Jesus told His followers in John 6:38 (Amplified), "For I have come down from Heaven not to do My Own will and purpose, but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me."
Jesus stated that the things He said and did, were "God's will." These things weren't God's will for only Himself, but for all those He healed, gave sight to, restored back to wholeness and raised from the dead. If Jesus had been able to go beyond Jerusalem and the regions of Galilee, then He would have done the very same things there. Every Word in the Gospels that we read about Jesus, was and is God's will for all of mankind.
Those of us today, have lost sight of the fact that we can know God's will, by first watching the actions of Jesus. When we see Jesus, we see God in action. The most obvious thing we see Jesus doing during His earthly ministry, is healing the sick. We've nearly lost sight of what God's will is, but we can all agree that "It is God's will to save the lost." Do you realize that Jesus never got anyone born-again, during His earthly ministry?
No one could be born-again, until after Jesus was raised from the dead and presented before the Father with His Blood. We all agree though, that it's God's will for everyone to be born-again. Right? Jesus spoke about His being glorified, His sending the Holy Spirit and about how He would give us Life in John 6:40 (Amplified). At that time, the Holy Spirit had only come into Jesus. Jesus went on His discourse, speaking about the Father's will, saying, "For this is My Father's will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in (and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him) should have eternal life; and I will raise him up from the dead at the last day."
If we believe in what Jesus said and did, then we must also believe that the things Jesus was doing, are still God's will for today. Many of us have given up on the Super-natural work of God, today. We confess that we believe "God can do these things," but have given up on the Truth that "He will do them." Many people with good intentions, have told us that this isn't so, but if it was God's will to do them then, it's still His will to do them today.
John 5:19 (Amplified) says, "So Jesus answered them by saying; I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His Own accord), but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does (in the same way, in His turn)." Whatever Jesus sees the Father doing, is what He does. Obviously, Jesus not only did the will of God, but He was actually the Personification of God's will, in the Flesh.
We've heard Jesus' Words, but haven't believed in what Jesus said and did, as being the things we're supposed to do (as believers). It was God's will to heal and deliver through Jesus and as believers, we're supposed to do what Jesus did. We're not only supposed to believe that God will heal us, but we're to "lay hands on the sick and they will be healed," according to Mark 16:17-18 (Amplified) where Jesus says, "And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe; in My Name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; they will pick up serpents, and even if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."
Jesus didn't say, "The early Church" or "such-and-such denomination" will do these things. He said, "Those who believe, will do these things." Either we have stopped short in our believing, or Jesus made a mistake about those who could "do these things." We've all believed for eternal life, but have mostly stopped short at believing, when it comes to the Super-natural things of God being for here and now. This isn't an indictment. It's a challenge, to move us on in our faith.
We've seen diseases (some more ominous than others) in the Church today. The survival rate is very low among some churches and is very high in others. We've been trained by the world that, "Healing doesn't work in all diseases." Others have asked me, "What if it doesn't work?" They're not asking this due to the seriousness of the disease, but because they lack faith in the laying on of hands. Asking the question, displays our unbelief in what the Word says about it.
Of course, we are not Jesus, but we all have professed our believe in Him and what He says. Could it be that we need to expand and grow more in our faith as a personal things, instead of stopping where everyone else is? What possible damage could laying our hands on and praying for the sick do? I've heard people say, "It's giving them false hope." I respond with Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified) saying, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for." Without hope, faith has no goal or vision to bring to pass, anything to the natural man.
Jesus said that it was "The Father in Him, Who was doing the work." We're not required to heal anyone, but only to believe that "the Father in us, will do the work." Mark 16:20 (Amplified) says, "The Lord working with them [His followers], confirming His Word by the signs following."
The disciples preached and obeyed the Word and Jesus confirmed His Word, by performing it. They didn't have to do anything, but believe what Jesus said to do. We've been pressed into a mold, of what the world thinks about the Father. The only things the world sees as supernatural, are ghost storied and other such foolishness, as seen on TV. They'll watch stories about the paranormal and believe that, but if we speak about angels or the Holy Spirit, then they laugh in ridicule. There are some who don't believe that satan is real.
Paul writes in Ephesians 6:12 (Amplified), "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending only with physical opponents), but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly supernatural sphere." If these supernatural things are "real" in this world, then doesn't it make sense that the Super-natural Spirit of God and His angelic forces are real? We must learn to trust in, have faith in and believe on the Super-natural Spirit and Word of our Lord and Father, in order to take this warfare into the heavenlies and do the work that needs to be done.
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