God's Charater witness Healing
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
Peter is preaching a short message here and he is bringing a conclusion to his message.
You don't have to preach a long message for it to be powerful.
Peter preached about five to seven min. on the day of Pentecost and three thousands people gave there hearts to Christ. Here Peter is preaching again and he is bringing a conclusion for his message and in verse thirty eight he said this
Now understand this Peter was a apostle(Disciple of Christ)from day one when Jesus choose the disciples Peter was one of the first apostles and it is interesting as he summarizes this message and he is drawing attention and bringing the colonizations about the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter had a lot of experiences it's everything he had seen and heard and experienced with the Lord Jesus Christ. All these things Peter had experienced and seen he could have said and said this is the Jesus I am talking about but it is interesting that what he choose to do was to highlight what I believe is the characteristic of Jesus Christ's entire Ministry and that was
Isn't interesting that healing was the characteristic that Peter choose to describe
Healing was the characteristic of Jesus Christ's ministry God is a healer Jesus is a Healer
so if healing characterizes Jesus ministry when he was walking the earth God is still characterizes his ministry today Jesus is still a healer
In Hebrews He is the same yesterday,today, and forever.
Exodus 15
This is the chapter that is summarized that brought the people of Israel out of the bandages Egypt they go though on dry land they cross though the red sea they cross though on dry land and God performs mighty miracles well first of all lets go back God was preformed 10 miracles to get them out of Egypt to change Farrows heart so they could come out so the Israelite's seen all of these wonderful miracles.They knew them as plegs they are miracles on our side on it but and so God brings them out of Egypt gets them out into the wilderness brings them to the red sea and all of a sudden he opens up the red sea they cross through on dry land they get on the other side.Farrows and his armies are casing them then they turned around and watched the waters surround and sallow all of the Egyptian armies and so they just had this big celebration.But it is interesting to me that when God begins to talk to them right after all toughs miraculous things takes place look in verse 26
26 and said, “If you
diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in
His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I
will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the
Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
And he still is the Lord that health thee
You know he could have said I am the great warrior God that delivered you. I am the one that defeated Farrows armies.I am the one that brought all toughs mighty miracles and caused the hearts of the Egyptians to be turned and all of that but no he choose to be identified to his people as the Lord that health thee today.
Now defining characteristic of someone is something that they are known by. All of you are probably have herd of Beach Boys. You know I could blind fold you not showing you what kind of music that we are going to be playing and I grantee you you would be able to say oh, that's is the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys had a characteristic harmony about them when they sang ok know I am really going to go back with this one. How about about do you remember Frankie Vally. What was his Frankie Vally known for? It was the falsetto voice (Big Girls Don't Cry). So I could not be able to tell you that song and play that song and you could identify that's them. Why because that's the identifying characteristic of that group. There are many groups that have these kind of characteristics.Let me bring it up to more contemporary times some of you might remember some Be-gees music from the disco days.You know I could play some Be-gees music and that sound that they had was characteristic. You could easily identify that what I am saying to you is this that there are characteristics that he wants us to get access to it is us in his word and that the characteristic is that he is a healer that he is a healer that does not want his people bound up by sickness and diseases. So because God has that characteristic Jesus is God incarnate . When we walked on the earth he had the identity and the characteristic of being a healer as well. Why was God so emphatic on this? Why did God want the identity characteristic to be healing . Well if you really think about it in humanity our number one concern apart from spiritual things is the physical conditions of our body you know many of us might be over whelmed with certain needs going on in our life . We might have some financial needs we might have some marital needs going on . I mean all of us are dealing with certain issues like that in our life's but I grantee you if something stated hurting in your body or your body started feeling unlike it should those all become secondary immediately. See God knows the most primary concern other them your spiritual needs and your salvation is the care of your physical body. You know Jesus said over in Mathew chapter 6 you remember when he was talking to his disciples he said why take ye thought for your body what your going to put on what you are going to eat all of those things those are all primary things concerns that we have but the thing that God knows is that apart form your spiritual needs and a lot of people do not know they have spiritual needs but your physical are primary to you can become your greatest concern once something gos wrong in that area and God knows he is aware of this and so hen endeavors to do to minister to humanity on that level and see what I what