Steps to Receive your Healing

By Larry Elder

Jesus Christ is THE SAME yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 KJV

I've witnessed him open blind eyes, unstop deaf ears, loosen mute tongues, heal cripples, reverse paralysis, cure cancer instantly, and raise the Dead.

Whatever ails you: Christ will heal you now, if you Only Believe, and DO the following:

Here's a summary:

• STEP ONE: KNOW that physical healing is part of Jesus' ministry TODAY. The age of miracles has not passed!

• STEP TWO: KNOW that God has already promised to heal YOU.

• STEP THREE: UNDERSTAND, God wants you well: Only Satan wants you sick and tormented.

• STEP FOUR: UNDERSTAND that bodily healing is part of YOUR salvation.

• STEP FIVE: TAKE God at His Word, ASK Him to heal you, and believe He hears you.

• STEP SIX: BELIEVE you have received what you asked.

•STEP SEVEN: ACT on your faith, and thank God for healing you.

STEP ONE: KNOW THAT JESUS HEALS TODAY

During Bible times, Christ healed the sick. Every sick person who asked Him to heal them was healed by God's power. Jesus' power is available to you now just as it was in Bible days.

Here's why... GOD said I am the Lord who heals you. Exodus. 15:26

God is a Healer, and He has never changed. I the Lord do not change Malachi. 3:6

JESUS CHRIST healed sick people, and He's never changed. Jesus Christ is the SAME yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrew. 13:8

Jesus sent his DISCIPLES to heal, and a true disciple of Christ follows His command today just as in New Testament times.

If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. John. 8:31

Healing miracles occurred in the EARLY CHURCH, and the true CHURCH has never changed. Jesus commanded the twelve to instruct ALL believers to do what they did...

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. -Matthew. 28:20

Jesus authorized ALL BELIEVERS in all countries to lay hands on the sick, promising that they WILL get well (Mark. 16:18). True believers have never changed.

The same Holy Spirit who worked through Christ worked through His disciples and still works miracles through real believers today. Healing the sick is as much for today as it ever was. What Jesus did before, He will do for YOU now.

STEP TWO: KNOW GOD'S PROMISES TO HEAL YOU.

Often religious theologians do much harm by making a doctrine of Scripture when it is meant to be read as though Christ was talking to us. The Holy Bible is God's Word, His voice to us.

To treat the Word as though it were just a book is a serious mistake. Read it as though God was physically present, and speaking to you. Give it the attention you would give Christ, and trust in it.

The only sound basis for solid faith is to trust in the absolute integrity of God's written Word. The Holy Bible is the will and voice of God to you. Bank on it.

Accept that healing is part of Christ's work today, and know that His promises to heal in the Scriptures are for YOU.

Do you think God would keep His Word? If He promised to heal you personally, do you believe He would do it? Of course!

God declares; I am the Lord who heals you. Exodus. 15:26. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24. Who heals all your diseases? Psalm. 103:3.

God's Promises are for you as much as for anyone... accept that. Jesus said, You may ask me for ANYTHING in my name, and I WILL DO IT. John. 14:14. Do not doubt; Believe God's Word, and claim His promises in sincere prayer.

STEP THREE: GOD WANTS YOU WELL. ONLY SATAN WANTS YOU TO SUFFER.

Sickness comes from the devil, not from the Lord. Erroneous teaching has led countless good people to suffer needlessly and die early because they believed God put their sickness upon them. They suffer in patience and never seek healing.

The Bible says Satan...afflicted Job with painful sores. Job 2:7 Not God!

Jesus said the woman bent over was bound by Satan. Luke. 13:11-16 Not God!

The blind and mute were cured when Christ cast out demons. (Matthew. 12:22)

Similarly, the deaf and mute epileptic boy's sickness was due to the devil. Not God!

Jesus cast the demon out, and the boy was perfectly cured.

The Scriptures declare ALL the sick people Christ healed had been oppressed by the devil. All sickness is Satan's oppression. Not God's work.

Jesus of Nazareth... went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. Acts 10:38.

Infirmities and disease only came to people after Adam & Eve doubted God's Word.

Such things were the result of sin; personal sin, and sins committed against others.

SATAN is the source of all diseases. That is the bad news. But the Good News is:

Through Christ, God has already provided the total cure... for any sin, AND ANY DISEASE OR INFIRMITY.

Often, in His dealings with a diseased person, Jesus simply cast out a spirit, and they were healed.

Here's why... Every disease has a life, a germ. Its source is Satan because it destroys.

Jesus said, The thief (Satan) comes to steal, kill, and destroy. John. 10:10.

