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John 5:1-9

The Source of Sickness and Death

1. Adam and Eve
• The Lord instructed Adam in Genesis 2:15-17
• Sin entered the world through one man. Romans 5:12
• It started at that moment when there was disobedience to God.
• It all leads to death. II Corinthians 4:16

2. Our own sin
• I have heard people say that because of their sin they are sick.
• But listen, that doesn’t mean that we can do what we want.

3. The devil himself is the author of sickness and death.Acts 10:38
• God is not the one that puts sickness on us. He does allow it though.
• I believe that we go through sickness for a reason. It should draw us back to God.
• He is the giver of life, and the Bible says we are not promised tomorrow.

4. It is only temporary.
• If God heals you it is only temporary because you won’t live forever here.
• All those who have been healed will eventually die.
• Even Lazarus who was raised from the dead died again.
• There is a body coming for those that love God that will be amazing and is glorified. The devil can have this shell; I want the new one.
• God is more concerned about our inner man than He is our outer man.

God’s Provision for Sickness
1. It is His character and nature.Exodus 15:26
In the Hebrew it means, “I am the Lord your Physician.”Psalms 103:3
Jesus is our example of who God is in the New Testament.
One of the things that Jesus did the most of was heal people. Matthew 4:23; Matthew 8:5-7; Matthew 12:15
It was Jesus’ character to heal, but He also passed that on to the disciples and to us today. Mark 16:17-18

2. God wants us to pray for people to get healed.

3. Jesus tells us that it should happen. John 14:12


God’s Purpose
John 9:1-7

1. It is for God’s glory that we are healed.
It is to point us heavenward.
That we would know that God loves us.
That God has power.
That others can see and believe.
All glory for our healing goes to God.

2. Jesus commissioned His disciples to go and heal.Matthew 10:7-8

3. Healing through the atonement.Isaiah 53:4-5
In the New Testament we see Peter tells us the same.I Peter 2:24
Jesus has made a way through the stripes He endured for our healing.

4. The means of our healing.
It comes by faith.
Seek His presence in your life through the Word of God, worship and prayer.
Take care of the sin issue: any unconfessed sin
Understand that God allows us to go through sickness at times.
Also know that there is no set pattern for your healing. Jesus did many things from laying on of hands, making mud, to just saying the word.
Through the disciples they saw healings when handkerchiefs were placed on people and even Peter by His shadow.


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