I want you to understand. God cares about the care of your body I mean that it is very very important to him. God is very interested in you physical well being. Your physical well being is very much is in the mind and in the heart of God. Alright in the ministry of Jesus we have already identified that Peter said in Acts 10:38 that Jesus was fist and foremost a healer. You know there was three things Jesus was known for in his ministry preaching, teaching, and healing and most of the time when he preached and when he taught what he was doing was building the hope and faith of the people. So they could receive form his healing ministry. This will be mentioned later on but in Mark chapter six to his own home town the bible said that there would be no mightily work of a few miracles because of doubt and unbelief. well the bible don't say he packed all the disciples up closed down the tent got them packed up and then said load up we are going to the next town . No he did not do that do that if you read on it says that he went about teaching and preaching the Gospel. He did not just preach to them that I am the way to heaven he preached that and taught the of course but what is believed is that Jesus went back to the old covenant and taught them. What we just learned is in Exodus 15:26 that God is your healer that God wants to deliver you see the reason that we know that is because the power of God is present over and over again to heal and God power shows up and it comes up where faith is present. What you need to understand is about the Power of God and especially about the healing power of God is most of the time especially where believer are concerned. God doesn't just show up with his healing for no reason at all where believers are concerned the healing power of God is present because somebody is believing. Now don't get that confused with signs,wonders, and miracles. Did you know signs,wonders,and miracles is not for the church but more Christians are crying out for more signs wonders and miracles I don't get it either your convected that God is real or your not. God did signs, wonders,and miracles in the book of Acts to prove to a lost and a dieing word that he loved them and he is God. We should not need that. Did you know that? Now that's not to say you can't have a miracle if you need one but really God desire is that we don't sit around and go oh God send the miracles oh God send the wonders oh God send the signs. No what are job is to be trained and train to be equate and equate to be taught so you can become a vessel that God uses so we can preform the signs,wonders,and miracles. Jesus said in Mark chapter 16 that the believer shall bring people to the church so the pastor can lay on them No he said believes shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. So healing in the will of God is concerned about your body.
Let me give you a little historical background at this particular time Israel is divided into two kingdoms there is a northern kingdom called Isreal and the southern kingdom is called Judea where Jerusalem was about around this time all of them had become corrupted and wicked sin had creeped in and so the Assyrians had pretty much had been coming and overtaking them over and over and over again. what would happen is they would come and defeat them. They would take whatever they wanted from Syria after a period of time they would come back beat them up again take what they wanted and take it back. So this had been going on for for a while and there was a Commander General in the Syria army named Naaman and 2 kings chapter 1 says
This man is a heathen(Naaman) he is not saved he is not part of the chosen people he is not a Hebrew he is not part of either one of these kingdoms he is a pagan Idol worshiping heathen he is about as out there as you can get but he has leprosy and so it says in verse two and so we see here Naaman has leprosy and his servant girl helping his wife and so she comes in and tells her there is a prophet down in Samaria that could minister to you and heal you now drop down to verse 9
9 Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan
seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and 10you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ 12 Are not the Abanah[a]
and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went
away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14
So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the
saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a
little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
Now the Jordan river have you ever been over the Catawba River how muddy it is you can't see the bottom can you.You know it's not exactly look enticing to go out and take a bath does it . So he gos to the Jordan River and he had to go and dip in this muddy water that's unclean and so I could go home and get a clean water (it was a clean river)and be healed and he went home and was mad did not understand all of that and all of a sudden he was approached and what was said is If the prophet told you to go do something great would you do it and not done it what if he came out and told you to go climb a mountain you would have done it If he wanted you to do something greater you would have done it and so he comes out to you and tells you something simple go wash and be clean now verse 14so Naaman dipped seven times in the water and he was restored so what happen he got his healing he received his healing why because he did what the prophet told him to do. Now we are going to see here is verse 15 why healing is such a strong characteristic of God it says here in verse 15 he was thrilled about what the Lord had done to heal his body that he went back to Elisha’s house and Naaman acknowledge that God was the only God because he healed him. God uses healing to prove to us and to people in general that he is the one true living God.
