They allowed something to disturb their believing, which choked or interrupted the work of the Spirit. It is true of those who believe for healing.
Others, He said, are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection, Luke 8:13-14.
Jesus told of those who hear the gospel and receive the word with joy and for a while believe and in time of temptation they fall away.
We do not pray healing down from heaven or persuade God to do what was done at Calvary.
We receive healing [or any of God's promises] the same way that we receive salvation.
Faith is believing, confessing and acting on the finished work of Christ according to what is written in the Word of God.
Peter said, By whose stripes you were healed, 1 Peter 2:24.
Both salvation and healing are finished works, completed in redemption.
The are both received by faith and that the work is accomplished by Jesus Christ.
2015 Happy Resurrection Day!
According to God's Word, we are saved if we truly believe. In the same way, we are healed if we truly believe.
No one accuses a Christian of lying if they take God at His word to believe that their salvation is a fact; but in the matter of healing, they are accused of lying if they take God at His word for their healing before it is manifested.
If the unsaved don't believe or postpones salvation to the future, they will not be saved.
If the sick or hurt don't believe or postpones healing to the future, they will not be healed.
Just like salvation, healing is for whoever believes on Him.
Believing the word is simply acting on what it says.
If we believe, that means we are acting on God's promise and when we add action to our faith that is truly believing.
Faith without works [actions] is dead James 2:20.
We may think we have all the faith in the world; but all the faith in the world, if not followed by matching action, is dead faith.
Reading about faith, only produces a desire for faith.
Reading or hearing God's Word will produce faith.
God's purpose in commanding that the gospel [forgiveness and healing] be preached to every creature is so that every creature may receive its benefits.
What Jesus' sacrifice provided for those living in that day; it does for us in our day.
He tasted death for every person. Hebrews 2:9
When Jesus healed the woman with the issue of blood, it was for her, but what He did as our substitute on the cross was for everyone.
