Faith for Healing & Wellness

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Today's Lesson:

THE ABCs of FAITH 25


HOW FAITH COMES - Faith Comes by Hearing Words part 2

So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Romans 10: 17

Once again today I want to lean heavily on the writings of Kenneth E. Hagin today since I have not been able to improve on his writings. Reference; The Bible Faith Study Course or the smaller book he wrote entitled "New Horizon of Faith" by Kenneth E. Hagin for more information.
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GOD HAS PROVIDED THE WAY FOR US TO HAVE FAITH

WE SAID YESTERDAY that God has provided the way whereby everyone can have faith. If you just read the scriptures like Mark 11: 22-23 that challenge you to have faith without understanding these lessons you would think that God is un-fair and un-kind!
Over the years I have had people in my Church say; "that's ok for you Bernard because you have the gift of faith. I just don't have the kind of faith that you do Pastor Smalls" (some would even get mad...).
I want to show you beyond any shadow of a doubt that you too can have faith. That is why I am taking so much time to teach in this series on the ABCs of FAITH.

FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
We read in Hebrews 11:6, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." We see from this that "without faith it is impossible to please him ..." Therefore, if God demands that we have faith when it is impossible for us to have faith, then we have a right to challenge His justice. But if He places within our hands the means whereby faith can be produced, then the responsibility rests with us whether we have faith. God has told us that without faith it is impossible to please Him. But He has also told us how to get faith. If we don't have faith, it is not God's fault. To blame God for our lack of faith is nothing but ignorance. God has provided the way whereby everyone can have faith.

So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Romans 10: 17


Faith for Healing
Acts 14:7-10
7 And there they (Paul and Barnabas) preached the gospel.
8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked;
9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
A casual reader of the Word once said concerning this passage of Scripture, "Isn't it wonderful how Paul healed that man?" However, Paul did not heal the man. The man was not healed because Paul was an apostle. He was not healed through Paul's faith. The man himself had the faith.


Paul did three things:
1. He preached the gospel (verse 7).
2. He perceived that the man had faith to be healed (verse 9).
3. He told the man to stand up and walk (verse 10).


The man did three things:
1. He heard Paul preach (verse 9).
2. He had faith to be healed (verse 9).
3. He leaped and walked (verse 10).

The man was not healed by some power that Paul had. The man himself had faith to be healed.

Where did the man get the faith to be healed? (By hearing Paul speak [verse 9]). What did Paul speak? (He preached the gospel [verse 7]). Paul preached a gospel of salvation and a gospel of healing. "For I not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (Rom. 1:16). A footnote in the Scofield Bible referring to this verse says, "The Greek and Hebrew word for salvation implies the ideas of deliverance, safety, healing, and soundness." Therefore, Paul was saying, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It is the power of God unto deliverance, safety, healing, and soundness." Paul preached the full gospel, not just part of it.


Acts 8:5-8
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.

The great miracles recorded in the above verses came about as the result of Philip's preaching Christ. The New Testament knows no Christ without Christ the Healer. Physical healing is part of the gospel. If there is no gospel of healing today, then neither is there a gospel of salvation.

Live well, Live blessed,

Bernard


Author's note:
These lessons are written "daily" like as the fresh manna fell daily in Israel. No left-overs for God's people! What an honor to be able to share with God's people. PLEASE, excuse me if there is an occasional typo. The fresh nature of the newsletter does not allow time for me to have them proof-read. The time is short!
Bernard