Healing is the dinner bell that God uses to brings people to the table of salvation because God will sometimes show up in the life's of people to minister to them and do great things to them to prove to them that he is God he might minister healing to them such a powerful and personal thing I mean think about it if there is something that you are dealing with in your body in an extremely personal nature private nature God heals that how does that speak to your heart about the word of God it's a very personal thing and it shows you God and he uses it to prove that he loves you and that he is God. Now Mark the first chapter
The leper came to Jesus and did not question the ability of Jesus (in John about the Love of Jesus)
40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Notice the leper did not question the ability of Jesus now he did not say i am not sure you are able
Jesus wants to heal the outcast Jesus healed a man that was a outcast
5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,
The paralytic had no use of lems and a Jesus seen there Faith and he forgave and healed the paralytic
When you have Faith for God for something you see it Faith will govern what you say and do
Jesus came and healed people that are Limited
Jesus came to heal long term conditions
Jesus not only came to heal the outcast there is no physical condition to big for Jesus.
Jesus wants us to be healed.
By Pastor Brad
http://springhill.cc/
Peter is preaching a short message here and he is bringing a conclusion to his message.
You don't have to preach a long message for it to be powerful.
Peter preached about five to seven min. on the day of Pentecost and three thousands people gave there hearts to Christ. Here Peter is preaching again and he is bringing a conclusion for his message and in verse thirty eight he said this
Acts 10:38
New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
Now understand this Peter was a apostle(Disciple of Christ)from day one when Jesus choose the disciples Peter was one of the first apostles and it is interesting as he summarizes this message and he is drawing attention and bringing the colonizations about the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter had a lot of experiences it's everything he had seen and heard and experienced with the Lord Jesus Christ. All these things Peter had experienced and seen he could have said and said this is the Jesus I am talking about but it is interesting that what he choose to do was to highlight what I believe is the characteristic of Jesus Christ's entire Ministry and that was
Acts 10:38
New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
Isn't interesting that healing was the characteristic that Peter choose to describe
Healing was the characteristic of Jesus Christ's ministry God is a healer Jesus is a Healer
so if healing characterizes Jesus ministry when he was walking the earth God is still characterizes his ministry today Jesus is still a healer
In Hebrews He is the same yesterday,today, and forever.
Exodus 15
This is the chapter that is summarized that brought the people of Israel out of the bandages Egypt they go though on dry land they cross though the red sea they cross though on dry land and God performs mighty miracles well first of all lets go back God was preformed 10 miracles to get them out of Egypt to change Farrows heart so they could come out so the Israelite's seen all of these wonderful miracles.They knew them as plegs they are miracles on our side on it but and so God brings them out of Egypt gets them out into the wilderness brings them to the red sea and all of a sudden he opens up the red sea they cross through on dry land they get on the other side.Farrows and his armies are casing them then they turned around and watched the waters surround and sallow all of the Egyptian armies and so they just had this big celebration.But it is interesting to me that when God begins to talk to them right after all toughs miraculous things takes place look in verse 26
Exodus 15:26
New King James Version (NKJV)
And he still is the Lord that health thee
You know he could have said I am the great warrior God that delivered you. I am the one that defeated Farrows armies.I am the one that brought all toughs mighty miracles and caused the hearts of the Egyptians to be turned and all of that but no he choose to be identified to his people as the Lord that health thee today.