The germ causes the disease to grow just like the germ of life at conception caused us to grow, and become a human body. When that germ, or life, leaves our body, then our body will die. It decays and returns to dust. Likewise, when the spirit of disease leaves, the disease dies, and it will decay and disappear.

Those who have received Christ by faith, and have become part of God's Family have power (authority) over the spirit of the devil who brings disease. ...he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons, and to cure diseases. Luck. 9:1 (See also Luke 10:9+19)

Jesus said, In my name, you will drive out demons. Mark. 16:17. In His Name we have absolute authority to command the life of disease to leave the body of one who trusts in Christ. It must obey us. When it leaves, the disease dies, and the effects vanish.

For example, a cancer has life in it. That life is evil, of the devil, because it destroys and kills. As long as that life is there, the cancer will continue its work of destruction, but when the life of the cancer is commanded to leave, in Jesus' Name, it must go. Then the cancer is dead. It will decay, and be removed, and the sick person recovers.

Jesus said of true believers, In my name, they will drive out demons...they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. Mark. 16:17-18.

When you understand what the Scriptures clearly teach, that sickness is from Satan, you will resist it, rebuke it, refuse it, and it will leave you as you trust in Christ.

A tip to help your faith: Farmers cut a deep groove around a tree to kill it. Though its leaves do not wither instantly, it is bound to die. So it is the same thing with the disease.

Jesus gave believers the power to rebuke all evil spirits, and they will die. Perhaps some symptoms, like the leaves, may not go immediately, but when we have rebuked the life of the disease in faith, we know that the sickness has been destroyed from the root, and all symptoms will disappear.

UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR PHYSICAL HEALING IS INCLUDED IN SALVATION

Jesus the Healer is Jesus the Saviour: There's no separation.

The surest way to receive health for your body is to accept the Healer into your heart.

After you receive Christ as Saviour, you can receive His healing for your body. He wants to forgive your sins AND heal your body...welcome Him, let him. Some people pray for healing but refuse to accept Christ as Saviour, and get nothing. However, others whilst thanking Christ for saving them, are healed in their bodies before they even ask!

God's order for blessing is given in Psalm 103:3... Who forgives all your sins, and heals all your diseases. Jesus first forgave the paralytic's sins, THEN He healed him. You may need healing for your body but have never had a definite experience of receiving Jesus Christ into your life, of being born again, saved. If so, now is the time to be saved.

To Be Born Again: Admit you have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God. Be willing to repent, because your sins have come between you and God.

Jesus' Blood was shed for the remission of sins. Receive Him as Saviour, and He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Jesus said, You must be born again. John. 3:3 This is the miracle of the New Birth. Christ enters your heart and makes you a new creature because He lives within you.

Accept Him, He is a person, not a religion. He is a reality, not a philosophy or a doctrine. Then you will Be Certain You Are Saved. How? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Acts 16:30-31.

Jesus said Those who believe (the Gospel) and are baptized will be saved. Mark. 16:16

Paul said, If you confess with your mouth...Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans. 10:9

Peter said, Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Acts 2:21 Do what these Scriptures say to do, and you will receive their promise. You will know that you have received Christ, and been born again.

Trust that Christ suffered enough to pay for all of your sins. Those you have committed, and all those you may ever commit. Jesus paid it all. Trust that He was perfect; that His Blood was sinless. Trust that He was innocent so that He could be your Substitute.

Trust that nothing else needs to be done, no further price needs to be paid, no further penalty needs to be suffered, no good works, and no offerings or sacrifices need to be added to what Christ did for you.

Trust that God counts you righteous now, because of your faith in what Christ has done for you. Trust that He did ENOUGH. Right now, make certain you are saved by faith in Christ.

Pray this prayer to God:

Lord Jesus, I here and now BELIEVE in you. I believe you are the Son of God who in your great mercy and love, died for ME as MY substitute. I BELIEVE you suffered the penalty of MY sins, and you paid the full price for my sins.

You were innocent. You did no wrong. I sinned. I broke God's law. The penalty of death was mine. I should have been crucified, not you. But you loved me too much to let me die for my own sins.

Even though I was separated from you by my sins, you loved me so much, you came to die for me. Lord Jesus...Thank you for taking MY place, and paying MY debt in full. Your precious Blood was shed for the remission of my sins.

Now that I trust in your sacrifice for me, I am free. No sin can condemn me, so I can NEVER be judged or condemned for my sins. You were judged for my sins.

All of my sins and sinful nature were put on you, and you paid for me. Now, your righteousness is credited to ME, so that I'm redeemed, and saved. I believe in you, Lord Jesus! I believe the Good News of what you have done. I have now received you into my life.