The great physician and our right to healing

Messages for April 2017: Our Month of Divine Health

Message for Sunday the 9th of April, 2017

Theme: Understanding our right to Divine Healing and Health in the Covenant of Grace

Topic: The great physician and our right to healing 

Introduction: Last week we established that sickness was never part of the plan of God for man but was introduced by the devil to man as a consequence of man’s sin and has passed on from generation to generation. Jesus Christ came to destroy the works of the devil like we are told in 1John 3:8 a major work of the devil we know of is sickness. No wonder we are told by Apostle Peter in Acts 10:38 that God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and power and that he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil because God was with him. We also saw from our text scripture last week that God’s perfect will is that we be in health. In this case we should be so endued with divine nature that sickness can no longer hang around us.

Who is the great physician?  The great physician also referred to as the balm in Gilead is the Lord Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, he is the Lord that healeth us and the one by whose stripes we are healed. In the New Testament, He is the one who himself took our infirmities and carried our sicknesses. He is the one by whose stripes we were healed. See Ex.15:26; 23:25-26; Jer.8:22; 46:11; Mt.8:17; 1Pet.2:24; Lk.4:23; Mt.4:23-24; 12:15; 15:30-31 and Lk.6:17-19.

Our right to divine healing and health is a covenant:

What is a covenant?

A covenant is an unbreakable bond between two parties with terms and conditions which make it become binding after the parties have fulfilled their respective obligations. It is then sealed with blood. In the Old Testament, it was sealed by the blood of animals like goats and bulls. See Heb.9:19-22.

In the New Testament, the most powerful covenant recognized by God in all of existence was sealed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary. It is the most potent of all covenants and overrides any other kind of covenant. See Heb.8:7-13 and 9:8-15.

In the Old Testament, the children of Israel enjoyed the covenant passed down from Abraham to Isaac his son and subsequently to Jacob. Packaged within this covenant as we would later discover is healing for them even when others around them were plagued by sickness. In fact God promised not to put any of the diseases of those not in the covenant on them.

A list of healing covenants:

1.     Freedom from all the diseases of Egypt. Please note that Egypt for us is a type of the life of bondage to sin which we were born into before we received the salvation Jesus wrought for us. We become entitled to this when we get saved and are therefore delivered from the dominion of darkness. See Deu.7:15; Ex.11:7 and Col.1:13.

2.     Healing for service: healing was also promised in the Old Testament when people met the condition of serving the Lord. See Ex.23:25-26.

3.     Healing for forgiveness: healing is given as proof that God has forgiven us our sins: see Ps.103:1-5 and Mk.2:5-11.

4.     Healing in anticipation of God’s restoration of the seed of Adam: Gen.3:15; 1Cor.15:20-22 and Isa.53:1-5 and 1Pet.2:24. Please understand that if you ever experience sickness, you have a right to receive healing if you take advantage of 2Cor.5:21 and also forgive anyone you begrudge. See Mt.6:15-16 and the example of the unforgiving servant in Mt.18.

Our right to Divine health: This is God’s perfect will for us. In 3Jn.1:2, we read that God’s wish for us above all things is that we prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers. We took time to unpack this text last week. Today, we are going to see how this works in the life of the believer in Christ.

Note the following truths when we are saved:

1.     We are delivered from the rule of the prince of darkness who is the ruler of the kingdom of darkness. Darkness means ignorance. When we are free from him, we receive access to light which comes through the word of God. The more of the word of God we know and understand, the more faith we have and therefore the more we can walk in health because our access to all that God has for us including divine health; is by faith. See Col.1:13; Jn.1:1-5; Ps.119:130; Prv.22:3; 27:12; 16:22 and Eph.4:18.

2.     We cross over from darkness to light: in other words, we now receive on the spot the potential of receiving enough light and understanding from the word of God to be able to walk in the light. This is when our souls are said to prosper because as we receive the engrafted word of God with meekness, it would cause our souls to be saved and freed from the habits that make us carnal and keep us under the control of the prince of darkness.

3.     We receive divine nature which if we cultivate, we would bear the fruit of the spirit and as we do so, we would be able to manifest as authentic children of God bearing much fruit including the fruit of living in health. See 2Cor.5:17; 2Pet.1:4; Gal.5:16; 22-23; 1Cor.13:1-8; Rm.7:4 and Jn.15:1-8.

4.     In the Eternal life package is revelation knowledge which comes from our ability to hear God for ourselves and be led by His Spirit. When we are led by the Holy Spirit, making the right choices become a norm for us and as long as we stay this connected to God, we cannot walk in disease. The reason is that the Holy Spirit would lead us to eat right, rest when necessary, give us revelation knowledge of any demonic attempt at our health and show us the way to overcome them. See Ex.13:17-18; Gal.2:2; Eph.1:17-21 and Acts 10:38.

Whereas this message may not have exhausted all that could be said about God’s will for divine healing and health, I believe this is enough to cause us to pay more attention to the word of God with the intent of finding out more of what He has in mind concerning healing and divine health for us and how we can take advantage of them.

Meanwhile access to this mercy of God to enjoy health that comes from only him is through the New Birth experience. Someone is reading this material today that is yet to make a decision for Christ, please take advantage of this opportunity today to access eternal life and begin to enjoy the heritage of the redeemed from now on. If you desire to do so right away please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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