Jesus prayed in John17:2-3(Amp), "Just as You have granted Him [Jesus] power and authority over all flesh (all human kind) now glorify Him [Jesus] so that He may give Eternal Life to all Whom You have given Him And this is Eternal Life; it means to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with) and understand You, the Only True and Real God, and likewise to know Him (Jesus) as the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) Whom You have sent."
So many of God's children still don't know Him as He really is today. The Name and Reality of our Heavenly Father, has been profaned and mistrusted over the centuries, because of the teachings and religious traditions taught in the Church. We don't know which part of God's Word we can trust, because we've been trained to doubt His Word, by carnal interpretation instead of the Holy Spirit.
We don't know God's will, so we don't pray in faith. God's Word instructs us to "know and trust" His will. When we don't have teachers who know God's will, then we can't be expected to know it either. This is like sending our children to school without having a teacher and then expecting them to know how to write. God's children have been trained to learn and not taught to think.
The Apostle writes in 1John2:19-20(Amp), "They went out from our number, but they did not really belong to us, for if they had been of us they would have remained with us. But they withdrew that it might be plain that they all are not of us. But you have been appointed from, and have been given an unction from the Holy One and you all know the Truth, or you know all things."
So many teachings mix the old and new covenants, making them one. Paul told Timothy in 2Tim.2:15-16(Amp), "Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved, tested by trial, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing, rightly handling and skillfully teaching the Word of Truth. But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness."
Col.1:8-15((Amp) instructs us to rightly divide the Word of Truth for ourselves, so we can know God's will for ourselves. Verse 9 says, "For this reasons, we also, from the day we heard of it (their love in the Holy Spirit) have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full, deep and clear knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom (in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God), and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things."
The Holy Spirit Paul to pray the prayer above for the Church in Colossians and to reveal this petition for and to the modern-day Church, so that we could know and understand the Father's will too. I read something and have held onto it throughout the years, which says, "Faith begins where the will of God is known." If I don't know whether my prayer is God's will or not, then I'm not praying in faith, but I'm just making a wish, without expecting an answer. We've fostered religious excuses for not knowing God and our own lack of faith. This dishonors the Father and the Great Sacrifice that brought His Promises to us, through Jesus.
The Promises of the old covenant are now all "Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus," and we must find out what and who they are for. We must understand how God dealt with the first covenant people and why He did this, while understanding why and how He deals with us in the new covenant. The first covenant was with carnal, spiritually dead persons, so God established the Law and sacrifice which temporarily covered their sin. The new covenant is for a new creation people who are now alive unto God, by Jesus' Sacrifice. God deals with us by His Word and the Holy Spirit and our sins have been totally wiped away by Jesus' Blood.
God no longer needs to deal with the flesh or senses of His people, but by and through our new creation spirit man/woman. The Holy Spirit inspires Paul to write about this in 2Tim.3:16(Amp), which says, "Every Scripture is God-Breathed, given by His Inspiration, and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in disobedience, and for training in righteousness (in holy living), in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose and action. So that the man of God may be complete, proficient, well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every Good work."
God doesn't use sickness, trials or calamities to teach us. We grow by His Word and His Spirit.
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