WEDNESDAY 13 NOV. CHAPTER TWO A CALL TO ARMS OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this lesson you will be able to: C Write the Healing Promise from memory. C Identify various terms used for healing. C Define divine healing. C Distinguish between healing and deliverance. C Explain how healing and deliverance relate to the commission to reach the world with the Gospel. HEALING PROMISE TO CLAIM: And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. (Exodus 23:25) INTRODUCTION In Old Testament times a trumpet was used to summons Gods people to battle. Today, a spiritual summons is sounding throughout the nations of the world. It is a summons to the invisible war. It is the call to arms. This lesson issues a call for you to move from a life of defeat and bondage to a life of victory and freedom in Jesus Christ. DEFINITION OF TERMS There are many different terms used for the word healing: Psychic healing: This is a term used to describe mind over matter, spiritistic, witchcraft, shamanism, and occult healings. Supernatural healing: There are sources of supernatural healings which are not of God, so we will not use this term in our study. Satan can perform supernatural works (Exodus 7:8-13). Medical healing: This type of healing is aided by doctors, nurses, hospitals, and medicines. As we will learn, legitimate medical healing does not conflict with Gods Word or divine healing, but is an extension of His goodness. Natural healing: Healing that occurs through natural body processes is actually God in action. Natural body processes display Gods nature and His great handiwork in the human body. Natural healing also includes the use of natural methods such as proper diet, natural vitamins and minerals, adequate rest, etc. Faith healing: This term is often used to mean healing by God. We will not use it, however, because it tends to focus attention on the faith of the one ministering or the recipient of the ministry. Divine healing: The Word divine focuses attention on God, not the responses of faith by man. It also distinguishes it from occult practices of psychic and supernatural healing. Divine pertains to the one true God and His nature, as revealed in His Word, the Holy Bible. Healing means to cure or make whole. Healing can include relief from spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and demonic conditions. It is not immunity from sickness. Our bodies are in the process of decay and open to Satanic attacks as long as we are in this world. In this study we will use the term divine healing. Divine healing is when the one true God reveals His nature, fulfills His promises, and acts upon His provision in the atonement of Christ by curing a person and making him whole in body, soul, and spirit. Divine healing can be both instantaneous (miraculous) or gradual (a process). Although instantaneous healings more fully demonstrate the divine presence and power of God, divine healing which occurs as a process is no less a miraculous healing (see Mark 8:22-25). Medical and natural healings are in a sense divine also, because in reality it is God that causes the healing.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:10:02 +0000