Is it God's Will that I be Healed?

Bible Study

By Bernice H. Jacobs

John the Apostle states in 3 John 2, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." (KJV)

So how do we know, for certain, it is God's will for us to prosper, be in good health and free from infirmities? 

First, where does sickness come from?

Sickness is revealed in the Bible as coming directly from Satan.

Read Job 2:4-7

Read Matthew 17:14-18

What is the purpose of the Son of God?

1 John 3: 8, "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.  For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." (KJV)

Has God provided healing through Christ's redemptive work?

YES!

Read Isaiah 53:4-5

The two redemptive blessings which Christ brought to us are Salvation and Healing.

Let's look at the account of the man who was sick with palsy in Mark 2:12.

When the man took up his bed and walked, his sins were left behind with his sickness.

Jesus asked in Mark 2:9, "Which is easier to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up, take your mat and walk'? (NIV)

What is the definition of salvation?

Salvation is the deliverance from sin and sin's penalty.

When Jesus spoke of sin and sickness, He spoke of them as evils from which he came to deliver us.

Do you desire to be free from any bondage of sickness?

Jesus wants you free.  

Remember the woman that had the spirit of infirmity in Luke 13:11-13,

"And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God." (KJV)

We know that Jesus wanted this woman to be free from her sickness because He states in Luke 13:16, "Ought not this woman...whom Satan has bond...be loosed from this bond...?"

We must believe in deliverance for our bodies, as well as for our spirits.

Psalm 103:1-3 states,

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; (KJV)

Jesus has forgiven our sins and has healed our infirmities.  And yes, it is His will for you to be healed!
 

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Bernice@BlessedLady.com

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