If you pay attention, in scriptures Jesus healed in a variety of different ways. He had a habit, it seems, of healing various people in various different ways. It should give us pause when we look at a singular thing as a way to manifest healing or manifest miracles. I think people pigeonhole healing and miracles due to their reliance on scripture, rather than reliance on Christ in them and the Holy Spirit. The problem with relying on scripture alone regarding ways to heal is, as I mentioned, that Jesus healed in a variety of different ways. Jesus did so many miraculous things we dont even have record of all of them, yet we try to place limits because we dont read it in scripture. John wrote that there were so many more things that Jesus did. He said that the books of the world couldnt hold the accounts of them. So, simply looking to scripture as an example of how to walk in healing and miracles is not going to tell you the be all and end all of healing and miracles. You must be open to hearing from the Holy Spirit in His guidance of healing, as well as other miraculous deeds. Anyone that tries to pigeonhole you in how you can walk in miracles and healing based on certain scriptures, needs to understand the Bible is not the ceiling of a relationship with God, its the beginning. It is not Father, Son, and Bible, its Father, Son, and Him, the Holy Spirit. He does so much in our lives and in the world, and the Bible testifies to these overlooked aspects of Him so many times. Here are but 50 by way of my friend Frank Viola: 1. The Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). 2. The Spirit guides us into all truth (John 16:13). 3. The Spirit regenerates us (John 3:5-8; Titus 3:5). 4. The Spirit glorifies and testifies of Christ (John 15:26; 16:14). 5. The Spirit reveals Christ to us and in us (John 16:14-15). 6. The Spirit leads us (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1). 7. The Spirit sanctifies us (2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 5:16). 8. The Spirit empowers us (Luke 4:14; 24:49; Rom. 15:19; Acts 1:8). 9. The Spirit fills us (Eph. 5:18; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17). 10. The Spirit teaches us to pray (Rom. 8:26-27; Jude 1:20). 11. The Spirit bears witness in us that we are children of God (Rom. 8:16). 12. The Spirit produces in us the fruit or evidence of His work and presence (Gal. 5:22-23). 13. The Spirit distributes spiritual gifts and manifestations (the outshining) of His presence to and through the body (1 Cor. 12:4, 8-10; Heb. 2:4). 14. The Spirit anoints us for ministry (Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38). 15. The Spirit washes and renews us (Titus 3:5). 16. The Spirit brings unity and oneness to the body (Eph. 4:3; 2:14-18). 17. The Spirit is our guarantee and deposit of the future resurrection (2 Cor. 1:22; 2 Cor. 5:5). 18. The Spirit seals us unto the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13; 4:30). 19. The Spirit sets us free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2). 20. The Spirit quickens our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11). 21. The Spirit reveals the deep things of God to us (1 Cor. 2:10). 22. The Spirit reveals what has been given to us from God (1 Cor. 2:12). 23. The Spirit dwells in us (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14; John 14:17). 24. The Spirit speaks to, in, and through us (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 2:11; Heb 3:7; Matt. 10:20; Acts 2:4; 8:29; 10:19; 11:12, 28; 13:2; 16:6,7; 21:4,11). 25. The Spirit is the agent by which we are baptized into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). 26. The Spirit brings liberty (2 Cor. 3:17). 27. The Spirit transforms us into the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18). 28. The Spirit cries in our hearts, “Abba, Father” (Gal. 4:6). 29. The Spirit enables us to wait (Gal. 5:5). 30. The Spirit supplies us with Christ (Phil. 1:19, KJV). 31. The Spirit grants everlasting life (Gal. 6:8). 32. The Spirit gives us access to God the Father (Eph. 2:18). 33. The Spirit makes us (corporately) God’s habitation (Eph. 2:22). 34. The Spirit reveals the mystery of God to us (Eph. 3:5). 35. The Spirit strengthens our spirits (Eph. 3:16). 36. The Spirit enables us to obey the truth (1 Pet. 1:22). 37. The Spirit enables us to know that Jesus abides in us (1 John 3:24; 4:13). 38. The Spirit confesses that Jesus came in the flesh (1 John 4:2). 39. The Spirit says “Come, Lord Jesus” along with the bride (Rev. 22:17). 40. The Spirit dispenses God’s love into our hearts (Rom. 5:5). 41. The Spirit bears witness to the truth in our conscience (Rom. 9:1). 42. The Spirit teaches us (1 Cor. 2:13; John 14:26). 43. The Spirit gives us joy (1 Thess. 1:6). 44. The Spirit enables some to preach the gospel (1 Pet. 1:12). 45. The Spirit moves us (2 Pet. 1:21). 46. The Spirit knows the things of God (1 Cor. 2:11). 47. The Spirit casts out demons (Matt. 12:28). 48. The Spirit brings things to our remembrance (John 14:26). 49. The Spirit comforts us (Acts 9:31). 50. The Spirit makes some overseers in the church and sends some out to the work of church planting [through the body] (Acts 20:28; 13:2). Consider this the next time you tell someone, or someone tells you, that if its not in scripture you cannot heal or walk in miracles in a certain way. Just because they, or you, havent received a revelation through the Holy Spirit does not make something a false teaching. Be very careful that you dont call the Holy Spirit a liar.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 18:21:50 +0000