Springs Articles 2021-01 (1)
Proverbs 4:20-27
Isaiah 53:1-6
Romans 10:8-10
What is healing?
- Restoration into a state of proper functioning and well-being
- This includes both physical and mental/emotional healing
- 3 John 1:2, Proverbs 4:22
Where does sickness and disease come from?
- The fall of Adam and Eve (a broken world full of spiritual darkness)
- Sin (wrong-doing, carelessness, disobedience to God’s Word)
- Satan (the adversary, the forces of spiritual darkness)
- Romans 5:17-19, 1 Peter 5:8-9, Proverbs 4:23-27
What is the solution to darkness?
- Light!
- Wisdom and Revelation
- Knowledge and Understanding
- The Truth of God’s Word!
- John 1:1-5, 17:17
What is reality?
- Reality is anything that can perceived and experienced
- However, not all realities are true!
- There are false realities based on lies, deception and delusion
- There are false realities based on temporary or changeable facts (e.g. your thoughts and feelings)
- Spiritual realities are greater than physical realities
- Spiritual realities can change physical realities
- The greatest reality is truth: the Word of God is Truth!
- The greatest reality in life is the Word of God which is unchangeable
- The Truth of God’s Word is guaranteed by the immutability of God
- John 1:1-5, 17:17, Psalm 119:89, Hebrews 11:3
How can I overcome physical or mental ill-health?
- You need light (revelation from God’s Word)!
- You have to renew your mind with the Word. This is a continuous process (day and night), Joshua 1:8
- Repent quickly (admit your fault, say sorry and receive forgiveness by faith), 1 John 1:9
- Forgive quickly (don’t hold on to offences, lay down your ego at the cross and offer forgiveness by faith at the throne room of God), Mark 11:25-26
- Submit to God and resist the devil, James 4:7
- Submission to God implies obedience to God’s Word!
- Use your faith with corresponding actions, James 2:14,26
- Do not submit to anything that is contrary to God’s Word. You are to resist it by faith until it bows!
- You cannot resist the devil with a closed mouth!
- You cannot resist ‘sickness and disease’ without using your mouth to confess (declare) God’s Word (promises) regarding your ‘healing and health’
- Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 10:10, 1 Timothy 6:12, Revelation 22:2
How can I be healed by God’s Word according to Proverbs 4:20-27
- Pay attention to it (prioritisation)
- Keep it within your ears (hearing)
- Keep it within your eyes (reading)
- Keep it within your heart (believing)
- Keep it upon your mouth (speaking)
How can I develop faith that overcomes?
- Faith is a living thing and all living things have to be fed in order to stay alive and strong
- The food of faith is the Word!
- Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word, Romans 10:17
- You have stay in the Word and live by the Word in order to experience healing by the Word
- Feeding on the Word, believing the Word, confessing the Word and obeying the Word will bring healing to every aspect of your life
- Hebrews 11:1-6, 1 John 5:4, James 2:14,26