2. THE POINT
BELIEVING IN CHRIST HAS MADE US CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. AS SUCH, WE
ARE AUTOMATICALLY HEIR OF TH EBLESSINGS OF GOD PROMISED TO
ABRAHAM. WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE REALITY OF OUR DELIVRANCE FROM
THE CURSE OF POVERTY AND TODAY WE WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FROM THE CURSE OF SICKNESS. SICKNESS VIEWED IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF BREAKING THE LAW MUST BE
SEEN TODAY AS A MERE WORK OF SATAN FOR JESUS HAS STRIPPED SATAN
FROM ANY RIGHT ON EARTH. NEVERTHELESS THE DEVIL IS STILL WORKING
AND DECEIVING MANY AND EVEN SOME CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BY
INFLICTING THEM WITH MANY SICKNESSES. AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH WILL SET US FREE, THE LORD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE AWARE OF
THEIR INHERITANCE OF GOOD HEALTH AND TAKE A FIRM STAND AGAIN THE
DEVIL AND HIS WORKS.
3. LUKE 13:10-17
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit
for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten
up at all.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her,
"Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she
straightened up and praised God.
14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the
synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for
work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the
Sabbath."
4. LUKE 13:10-17
15 The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of
you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and
lead it out to give it water?
16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on
the Sabbath day from what bound her?"
17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but
the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was
doing.
5. ABNORMAL SITUATION
THIS WOMAN WAS HELD BOUND BY SATAN
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE CHURCH.
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit
for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten
up at all.
6. RESTORED TO NORMAL
JESUS INITIATED TO CALL HER AND DELIVER
HER FROM THE CHAINS OF SATAN
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her,
"Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
7. ABNORMAL SITUATION
SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SICK BUT SHE WAS. SHE
WAS IN THIS ABNORMAL SITUATION FOR 18 YEARS
WHEN JESUS MET HER, HE CALLED HER TO
RESTORE HER TO NORMAL.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her,
"Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
8. SICKNESS IS ABNORMAL IN THE
CHURCH OF GOD
THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE MEMBERS
OF THE CHURCH ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF
CHRIST.
SICKNESS HAS NO PLACE IN ANY
MEMBER OF CHRIST.
I CORINTHIANS 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of
Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ
and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
9. SICKNESS IS ABNORMAL IN THE
TEMPLE OF GOD
THE BODY OF EACH BELIEVER IS THE
TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
RESIDE IN HIM/HER.
I CORINTHIANS 6:19
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own;”
13. THE WILL OF GOD
ISAIAH 53:4
“Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet
we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and
afflicted.”
Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."
I PETER 2:24
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we
might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you
have been healed.”
14. SICKNESS IS FROM SATAN
SICKNESS IS FROM SATAN
ACTS 10:38
“how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
power, and how he went around doing good and healing
all who were under the power of the devil, because God was
with him.”
15. SICKNESS IS FROM SATAN
SATAN IS THE THIEF NOT GOD
SICKNESS IS THE HANDY WORK OF SATAN
JOHN 10:10
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come
that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
16. SICKNESS IS FROM SATAN
JESUS CONTRASTS HIS WORK TO THE
WORKS OF SATAN
JOHN 10:10
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come
that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
I JOHN 3:8
“He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil
has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of
God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.”
17. HEALING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
GOD PROMISED A FULL LIFE SPAN
WITHOUT SICKNESS
EXODUS 23:25-26
“Worship the Lord your God, and his
blessing will be on your food and water. I
will take away sickness from among you,
and none will miscarry or be barren in
your land. I will give you a full life span.”
18. HEALING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
THE GOD WHO FORGIVE OUR SINS ALSO
HEALS ALL OUR DESEASES
PSALMS 103:2-5
“Praise the Lord , O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all your
diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and
crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies
your desires with good things so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle's.”
19. HEALING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
SICKNESS IS SUPPOSE A RARE SITUATION
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
James 5:14
“Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of
the church to pray over him
and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord
20. HEALING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
LET US TAKE A STRONG STAND AGAINST
ANY SICKNESS AND RECOGNIZE IT AS AN
ABNORMAL SITUATION