Now defining characteristic of someone is something that they are known by. All of you are probably have herd of Beach Boys. You know I could blind fold you not showing you what kind of music that we are going to be playing and I grantee you you would be able to say oh, that's is the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys had a characteristic harmony about them when they sang ok know I am really going to go back with this one. How about about do you remember Frankie Vally. What was his Frankie Vally known for? It was the falsetto voice (Big Girls Don't Cry). So I could not be able to tell you that song and play that song and you could identify that's them. Why because that's the identifying characteristic of that group. There are many groups that have these kind of characteristics.Let me bring it up to more contemporary times some of you might remember some Be-gees music from the disco days.You know I could play some Be-gees music and that sound that they had was characteristic. You could easily identify that what I am saying to you is this that there are characteristics that he wants us to get access to it is us in his word and that the characteristic is that he is a healer that he is a healer that does not want his people bound up by sickness and diseases. So because God has that characteristic Jesus is God incarnate . When we walked on the earth he had the identity and the characteristic of being a healer as well. Why was God so emphatic on this? Why did God want the identity characteristic to be healing . Well if you really think about it in humanity our number one concern apart from spiritual things is the physical conditions of our body you know many of us might be over whelmed with certain needs going on in our life . We might have some financial needs we might have some marital needs going on . I mean all of us are dealing with certain issues like that in our life's but I grantee you if something stated hurting in your body or your body started feeling unlike it should those all become secondary immediately. See God knows the most primary concern other them your spiritual needs and your salvation is the care of your physical body. You know Jesus said over in Mathew chapter 6 you remember when he was talking to his disciples he said why take ye thought for your body what your going to put on what you are going to eat all of those things those are all primary things concerns that we have but the thing that God knows is that apart form your spiritual needs and a lot of people do not know they have spiritual needs but your physical are primary to you can become your greatest concern once something gos wrong in that area and God knows he is aware of this and so hen endeavors to do to minister to humanity on that level and see what I what I want you to understand. God cares about the care of your body I mean that it is very very important to him. God is very interested in you physical well being. Your physical well being is very much is in the mind and in the heart of God. Alright in the ministry of Jesus we have already identified that Peter said in Acts 10:38 that Jesus was fist and foremost a healer. You know there was three things Jesus was known for in his ministry preaching, teaching, and healing and most of the time when he preached and when he taught what he was doing was building the hope and faith of the people. So they could receive form his healing ministry. This will be mentioned later on but in Mark chapter six to his own home town the bible said that there would be no mightily work of a few miracles because of doubt and unbelief. well the bible don't say he packed all the disciples up closed down the tent got them packed up and then said load up we are going to the next town . No he did not do that do that if you read on it says that he went about teaching and preaching the Gospel. He did not just preach to them that I am the way to heaven he preached that and taught the of course but what is believed is that Jesus went back to the old covenant and taught them. What we just learned is in Exodus 15:26 that God is your healer that God wants to deliver you see the reason that we know that is because the power of God is present over and over again to heal and God power shows up and it comes up where faith is present. What you need to understand is about the Power of God and especially about the healing power of God is most of the time especially where believer are concerned. God doesn't just show up with his healing for no reason at all where believers are concerned the healing power of God is present because somebody is believing. Now don't get that confused with signs,wonders, and miracles. Did you know signs,wonders,and miracles is not for the church but more Christians are crying out for more signs wonders and miracles I don't get it either your convected that God is real or your not. God did signs, wonders,and miracles in the book of Acts to prove to a lost and a dieing word that he loved them and he is God. We should not need that. Did you know that? Now that's not to say you can't have a miracle if you need one but really God desire is that we don't sit around and go oh God send the miracles oh God send the wonders oh God send the signs. No what are job is to be trained and train to be equate and equate to be taught so you can become a vessel that God uses so we can preform the signs,wonders,and miracles. Jesus said in Mark chapter 16 that the believer shall bring people to the church so the pastor can lay on them No he said believes shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. So healing in the will of God is concerned about your body.
