get to heaven.”
Are there people perishing without knowing the Lord? Yes, but we don’t base our belief in the will of God to save people on that do we?
The New Birth is the most important thing to know the will of God about. How much more should we know the will of God for things that are less important? You cannot ascertain the will of God based simply on what happens or does not happen.
Matthew 4:23-24 NKJV 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.
Matthew 8:16-17 NKJV (16) When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, (17) that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND BORE OUR SICKNESSES.” (took away or removed)
Matthew 12:15 NKJV But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
Matthew 14:13-14 NKJV (13) When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. (14) And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Matthew 15:29-31 NKJV Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. (30) Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. (31) So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew 19:1-2 NKJV Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. (2) And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.
Mark 1:32-34 NKJV At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. (33) And the whole city was gathered together at the door. (34) Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
Luke 9:11 NKJV But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.