Let me give you a little historical background at this particular time Israel is divided into two kingdoms there is a northern kingdom called Isreal and the southern kingdom is called Judea where Jerusalem was about around this time all of them had become corrupted and wicked sin had creeped in and so the Assyrians had pretty much had been coming and overtaking them over and over and over again. what would happen is they would come and defeat them. They would take whatever they wanted from Syria after a period of time they would come back beat them up again take what they wanted and take it back. So this had been going on for for a while and there was a Commander General in the Syria army named Naaman and 2 kings chapter 1 says
2 Kings 5:1-4
New King James Version (NKJV)
2 Kings 5
Naaman’s Leprosy Healed
1 Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”This man is a heathen(Naaman) he is not saved he is not part of the chosen people he is not a Hebrew he is not part of either one of these kingdoms he is a pagan Idol worshiping heathen he is about as out there as you can get but he has leprosy and so it says in verse two and so we see here Naaman has leprosy and his servant girl helping his wife and so she comes in and tells her there is a prophet down in Samaria that could minister to you and heal you now drop down to verse 9
2 Kings 5:9-15
New King James Version (NKJV)
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
Now the Jordan river have you ever been over the Catawba River how muddy it is you can't see the bottom can you.You know it's not exactly look enticing to go out and take a bath does it . So he gos to the Jordan River and he had to go and dip in this muddy water that's unclean and so I could go home and get a clean water (it was a clean river)and be healed and he went home and was mad did not understand all of that and all of a sudden he was approached and what was said is If the prophet told you to go do something great would you do it and not done it what if he came out and told you to go climb a mountain you would have done it If he wanted you to do something greater you would have done it and so he comes out to you and tells you something simple go wash and be clean now verse 14so Naaman dipped seven times in the water and he was restored so what happen he got his healing he received his healing why because he did what the prophet told him to do. Now we are going to see here is verse 15 why healing is such a strong characteristic of God it says here in verse 15 he was thrilled about what the Lord had done to heal his body that he went back to Elisha’s house and Naaman acknowledge that God was the only God because he healed him. God uses healing to prove to us and to people in general that he is the one true living God.
Healing is the dinner bell that God uses to brings people to the table of salvation because God will sometimes show up in the life's of people to minister to them and do great things to them to prove to them that he is God he might minister healing to them such a powerful and personal thing I mean think about it if there is something that you are dealing with in your body in an extremely personal nature private nature God heals that how does that speak to your heart about the word of God it's a very personal thing and it shows you God and he uses it to prove that he loves you and that he is God. Now Mark the first chapter
The leper came to Jesus and did not question the ability of Jesus (in John about the Love of Jesus)
Mark 1:40
New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Notice the leper did not question the ability of Jesus now he did not say i am not sure you are able
Jesus wants to heal the outcast Jesus healed a man that was a outcast
Mark 2:1-10
New King James Version (NKJV)
Mark 2
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic
1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately[a] many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,
The paralytic had no use of lems and a Jesus seen there Faith and he forgave and healed the paralytic
When you have Faith for God for something you see it Faith will govern what you say and do
Mark 2:11-13
New King James Version (NKJV)
11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12
Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of
them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never
saw anything like this!”
13 Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.
Matthew the Tax Collector
13 Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.
Jesus came and healed people that are Limited
Mark 3
Healing on the Sabbath
1 And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. 3 And He said to the man who had the withered hand, “Step forward.” 4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent. 5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.[a]Jesus came to heal long term conditions
Mark 5:25
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25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,
21 Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.
35 While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”
Mark 5:21
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A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
21 Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.
Mark 5:35
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Mark 5:43
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43 But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.
Love People be kind to people but don't let them in your prayer circle
Love People be kind to people but don't let them in your prayer circle
Mark 6:1
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Mark 6
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
1 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him.Jesus not only came to heal the outcast there is no physical condition to big for Jesus.
Jesus wants us to be healed.
By Pastor Brad
http://springhill.cc/
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